Didelphis

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: type genus of the family Didelphidae
  Synonym: genus Didelphis

large American opossums[1]
Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Subfamily:	Didelphinae
Genus:	Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Didelphis albiventris Didelphis aurita Didelphis imperfecta Didelphis marsupialis Didelphis pernigra Didelphis virginiana

The six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as large American opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia order.

References

1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (2005-11-16). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 5. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 

v • d • e Extant Didelphimorphia (Opossums) species Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Class Mammalia · Infraclass Marsupialia   Subfamily Caluromyinae Caluromys (Woolly opossums) Subgenus Caluromys: Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum (C. philander) Subgenus Mallodelphys: Derby's Woolly Opossum (C. derbianus) · Brown-eared Woolly Opossum (C. lanatus) Caluromysiops Black-shouldered Opossum (C. irrupta) Glironia Bushy-tailed Opossum (G. venusta)   Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below) Chironectes Water Opossum (C. minimus) Didelphis (Large American opossums) White-eared Opossum (D. albiventris) · Big-eared Opossum (D. aurita) · Guianan White-eared Opossum (D. imperfecta) · Common Opossum (D. marsupialis) · Andean White-eared Opossum (D. pernigra) · Virginia Opossum (D. virginiana) Gracilinanus Aceramarca Gracile Opossum (G. aceramarcae) · Agile Gracile Opossum (G. agilis) · Agricola's Gracile Opossum (G. agricolai) · Wood Sprite Gracile Opossum (G. dryas) · Emilia's Gracile Opossum (G. emilae) · Pygmy Opossum (G. formosus) · Red-bellied Gracile Opossum (G. ignitus) · Northern Gracile Opossum (G. marica) · Brazilian Gracile Opossum (G. microtarsus) Hyladelphys Kalinowski's Mouse Opossum (H. kalinowskii) Lestodelphys Patagonian Opossum (L. halli) Lutreolina Lutrine Opossum (L. crassicaudata) Marmosa (Mouse opossums) Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum (M. andersoni) · Rufous Mouse Opossum (M. lepida) · Mexican Mouse Opossum (M. mexicana) · Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum (M. murina) · Quechuan Mouse Opossum (M. quichua) · Robinson's Mouse Opossum (M. robinsoni) · Red Mouse Opossum (M. rubra) · Tyleria Mouse Opossum (M. tyleriana) · Guajira Mouse Opossum (M. xerophila) Marmosops Bishop's Slender Opossum (M. bishopi) · Narrow-headed Slender Opossum (M. cracens) · Dorothys' Slender Opossum (M. dorothea) · Dusky Slender Opossum (M. fuscatus) · Handley's Slender Opossum (M. handleyi) · Tschudi's Slender Opossum (M. impavidus) · Gray Slender Opossum (M. incanus) · Panama Slender Opossum (M. invictus) · Junin Slender Opossum (M. juninensis) · Neblina Slender Opossum (M. neblina) · White-bellied Slender Opossum (M. noctivagus) · Delicate Slender Opossum (M. parvidens) · Brazilian Slender Opossum (M. paulensis) · Pinheiro's Slender Opossum (M. pinheiroi)   Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above) Metachirus Brown Four-eyed Opossum (M. nudicaudatus) Micoureus Alston's Mouse Opossum (M. alstoni) · White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. constantiae) · Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. demerarae) · Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. paraguayanus) · Little Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. phaeus) · Bare-tailed Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. regina) Monodelphis (Short-tailed opossums) Sepia Short-tailed Opossum (M. adusta) · Northern Three-striped Opossum (M. americana) · Northern Red-sided Opossum (M. brevicaudata) · Yellow-sided Opossum (M. dimidiata) · Gray Short-tailed Opossum (M. domestica) · Emilia's Short-tailed Opossum (M. emiliae) · Amazonian Red-sided Opossum (M. glirina) · Ihering's Three-striped Opossum (M. iheringi) · Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum (M. kunsi) · Marajó Short-tailed Opossum (M. maraxina) · Osgood's Short-tailed Opossum (M. osgoodi) · Hooded Red-sided Opossum (M. palliolata) · Chestnut-striped Opossum (M. rubida) · Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum (M. scalops) · Southern Red-sided Opossum (M. sorex) · Southern Three-striped Opossum (M. theresa) · Red Three-striped Opossum (M. umbristriata) · One-striped Opossum (M. unistriata) Philander (Gray & black four- eyed opossums) Anderson's Four-eyed Opossum (P. andersoni) · Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum (P. frenatus) · McIlhenny's Four-eyed Opossum (P. mcilhennyi) · Gray Four-eyed Opossum (P. opossum) Thylamys Cinderella Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum (T. cinderella) · Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum (T. elegans) · Karimi's Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum (T. karimii) · Paraguayan Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum (T. macrurus) · White-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum (T. pallidior) · Common Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum (T. pusillus) · Argentine Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum (T. sponsorius) · Tate's Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum (T. tatei) · Dwarf Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum (T. velutinus) · Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum (T. venustus) Tlacuatzin Gray Mouse Opossum (T. canescens)

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