Didelphimorphia

Translingual

Etymology

Didelphis +‎ -morphia

Proper noun

Didelphimorphia

A taxonomic order within the infraclass Metatheria – the opossums.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Marsupialia - infraclass

Hyponyms

(order): Didelphidae, †Derorhynchidae (extinct), †Sparassocynidae (extinct)

References

Didelphimorphia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Didelphimorphia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Didelphimorphia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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