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Taxon:
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Didelphis
Linnaeus, 1758
- large American opossums
(mammal)
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Didelphini (Tribe)
..Chironectes (Genus) - yapok
..†Hyperdidelphys (Genus)
..Lutreolina (Genus) - thick-tailed opossum
..Philander (Genus) - gray and black "four-eyed" opossums
..†Thylophorops (Genus)
..Didelphis (Genus) - large American opossums
....Didelphis albiventris (Species) - white-eared opossum
....Didelphis aurita (Species) - big-eared opossum
....Didelphis imperfecta (Species) - Guianan white-eared opossum
....Didelphis marsupialis (Species) - common opossum
....Didelphis pernigra (Species) - Andean white-eared opossum
....Didelphis virginiana (Species) - Virginia opossum
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Linnaeus, C. 1735.
Syst. Nat.
[ed. 1]
: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 54.
Types
Type of
:
Didelphini
(Tribe)
Gray, 1821
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
Thomas, 1888.
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new
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Variants
Unavailable name
:
Didelphis
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Different spelling
:
Didelphys
(Genus)
Schreber, 1778
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Caluromys
(Genus)
Allen, 1900
Ref:
MSW, 1993
Accepted name
:
Marmosa
(Genus)
Gray, 1821
Ref:
MSW, 1993
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
opossums
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
large American opossums
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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