Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Alternative spelling: Didelphys
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Didelphinae according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005
See also Albright et al. 2019, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hooker 1986, Illiger 1811, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010, Lambe 1908, Leidy 1860, Linnaeus 1758, Lydekker 1894, Martin and Rauhut 2005, Martin and Webb 1974, McKenna and Bell 1997, Patton et al. 1996, Rovereto 1914, Sherman 1952 and Springer et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Chacodelphys, Didelphini, Hyladelphys, Metachirini, Mirandaia
Subtaxa: Didelphis albiventris Didelphis aurita Didelphis crucialis Didelphis marsupialis Didelphis solimoensis Didelphis virginiana Didelphys
Type: Didelphis marsupialis
Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (4), Mexico (3), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (40: Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia), Uruguay (3), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (6), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Peru (1)
Total: 65 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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