What is Didelphis?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = American opossums | image = AwesomePossum-AmericanOpossum.jpg | image_caption = [[Virginia Opossum]] ''Didelphis virginiana'' | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]] | ordo = [[Didelphimorphia]] | familia = [[Didelphidae]] | subfamilia = [[Didelphinae]] | genus = '''''Didelphis''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 | range_map = Didelphis.png}} The six species in the genus '''''Didelphis''''', commonly known as '''large American opossums''', are members of the [[Didelphimorphia]] order. [[Species]]: *''[[White-eared opossum|Didelphis albiventris]]'' *''[[Big-eared opossum|Didelphis aurita]]'' *''[[Guianan white-eared opossum|Didelphis imperfecta]]'' *''[[Common opossum|Didelphis marsupialis]]'' *''[[Andean white-eared opossum|Didelphis pernigra]]'' *''[[Virginia opossum|Didelphis virginiana]]'' ==Related pages== * [[Marsupial]] * [[Opossum]] == References == * Gardner, Alfred 2005. in Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.M. (eds) ''Mammal species of the world'', 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 5. {{ISBN|0-801-88221-4}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Marsupials]]