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Didelphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Nomenclatural_Code
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Didelphis
ICZN
Name Authority:
ITIS
Published In: 1758
Common Name(s):
large American opossums
Related Publications:
McClure 1906
Warren 1917
Cited MCZ Specimens:
MCZ:SC:1050
Figured p. 165 in
McClure 1906
MCZ:SC:1053
Figured p. 165 in
McClure 1906
MCZ:SC:1329
Figured p. 128 in
Warren 1917
MCZ:SC:2447
Figured p. 128 in
Warren 1917
Synonyms and other Related Names:
Didelphis
Linnaeus, 1758
accepted synonym of
Didelphys
Schreber, 1778
(According to: Mammal Species of the World)
Related Taxon Records:
Included Species (14)
Included Species:
Didelphis albiventris
Lund, 1840
Didelphis californica
Bennett, 1833
Didelphis cinerea
(Temminck, 1824)
Didelphis crucialis
(Ameghino, 1904)
Didelphis lanigera
Desmarest, 1820
Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus, 1758
Didelphis mesamericana
J. A. Allen, 1902
Didelphis murina
Linnaeus, 1758
Didelphis nudicaudata
(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
Didelphis opossum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Didelphis paraguayensis
J. A. Allen, 1902
Didelphis richmondi
J. A. Allen, 1901
Didelphis virginiana
Kerr, 1792
Didelphis yucatanensis
J. A. Allen, 1901
Media:
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:1329
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:1329
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:1329
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:1329
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:1329
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:1329
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:1329
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:1329
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-6417
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-6417
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-6417
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:4188
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:4188
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:4191
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:4191
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:4191
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:4191
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:4192
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:SC:4192
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