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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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SPECIES albiventris

SPECIES aurita

SPECIES imperfecta

SPECIES marsupialis

SUBSPECIES marsupialis

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SPECIES virginiana

SUBSPECIES virginiana

SUBSPECIES californica

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SUBSPECIES yucatanensis

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