After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Didelphinae (opossumit) |-- †Hyperdidelphys Ameghino, 1904 [Synonyms] |-- Lutreolina crassicaudata Thomas, 1910 [Peramys Matschie, 1916] (paksuhäntäopossumi) |--o Philander Tiedemann, 1808 [Metacheirops Matschie, 1916; Holothylax Cabrera, 1919; Metacherius Sanderson, 1949] ()? | |-- P. mcilhennyi [P. andersoni?] (mchillhennynopossumi) | `-- P. opossum [?Metacheirops Matschie, 1916; †P. entrer rianus Ameghino, 1899] (philanderinopossumi) |-- Chironectes minimus Illeger, 1811 [Memina Fischer de Waldheim, 1813; Cheironectes Gray, 1821; Gamba] (pussisaukko, yapok) |-- †Thylophorops Reig, 1952 `--o Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 [Synonyms] (opossumit)? |?- D. paraguayensis Oken, 1816 |-- D. albiventris (valkovatsaopossumi) |-- D. ?aurita (brazilian common opossum) |-- D. marsupialis Linneus, 1758 (isokorvaopossumi) `-- D. virginiana Kerr, 1792 [?D. marsupialis virginiana] (virginianopossumi)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Rougier, G. W., Wible, J. R. & Novacek, M. J., 1998: Implications of Deltatheridium speciments for early marsupial history.
–Nature: Vol. 396, 3 December, pp. 459-463
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and missing species.