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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.
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]
Family Didelphidae. Subfamily Glironiinae. Genus Glironia. Bushy-tailed opossum (Glironia venusta) Subfamily Caluromyinae. Genus Caluromys Bare-tailed woolly opossum ...
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).
Although this species was initially described as a valid species, it was considered a subspecies of the gray four-eyed opossum until 2018. [2] Some sources, such as the American Society of Mammalogists, consider Philander mondolfii and Philander olrogi to be junior synonyms of this species.
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]
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.
The brown-eared woolly opossum is one of the three members of Caluromys, and is placed in the family Didelphidae. It was first described by German naturalist Ignaz von Olfers as Didelphys lanata in 1818. [3] It was given its present binomial name, Caluromys lanatus, by American zoologist Joel Asaph Allen in 1900. [4]