The Didelphinae are a subfamily of opossums consisting of 15 genera and 123 species.[2][3][4] Specimens have been collected throughout the Americas, but are predominant in South and Central America.[5]
Some sources call this subfamily the "American opossums",[2][6] while others use that term for the whole family of opossums, Didelphidae.[1] The term may be redundant, though, since all opossums are native to the Americas, while their distant Australian taxonomic relatives, in the suborder Phalangeriformes are referred to as possums in Australia.
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The Didelphinae are a subfamily of opossums consisting of 15 genera and 123 species. Specimens have been collected throughout the Americas, but are predominant...
containing a single species; Hyladelphinae, also with a single species; and Didelphinae, containing 87 species split between 14 genera. Over one hundred extinct...
Hyladelphys Kalinowski's mouse opossum (Hyladelphys kalinowskii) Subfamily Didelphinae Tribe Metachirini Genus Metachirus Brown four-eyed opossum (Metachirus...
for Conservation of Nature: Family Didelphidae (opossums) Subfamily: Didelphinae Genus: Didelphis Virginia opossum, D. virginiana LC Family Dasypodidae...
Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Subfamily: Didelphinae Tribe: Didelphini Genus: Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Didelphis...
for Conservation of Nature: Family Didelphidae (opossums) Subfamily: Didelphinae Genus: Didelphis Virginia opossum, D. virginiana LC Family Dasypodidae...
Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Subfamily: Didelphinae Genus: Thylophorops Ameghino, 1908 Type species †Thylophorops chapadmalensis...
species in New York. Family Didelphidae (American opossums) Subfamily: Didelphinae Genus: Didelphis Virginia opossum, D. virginiana LC Eulipotyphlans are...
Hyladelphinae Genus Hyladelphys - Kalinowski's mouse opossum Subfamily Didelphinae Tribe Metachirini Genus Metachirus - brown four-eyed opossum Tribe Didelphini...
Paula Couto 1962] Genus †Didelphopsis de Paula Couto 1952 Subfamily Didelphinae Grey 1821 Tribe Didelphini Grey 1821 Genus †Hyperdidelphys Ameghino 1904...
Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Subfamily: Didelphinae Tribe: Thylamyini Genus: Chacodelphys Voss et al., 2004 Species: C. formosa...
prehensile tail. Family: Didelphidae (American opossums) Subfamily: Didelphinae Virginia opossum, D. virginiana LC The armadillos are small mammals with...
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