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Welcome to Order Didelphimorphia!

Didelphimorphia - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Infraclass Marsupalia > Order Didelphimorphia

(From Wikipedia) Opossums are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia, endemic to the Americas.

FACT: It's theorized that possums developed on South America while it was still independent from North America, and successfully established their niche when they became connected!

Currently discovered: 1/1 Families

Family

  1. Didelphidae - Opossums