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Les Didelphidés sont de petits marsupiaux qui atteignent tout au plus la taille d’un chat. Ils ont un corps trapu et un museau plus ou moins pointu. Certaines espèces n’ont pas de poche marsupiale. Ils ont 5 doigts à chaque membre, un pouce opposable, dépourvu d’ongle, aux membres postérieurs, et une queue souvent préhensile et en partie dénudée.

Il existe 2 sous-familles :

Sous-famille des Caluromyinae : 3 genres et 5 espèces

1. Caluromys derbianus (Central American woolly opossum)
   Caluromys lanatus (western woolly opossum)
   Caluromys philander (bare-tailed woolly opossum)
2. Caluromysiops irrupta (black-shouldered opossum)
3. Glironia venusta (bushy-tailed opossum)

Sous-famille des Didelphinae : 14 genres et 82 espèces

1. Chironectes minimus (opossum aquatique/sarigue d’eau)
2. Didelphis albiventris (white-eared opossum)
   Didelphis aurita (big-eared opossum)
   Didelphis imperfecta (Guianan white-eared opossum)
   Didelphis marsupialis (southern opossum)
   Didelphis pernigra (Andean white-eared opossum)
   Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum)
3. Gracilinanus aceramarcae (Aceramarca gracile mouse opossum)
   Gracilinanus agilis (agile gracile mouse opossum)
   Gracilinanus agricolai (Agricola’s gracile opossum)
   Gracilinanus dryas (wood sprite gracile mouse opossum)
   Gracilinanus emiliae (Emilia’s gracile mouse opossum)
   Gracilinanus formosus (pygmy opossum)
   Gracilinanus ignitus (red-bellied gracile opossum)
   Gracilinanus marica (northern gracile mouse opossum)
   Gracilinanus microtarsus (Brazilian gracile mouse opossum)
4. Hyladelphys kalinowskii (Kalinowski’s mouse opossum)
5. Lestodelphys halli (Patagonian opossum)
6. Lutreolina crassicaudata (lutrine opossum)
7. Marmosa andersoni (Anderson’s mouse opossum)
   Marmosa lepida (little rufous mouse opossum)
   Marmosa mexicana (Mexican mouse opossum)
   Marmosa murina (murine mouse opossum)
   Marmosa quichua (Quechuan mouse opossum)
   Marmosa robinsoni (Robinson’s mouse opossum)
   Marmosa rubra (red mouse opossum)
   Marmosa tyleriana (Tyler’s mouse opossum)
   Marmosa xerophila (dryland mouse opossum)
8. Marmosops bishopi (Bishop’s slender opossum)
   Marmosops cracens (slim-faced slender mouse opossum)
   Marmosops dorothea (Dorothy’s slender mouse opossum)
   Marmosops fuscatus (gray-bellied slender mouse opossum)
   Marmosops handleyi (Handley’s slender mouse opossum)
   Marmosops impavidus (Andean slender mouse opossum)
   Marmosops incanus (gray slender mouse opossum)
   Marmosops invictus (slaty slender mouse opossum)
   Marmosops juninensis (Junin slender opossum)
   Marmosops neblina (Neblina slender opossum)
   Marmosops noctivagus (white-bellied slender mouse opossum)
   Marmosops parvidens (delicate slender mouse opossum)
   Marmosops paulensis (Brazilian slender opossum)
   Marmosops pinheiroi (Pinheiro’s slender opossum)
9. Metachirus nudicaudatus (brown four-eyed opossum)
10. Micoureus alstoni (Alston’s woolly mouse opossum)
    Micoureus constantiae (pale-bellied woolly mouse opossum)
    Micoureus demerarae (long-furred woolly mouse opossum)
    Micoureus paraguayanus (Tate’s woolly mouse opossum)
    Micoureus phaeus (little woolly mouse opossum)
    Micoureus regina (short-furred woolly mouse opossum)
11. Monodelphis adusta (sepia short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis americana (three-striped short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis brevicaudata (red-legged short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis dimidiata (southern short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis domestica (gray short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis emiliae (Emilia’s short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis glirina (Amazonian red-sided opossum)
    Monodelphis iheringi (Ihering’s short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis kunsi (pygmy short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis maraxina (Marajo short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis osgoodi (Osgood’s short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis palliolata (hooded red-sided opossum)
    Monodelphis rubida (chestnut-striped short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis scalops (long-nosed short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis sorex (shrewish short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis theresa (Theresa’s short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis unistriata (one-striped short-tailed opossum)
    Monodelphis umbristriata (red three-striped opossum)
12. Philander andersoni (black four-eyed opossum)
    Philander frenatus
    Philander mcilhennyi
    Philander opossum (gray four-eyed opossum)
13. Thylamys cinderella (Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum)
    Thylamys elegans (elegant fat-tailed opossum)
    Thylamys karimii (Karimi’s fat-tailed mouse opossum)
    Thylamys macrurus (Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum)
    Thylamys pallidior (pallid fat-tailed opossum)
    Thylamys pusillus (common fat-tailed mouse opossum)
    Thylamys sponsorius (Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum)
    Thylamys tatei (Tate’s fat-tailed mouse opossum)
    Thylamys velutinus (velvety fat-tailed opossum)
    Thylamys venustus (buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum)
14. Tlacuatzin canescens