- Didelphis
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Large American opossums[1] 
Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Subfamily: Didelphinae Genus: Didelphis
Linnaeus, 1758Type species Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus, 1758Species - Didelphis albiventris (blue)
- Didelphis aurita (cyan)
- Didelphis imperfecta (red)
- Didelphis marsupialis (orange)
- Didelphis pernigra (green)
- Didelphis virginiana (pea green)
The six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as large American opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia order.
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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