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  2. Didelphinae - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of didelphimorphs - Wikipedia

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    The order Didelphimorphia consists of one family, Didelphidae, which is divided into the subfamilies Caluromyinae, Glironiinae, Hyladelphinae, and Didelphinae.Caluromyinae contains 4 species in 2 genera, Glironiinae and Hyladelphinae each contain a single species, and Didelphinae contains 87 species in 14 genera, as well as the extinct red-bellied gracile opossum, which was last seen in 1962.

  4. Didelphis - Wikipedia

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    Didelphis is a genus of New World marsupials.The six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as Large American opossums, are members of the opossum order, Didelphimorphia.

  5. Virginia opossum - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), also known as the North American opossum, is a member of the opossum family found from southern Canada to northern Costa Rica (making it the northernmost marsupial in the world).

  6. Opossum - Wikipedia

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    Family Didelphidae. Subfamily Glironiinae. Genus Glironia. Bushy-tailed opossum (Glironia venusta) Subfamily Caluromyinae. Genus Caluromys Bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander Derby's woolly opossum, Caluromys derbianus. Subgenus Caluromys. Bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander) Subgenus Mallodelphys. Derby's woolly opossum ...

  7. Brown four-eyed opossum - Wikipedia

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    The brown four-eyed opossum (Metachirus nudicaudatus) is a pouchless marsupial [3] of the family Didelphidae.It is found in different forested habitats of Central and South America, [2] from Nicaragua to Brazil and northern Argentina, [1] including southeastern Colombia, Paraguay and eastern Peru and Bolivia, at elevations from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft). [2]

  8. Thylamys - Wikipedia

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    Thylamys is a genus of opossums in the family Didelphidae. The premaxillae are rounded rather than pointed. The females lack a pouch. The females' nipples are arranged in two symmetrical rows on the abdomen. [2] All species but T. macrurus store fat in their tails., [3] although this is not necessarily true for all species in the genus. [4]

  9. List of monotremes and marsupials - Wikipedia

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    Family Didelphidae (opossums) Subfamily Caluromyinae. Genus Caluromysiops. Black-shouldered opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta) Genus Caluromys (woolly opossum) Subgenus Caluromys. Bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander) Subgenus Mallodelphys. Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus) Brown-eared woolly opossum (Caluromys lanatus ...