A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Didelphidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Orange-sided OpossumMonodelphis (Monodelphiops) dimidiata (Wagner, 1847) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| One-striped OpossumMonodelphis (Monodelphiops) unistriata (Wagner, 1842) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guyanan Short-tailed OpossumMonodelphis (Monodelphis) brevicaudata (Erxleben, 1777) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray Short-tailed OpossumMonodelphis (Monodelphis) domestica (Wagner, 1842) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazonian Red-sided OpossumMonodelphis (Monodelphis) glirina (Wagner, 1842) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Santa Rosa Short-tailed OpossumMonodelphis (Monodelphis) sanctaerosae Voss, Pine & Solari, 2012 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Touan Short-tailed OpossumMonodelphis (Monodelphis) touan (Shaw, 1800) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Voss's Short-tailed OpossumMonodelphis (Monodelphis) vossi S.E. Pavan, 2019 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sepia Short-tailed OpossumMonodelphis (Mygalodelphys) adusta (Thomas, 1897) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy Short-tailed OpossumMonodelphis (Mygalodelphys) kunsi Pine, 1975 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osgood's Short-tailed OpossumMonodelphis (Mygalodelphys) osgoodi Doutt, 1938 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peruvian Short-tailed OpossumMonodelphis (Mygalodelphys) peruviana Osgood, 1913 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pine's OpossumMonodelphis (Mygalodelphys) ronaldi Solari, 2007 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazonian Short-tailed OpossumMonodelphis (Pyrodelphys) emiliae (Thomas, 1912) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anderson's Four-eyed OpossumPhilander andersoni (Osgood, 1913) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Four-eyed OpossumPhilander canus (Osgood, 1913) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Delta OpossumPhilander deltae Lew, Pérez-Hernández & Ventura, 2006 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| McIlhenny's Four-eyed OpossumPhilander mcilhennyi Gardner & Patton, 1972 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark Four-eyed OpossumPhilander melanurus (Thomas, 1899) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olrog's Four-eyed OpossumPhilander olrogi Flores, Barquez & Díaz, 2008 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray Four-eyed OpossumPhilander opossum (Linnaeus, 1758) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pebas Four-eyed OpossumPhilander pebas Voss, Diaz-Nieto & Jansa, 2018 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mesopotamian Fat-tailed OpossumThylamys citellus (Thomas, 1912) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThylamys elegans (Waterhouse, 1839) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Karimi's Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThylamys karimii (Petter, 1968) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallid Fat-tailed OpossumThylamys pallidior (Thomas, 1902) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Argentine Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThylamys sponsorius (Thomas, 1921) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tate's Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThylamys tatei (Handley, 1957) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThylamys velutinus (Wagner, 1842) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThylamys venustus (Thomas, 1902) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Balsas Gray Mouse OpossumTlacuatzin balsaensis Arcangeli, Light & Cervantes, 2018 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray Mouse OpossumTlacuatzin canescens (J. A. Allen, 1893) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yucatan Gray Mouse OpossumTlacuatzin gaumeri (Osgood, 1913) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tres Marias Gray Mouse OpossumTlacuatzin insularis (Merriam, 1897) | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.