Didelphis
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| Large American opossums[1] | |
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| Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Subfamily: | Didelphinae |
| Genus: | Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as large American opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia order.
[edit] References
- ^ Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 5. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
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