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Didelphimorphia

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Didelphimorphia
Order recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Didelphimorphia
Order recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, wikipedia ID, wikipedia EU, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia HSB, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, EOL authors, wikipedia gl Galician, GBIF classification, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, World Register of Marine Species, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Didelphimorphia
Recognized by AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, INBio, Kissling et al, 2014, Belize Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Dominica Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Grenada Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guyana Species List, Honduras Species List, India Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Portugal Species List, Suriname Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Uruguay Species List, Argentina Species List, Mexico Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, United States Species List, and Flickr BHL
Didelphimorphia Gill 1872
Order recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Didelphimorphia
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, EOL authors, Animal Diversity Web, Conabio, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Didelphimorphia Gill 1872
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors and EOL authors

Common Names

English

Opossums preferred
Recognized by admin
American marsupials
prefer
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web
Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Merian's Opossum
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL

Japanese

オポッサム目 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin

Curated hierarchies for Didelphimorphia

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Metatheria
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia (this page)
Alphadontidae
Didelphidae
Hondadelphidae
Sparassocynidae
Stagodontidae
unclassified Didelphimorphia
Australidelphia
Paucituberculata
Polydolopimorphia
Sparassodonta

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Metatheria Huxley 1880
Didelphimorphia Gill 1872 (this page)
Didelphidae Gray 1821
Dasyuromorphia Gill 1872
Diprotodontia Owen 1866
Microbiotheria Ameghino 1889
Notoryctemorphia Kirsch ex Hunsaker 1977
Paucituberculata Ameghino 1894
Peramelemorphia Ameghino 1889

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Metatheria
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia (this page)
Alphadontidae
Didelphidae
Hondadelphidae
Sparassocynidae
Stagodontidae
unclassified Didelphimorphia
Australidelphia
Paucituberculata
Polydolopimorphia
Sparassodonta

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Metatheria
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia (this page)
Alphadontidae
Apistodon Davis 2007
Didelphidae
Ghamidtherium Sánchez-Villagra et al. 2007
Hondadelphidae
Mayulestidae
Sparassocynidae
Stagodontidae
Szalinia de Muizon
Australidelphia
Paucituberculata
Sparassodonta

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Didelphimorphia (this page)
Alphadontidae
Apistodon Davis 2007
Aquiladelphidae
Caluronmys lanatus
Derorhynchidae
Didelphidae
Ghamidtherium Sánchez-Villagra, Seiffert, Martin, Simons, Gunnell & Attia 2007
Peradectidae
Protodidelphidae
Sparassocynidae
Stagodontidae
Szalinia de Muizon & Cifelli 2001
Acoelodidae
Adrastotherium Ameghino 1887
Amphidontidae
Amphilestidae
Amphitheriidae
Apatemyidae
Arctocyonidae
Arrhinolemur Ameghino 1898
Arsinoitheriidae
Astrapotheriidae
Ausktribosphenidae
Barbereniidae
Bathyleptodon Lönnberg 1937
Bondesiidae
Borhyaenidae
Brandoniidae
Buselaphus Reichenbach 1845
Cimolodontidae
Coryphodontidae
Dicrocynodontidae
Dimylidae
Diprotodontia
Docodontidae
Dormaaliidae
Dryolestidae
Eoastrapostylopidae
Eoastrapostylops Soria & Powell 1981
Eodidelphys Ameghino 1891
Epoicotheriidae
Eurymylidae
Fractinus Higgins 2003
Geolabididae
Gobisorex Sulimski 1970
Gondwanatheriidae
Haramiyidae
Holoclemensiidae
Homalodotheriidae
Hyaenodontidae
Hyopsodontidae
Interatheriidae
Isotemnidae
Jeholodens Ji, Luo & Ji 1999
Jeholodentidae
Kermackiidae
Lamprodon Wagner 1848
Lotor Geoffroy & Cuvier 1795
Lutrictis Pomel 1847
Macraucheniidae
Macroscelidea
Mesotheriidae
Micropternodontidae
Mimolagidae
Mioclaenidae
Myonax Thomas 1928
Notohippidae
Notoryctemorphia
Notostylopidae
Oldfieldthomasiidae
Olygodon Ameghino 1883
Palaeoryctidae
Pantolestidae
Paroxyclaenidae
Paulchoffatiidae
Peramuridae
Periptychidae
Phenacodontidae
Phenacolophidae
Pilosa
Plagiaulacidae
Platacodon Marsh 1889
Plesiorycteropodidae
Pleurocyon Kraglievich 1917
Potamotelses Fox 1972
Proscalopidae
Prosimia Brisson 1762
Proterotheriidae
Ptolemaiidae
Repenomamidae
Rodentia
Sahnitherium Rana & Wilson 2003
Sazlestes Nessov 1997
Simplodon Huang & Zheng 2003
Sinbadelphys Cifelli 2004
Sinobaatar Hu & Wang 2002
Sinoconodontidae
Spalacotheriidae
Sparnotheriodontidae
Stylinodontidae
Taeniolabidae
Tendagurodon Heinrich 1998
Tetrodon Ameghino 1882
Thylacosmilidae
Tinodontidae
Toxodontidae
Tricorynopus Sarjeant & Langston 1994
Trigonostylopidae
Tupaja Berthold 1827
Uintatheriidae
Woutersiidae
Zhelestidae
417 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Metatheria Huxley 1880
Didelphimorphia Gill 1872 (this page)
Didelphidae Gray 1821
Dasyuromorphia Gill 1872
Diprotodontia Owen 1866
Microbiotheria Ameghino 1889
Notoryctemorphia Kirsch ex Hunsaker 1977
Paucituberculata Ameghino 1894
Peramelemorphia Ameghino 1889

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Didelphimorphia (this page)
Didelphidae
Afrosoricida
Carnivora
Cetartiodactyla
Chiroptera
Cingulata
Dasyuromorphia
Dermoptera
Diprotodontia
Eulipotyphla
Hyracoidea
Lagomorpha
Macroscelidea
Microbiotheria
Monotremata
Notoryctemorphia
Paucituberculata
Peramelemorphia
Perissodactyla
Pholidota
Pilosa
Primates
Proboscidea
Rodentia
Scandentia
Sirenia
Tubulidentata

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Metatheria
Didelphimorphia (this page)
Didelphidae
unclassified Didelphimorphia
Dasyuromorphia
Diprotodontia
Microbiotheria
Notoryctemorphia
Paucituberculata
Peramelemorphia

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia (this page)
Adinodontinae
Derorhynchidae
Didelphidae
Didelphoidea
Pediomyoidea
Peradectoidea
Sparassocynidae
Ameridelphia
Anatoliadelphyidae
Australidelphia
Diprotodontia
Eobrasilia
Glasbiidae
Numbigilgidae
Paucituberculata
Pediomyidae
Polydolopimorphia
Pucadelphyda
Pucadelphyidae
Yalkaparidontia
Yingabalanaridae

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Didelphimorphia (this page)
Artiodactyla
Carnivora
Carnivora
Cetartiodactyla
Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery 1997
Eutheria Huxley 1880
Rodentia
Rodentia Bowdich 1821
Sirenia
Sirenia Illiger 1811
Theria
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