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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:
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Branches of Didelphidae
Location in Taxonomic Tree
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Subkingdom | Bilateria | |
Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia | |
Phylum | Chordata | |
Subphylum | Vertebrata | |
Infraphylum | Gnathostomata | |
Superclass | Tetrapoda | |
Class | Mammalia | |
Subclass | Theria | |
Infraclass | Metatheria | |
Order | Didelphimorphia | |
Family | Didelphidae |