Explore the Taxonomic Tree

Explore the Taxonomic Tree

Opossoms

Common Name
opossoms
American opossums

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The table below is a high-level overview of the subsequent branches of this taxon, organized by taxonomic level and further subdivided by items that FWS focuses on, either through a regulatory or other capacity. You can change your list view by selecting an option from the overview table:

  • To view all branches of a respective taxonomic level, see the Taxa column.
  • To further filter your view of branches that FWS focuses on, see the FWS Focus column.
  • By default, the list view will always show the child branches of the current taxon.

Branches of Didelphidae

Taxonomic LevelTaxaFWS Focus
Subfamily2
Tribe0
Subtribe0
Genus17
Subgenus2
Species87
Aberration0
Form0
Morph0
Race0
Stirp0
Subspecies65
Unspecified0
Variety0
All Subtaxa1730

Location in Taxonomic Tree

KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
InfrakingdomDeuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
InfraphylumGnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassMammalia
SubclassTheria
InfraclassMetatheria
OrderDidelphimorphia
FamilyDidelphidae

Viewing: descendants of Didelphidae