HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
GENUS Didelphis
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 54. | Type Species: | Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent selection (Thomas, 1888). | Comments: | Didelphys Schreber, 1778, is an invalid emendation of Didelphis Linnaeus, and Leucodidelphys Krumbiegel, 1941, is an invalid emendation of Leucodidelphis Ihering, 1914. Didelphus Lapham, 1853, is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Didelphis Linnaeus. |
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