Genus of marsupials
Large American opossums[1] The white-eared opossum, Didelphis albiventris , lives in South America. Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Subfamily: Didelphinae Tribe: Didelphini Genus: Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Didelphis marsupialis Species Didelphis albiventris
Didelphis aurita
Didelphis imperfecta
Didelphis marsupialis
Didelphis pernigra
†Didelphis solimoensis (extinct)
Didelphis is a genus of New World marsupials . The six species in the genus Didelphis , commonly known as Large American opossums , are members of the opossum order, Didelphimorphia .
Skull of Didelphis sp., 3D model The genus Didelphis is composed of cat -sized omnivorous species, which can be recognized by their prehensile tails and their tendency to feign death when cornered. The largest species, the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana ), is the only marsupial to be found in North America , north of Mexico .
The Virginia opossum has opposable toes on their two back feet.
Phylogeny Cladogram of living large American opossums, the genus Didelphis :[2] [3]
Species References ^ Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E. ; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 . OCLC 62265494. ^ Upham, Nathan S.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Jetz, Walter (2019). "Inferring the mammal tree: Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution and conservation". PLOS Biol . 17 (12): e3000494. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494 . PMC 6892540 . PMID 31800571. ^ Amador, Lucila I.; Giannini, Norberto P. (2016). "Phylogeny and evolution of body mass in didelphid marsupials (Marsupialia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution . 16 (3): 641–657. doi:10.1007/s13127-015-0259-x. S2CID 17393886.
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Didelphis .
Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species
Caluromys (Woolly opossums) Subgenus Caluromys Bare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander ) Subgenus Mallodelphys Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus ) Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus ) Caluromysiops Black-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta ) Glironia Bushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta )
Chacodelphys Chacoan pygmy opossum (C. chacoensis ) Chironectes Water opossum (C. minimus ) Cryptonanus Agricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai ) Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis ) Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae ) Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis ) Didelphis (Large American opossums) White-eared opossum (D. albiventris ) Big-eared opossum (D. aurita ) Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta ) Common opossum (D. marsupialis ) Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra ) Virginia opossum (D. virginiana ) Gracilinanus Aceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae ) Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis ) Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas ) Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae ) Northern gracile opossum (G. marica ) Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus ) Hyladelphys Kalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii ) Lestodelphys Patagonian opossum (L. halli ) Lutreolina Big lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata ) Massoia's lutrine opossum (L. massoia) ) Marmosa (Mouse opossums) Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni ) Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni ) White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae ) Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae ) Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica ) Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida ) Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana ) Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina ) Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus ) Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus ) Quechuan mouse opossum (M. quichua ) Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina ) Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni ) Red mouse opossum (M. rubra ) Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana ) Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila ) Marmosops Bishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi ) Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens ) Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni ) Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea ) Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus ) Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi ) Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus ) Gray slender opossum (M. incanus ) Panama slender opossum (M. invictus ) Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis ) Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina ) White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus ) Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens ) Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis ) Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi )
Metachirus Brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus ) Monodelphis (Short-tailed opossums) Sepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta ) Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana ) Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata ) Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata ) Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica ) Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae ) Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina ) Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi ) Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi ) Marajó short-tailed opossum (M. maraxina ) Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi ) Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata ) Peruvian short-tailed opossum (M. peruviana ) Reig's opossum (M. reigi ) Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi ) Chestnut-striped opossum (M. rubida ) Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops ) Southern red-sided opossum (M. sorex ) Southern three-striped opossum (M. theresa ) Red three-striped opossum (M. umbristriata ) One-striped opossum (M. unistriata ) Philander (Gray & black four- eyed opossums) Anderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni ) Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae ) Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus ) McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi ) Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii ) Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi ) Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum ) Thylamys Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella ) Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans ) Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii ) Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus ) White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior ) Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus ) Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius ) Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei ) Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus ) Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus ) Tlacuatzin Grayish mouse opossum (T. canescens )