Order Didelphimorphia
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
3
18
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Didelphinae Gray 1821
Didelphinae
Gray 1821
,
London Med. Repos., 15: 308
.
Genera:
14 genera with 82 species:
Genus
Chironectes
Illiger 1811
(1 species with 4 subspecies)
Genus
Didelphis
Linnaeus 1758
(6 species with 6 subspecies)
Genus
Gracilinanus
Gardner and Creighton 1989
(9 species with 2 subspecies)
Genus
Hyladelphys
Voss, Lunde, and Simmons 2001
(1 species)
Genus
Lestodelphys
Tate 1934
(1 species)
Genus
Lutreolina
Thomas 1910
(1 species with 2 subspecies)
Genus
Marmosa
Gray 1821
(9 species with 11 subspecies)
Genus
Marmosops
Matschie 1916
(14 species with 3 subspecies)
Genus
Metachirus
Burmeister 1854
(1 species with 5 subspecies)
Genus
Micoureus
Lesson 1842
(6 species with 10 subspecies)
Genus
Monodelphis
Burnett 1829
(18 species)
Genus
Philander
Brisson 1762
(4 species with 4 subspecies)
Genus
Thylamys
Gray 1843
(10 species)
Genus
Tlacuatzin
Voss and Jansa 2003
(1 species with 2 subspecies)
Discussion:
Hershkovitz (1992
a
)
restricted the
Didelphinae
to the genera
Chironectes
,
Didelphis
,
Philander
, and
Lutreolina
. Hershkovitz (1997) further restricted the
Didelphinae
by establishing Chironectinae and Lutreolininae for
Chironectes
and
Lutreolina
, respectively.