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Ameridelphia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Marsupialia
Superorder:Ameridelphia
Orders
Ameridelphia is the superorder that includes all marsupials living in the Americas except for Dromiciops. The orders within this group are listed below:
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Marsupialia
Illiger, 1811

Orders
  • Didelphimorphia
  • Paucituberculata
  • Microbiotheria
  • Dasyuromorphia
  • Peramelemorphia
  • Notoryctemorphia
  • Diprotodontia
  • Sparassodonta (extinct)
  • Yalkaparidontia (extinct)
Marsupials
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order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). The superorder is a rank between class and order. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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Didelphimorphia
Gill, 1872

Family: Didelphidae
Gray, 1821

Genera

Several; see text
Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere.
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Paucituberculata
Ameghino, 1894

Family: Caenolestidae
Trouessart, 1898

Genera

 Caenolestes
 Lestoros
 Rhyncholestes

The biological order
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order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). The superorder is a rank between class and order. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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Marsupialia
Illiger, 1811

Orders
  • Didelphimorphia
  • Paucituberculata
  • Microbiotheria
  • Dasyuromorphia
  • Peramelemorphia
  • Notoryctemorphia
  • Diprotodontia
  • Sparassodonta (extinct)
  • Yalkaparidontia (extinct)
Marsupials
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Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1] and South America with their associated islands and regions. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.
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Dromiciops
Thomas, 1894

Species: D. gliroides

Binomial name
Dromiciops gliroides
Thomas, 1894

Synonyms
Dromiciops australis
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order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). The superorder is a rank between class and order. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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Didelphimorphia
Gill, 1872

Family: Didelphidae
Gray, 1821

Genera

Several; see text
Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere.
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Didelphimorphia
Gill, 1872

Family: Didelphidae
Gray, 1821

Genera

Several; see text
Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere.
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Paucituberculata
Ameghino, 1894

Family: Caenolestidae
Trouessart, 1898

Genera

 Caenolestes
 Lestoros
 Rhyncholestes

The biological order
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Paucituberculata
Ameghino, 1894

Family: Caenolestidae
Trouessart, 1898

Genera

 Caenolestes
 Lestoros
 Rhyncholestes

The biological order
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