Ameridelphia

Ameridelphia is traditionally a superorder that includes all marsupials living in the Americas except for the Monito del Monte (Dromiciops). As has long been suspected, modern marsupials are now understood to be an originally American lineage that later reached Australia and diversified there in a massive adaptive radiation. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry Get back to Metatheria

Virginia opossum

phylum	Chordata	The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), commonly known as the North American opossum, is the only marsupial found in North America north of Mexico. In the United States it is typically referred to simply as a possum. A solitary and nocturnal animal about the size of a domestic cat, and thus the largest opossum, it is a successful opportunist. It is familiar to many North Americans as it is often seen near towns, rummaging through garbage cans, or lying by the road, a victim of traffic. In Mexico it is known as the tlacuache. For more information, please visit the Wikipedia Entry Get back to Metatheria
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Metatheria
order	Didelphimorphia
family	Didelphidae
genus	Didelphis
species	D. virginiana

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