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Didelphis Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Didelphis Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Didelphis
Genus recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Belize Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Dominica Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, French Guiana Species List, Grenada Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guyana Species List, Honduras Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Suriname Species List, Venezuela Species List, Uruguay Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, wikipedia EU, Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia SK, wikipedia HSB, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, United States Species List, iDigBio type specimen records, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Didelphis
Recognized by SI Wild, AnAge articles, INBio, Kissling et al, 2014, Furui 2020, and Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington
Didelphis Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Didelphys
Genus recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Didelphys Schreber 1778
Genus recognized by GBIF national node type records UK

Alternative Names

Didelphus Lapham 1853
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Didelphys Schreber 1778
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Leucodidelphys Krumbiegel 1941
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Thylacotherium Lund 1839
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Didelphis alboguttata Burmeister 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis bruinii Zimmermann 1780
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis bucklandi Broderip 1828
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis caudivolvula Kerr 1792
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis karkinophaga Zimmermann 1780
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis kenguru Zimmermann 1780
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis lemurina Shaw 1800
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis macroura Shaw 1794
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis novaehollandiae Bechstein 1800
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis penicillata Shaw 1800
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis petaurus Shaw 1800
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis potoru Meyer 1793
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis sciurea Shaw 1794
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis spec Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis tapouaru Meyer 1793
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis ursina Harris 1808
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis volans Kerr 1792
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis voluccella Meyer 1793
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didelphis vulpina Meyer 1793
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dimerodon mutiatus Ameghino 1889
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudochirus caudivolvulus (Kerr 1792)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Didelphis peregrinus Boddaert, 1785)
Didelphis
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, Flickr Group, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Flickr BHL, Kappeler et al 2013, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Didelphus Lapham 1853
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Didelphus Lapham 1853
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Didelphus Lapham 1853
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Didelphys
Harvest ancestor according to iDigBio type specimen records
Didelphys Schreber 1778
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Didelphys Schreber 1778
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Didelphys Schreber 1778
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Leucodidelphys Krumbiegel 1941
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Leucodidelphys Krumbiegel 1941
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Leucodidelphys Krumbiegel 1941
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Thylacotherium Lund 1839
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Thylacotherium Lund 1839
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Thylacotherium Lund 1839
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

Arabic

أبوسوم preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

опосуми preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Didelfo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Opossums preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Guarani

Sarigue preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

אופוסום preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Posur preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

オポッサム属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Korean

주머니쥐속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nahuatl

Tlakuachij preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Biyázhí neiyéhé preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Echt Oposums preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

دوزهدان‌ها preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Gambá preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

опоссумы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

Обични опосуми preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Опосум preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

ابوسوم preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Didelphis Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Metatheria
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Didelphinae
Didelphis Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Didelphis albiventris Lund 1840
Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied 1826)
Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández 1984
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
Didelphis pernigra J. A. Allen 1900
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
Chacodelphys Voss et al. 2004
Chironectes Illiger 1811
Cryptonanus Voss et al. 2005
Gracilinanus Gardner & Creighton 1989
Hyladelphys Voss, Lunde & Simmons 2001
Lestodelphys Tate 1934
Lutreolina Thomas 1910
Marmosa Gray 1821
Marmosops Matschie 1916
Metachirus Burmeister 1854
Monodelphis Burnett 1830
Philander Brisson 1762
Thylamys Gray 1843
Tlacuatzin Voss & Jansa 2003

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Metatheria Huxley 1880
Didelphimorphia Gill 1872
Didelphidae Gray 1821
Didelphinae Gray 1821
Didelphis Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Didelphis albiventris Lund 1840
Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied 1826)
Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández 1984
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
Didelphis pernigra J. A. Allen 1900
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
Chironectes Illiger 1811
Gracilinanus Gardner & Creighton 1989
Hyladelphys Voss, Lunde & Simmons 2001
Lestodelphys Tate 1934
Lutreolina Thomas 1910
Marmosa Gray 1821
Marmosops Matschie 1916
Metachirus Burmeister 1854
Micoureus Lesson 1842
Monodelphis Burnett 1830
Philander Brisson 1762
Thylamys Gray 1843
Tlacuatzin Voss & Jansa 2003

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Metatheria
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Didelphinae
Didelphis Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Didelphis albiventris Lund 1840
Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied 1826)
Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández 1984
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
Didelphis pernigra J. A. Allen 1900
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
Chacodelphys Voss et al. 2004
Chironectes Illiger 1811
Cryptonanus Voss et al. 2005
Gracilinanus Gardner & Creighton 1989
Hyladelphys Voss, Lunde & Simmons 2001
Lestodelphys Tate 1934
Lutreolina Thomas 1910
Marmosa Gray 1821
Marmosops Matschie 1916
Metachirus Burmeister 1854
Monodelphis Burnett 1830
Philander Brisson 1762
Thylamys Gray 1843
Tlacuatzin Voss & Jansa 2003

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Metatheria
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Didelphis (this page)
Didelphis albiventris Lund 1840
Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied 1826)
Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández 1984
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
Didelphis pernigra J. A. Allen 1900
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
Caluromys
Caluromysiops
Chironectes
Glironia
Gracilinanus
Hyladelphys
Lestodelphys
Lutreolina
Marmosa
Marmosops
Metachirus
Micoureus
Monodelphis
Philander
Thylamys
Tlacuatzin

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Didelphis Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Didelphis albiventris Lund 1840
Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied 1826)
Didelphis biforata
Didelphis brunii Quoy & Gaimard 1824
Didelphis californica Benn 1833
Didelphis cuvieri Fischer 1829
Didelphis grandaeva
Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández 1984
Didelphis incerta
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
Didelphis paraguayensis
Didelphis pernigra J. A. Allen 1900
Didelphis solimoensis Couzzol et al. 2006
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
Didelphys abrupta Ameghino 1904
Didelphys biforata Ameghino 1904
Didelphys grandaeva Ameghino 1889
Didelphys juga Ameghino 1889
Didelphys lujanensis Ameghino 1889
Didelphys perplana Ameghino 1904
Didelphys triforata Ameghino 1889
Albertatherium Fox 1971
Alphadon Simpson 1927
Amphiperatherium Filhol 1879
Andinodelphys Marshall & de Muizon 1988
Armintodelphys Krishtalka & Stucky 1983
Asiadidelphis Gabunia, Shevyreva & Gabunia 1990
Bistius Clemens & Lillegraven 1986
Caluromys J. A. Allen 1900
Caluromysiops Sanborn 1951
Chacodelphys Voss, Gardner & Jansa 2004
Chironectes Illiger 1811
Chulpasia Crochet & Sigé 1993
Cladodidelphys Ameghino 1904
Coona Simpson 1938
Copedelphys Korth 1994
Cryptonanus Voss, Lunde & Jansa 2005
Derorhynchus Couto 1952
Didelphopsis Couto 1952
Eobrasilia Simpson 1947
Esteslestes Novacek, Ferrusquia-Villafranca, Flynn, Wyss & Norell 1991
Extocentrocristus foxi
Garatherium Crochet 1984
Gaylordia Couto 1952
Glironia Thomas 1912
Gracilinanus Gardner & Creighton 1989
Herpetotherium Cope 1873
Hyladelphys Voss, Lunde & Simmons 2001
Hyperdidelphys Ameghino 1904
Incadelphys Marshall & de Muizon 1988
Indodelphis Bajpai, Kapur, Thewissen, Tiwari & Das 2005
Itaboraidelphys Marshall & de Muizon 1984
Jaegeria Bajpai, Kapur, Thewissen, Tiwari & Das 2005
Lestodelphys Tate 1934
Lutreolina Thomas 1910
Mamosopsis jurapoi
Marmosa Gray 1821
Marmosops Matschie 1916
Marmosopsis Couto 1962
Metachirus Burmeister 1854
Micoureus Lesson 1842
Microbiotherium acclinum
Mimoperadectes Bown & Rose 1979
Minusculodelphis Couto 1962
Mizquedelphys Marshall & de Muizon 1988
Monodelphis Burnett 1830
Nanodelphys Mc Grew 1937
Pachybiotherium Ameghino 1902
Paradidelphys Ameghino 1904
Peradectes Matthew & Granger 1921
Peratherium Aymard 1850
Philander Brisson 1762
Protalphadon Cifelli 1990
Pucadelphys Marshall & de Muizon 1988
Sairadelphys Oliveira, Villa Nova, Goin & Dos Santos Avilla 2011
Siamoperadectes Ducrocq, Buffetaut, Buffetaut-Tong, Jaeger, Jongkanjanasoontorn & Suteethorn 1992
Sternbergia itaboraiensis
Swaindelphys Johanson 1996
Thylamys Gray 1843
Thylatheridium Reig 1952
Thylatherium cristatum
Thylatherium pascuali
Thylophorops Reig 1952
Tiulordia Marshall & de Muizon 1988
Tlacuatzin Voss & Jansa 2003
Turgidodon Cifelli 1990
Varalphadon Johanson 1996
Zygolestes Ameghino 1898

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Metatheria Huxley 1880
Didelphimorphia Gill 1872
Didelphidae Gray 1821
Didelphinae Gray 1821
Didelphis Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Didelphis albiventris Lund 1840
Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied 1826)
Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández 1984
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
Didelphis pernigra J. A. Allen 1900
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
Chironectes Illiger 1811
Gracilinanus Gardner & Creighton 1989
Hyladelphys Voss, Lunde & Simmons 2001
Lestodelphys Tate 1934
Lutreolina Thomas 1910
Marmosa Gray 1821
Marmosops Matschie 1916
Metachirus Burmeister 1854
Micoureus Lesson 1842
Monodelphis Burnett 1830
Philander Brisson 1762
Thylamys Gray 1843
Tlacuatzin Voss & Jansa 2003

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Metatheria
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Didelphinae
Didelphis (this page)
Didelphis albiventris
Didelphis aurita
Didelphis imperfecta
Didelphis marsupialis
Didelphis pernigra
Didelphis virginiana
unclassified Didelphis
Chacodelphys
Chironectes
Cryptonanus
Gracilinanus
Lestodelphys
Lutreolina
Marmosa
Marmosops
Metachirus
Micoureus
Monodelphis
Philander
Thylamys
Tlacuatzin

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Didelphinae
Didelphis (this page)
Didelphis albiventris
Didelphis aurita
Didelphis azarae
Didelphis imperfecta
Didelphis marsupialis
Didelphis murina
Didelphis obesula
Didelphis orientalis
Didelphis peregrinus
Didelphis pernigra
Didelphis philander
Didelphis pygmaea
Didelphis tridactyla
Didelphis ursina
Didelphis virginiana
Didelphis vulpecula
Didelphis wombat
Andinodelphys
Chironectes
Didelphini
Gracilinanus
Hyladelphys
Lestodelphys
Lutreolina
Marmosa
Marmosini
Marmosops
Marmosopsis
Metachirini
Metachirus
Micoureus
Mirandaia
Monodelphini
Monodelphis
Philander
Thylamyini
Thylamys
Thylatheridium
Tlacuatzin

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Didelphys (this page)
Didelphys brevicaudata
Didelphys breviceps
Didelphys dimidiata
Didelphys domestica
Didelphys dorsigera
Didelphys elegans
Didelphys hunteri
Didelphys lechei
Didelphys philander
Didelphys turneri
Didelphys unistriata
Didelphys waterhousii
Caluromyinae
Chacodelphys
Cryptonanus
Derorhynchinae
Didelphinae
Eobrasiliinae
Glironiinae
Hyladelphinae
Marmosinae
Notodelphis
Peradectinae
Peramys
Pucadelphys
Thylamyinae
Turgidodon
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