Ameridelphia
Sign in to saveAmeridelphia is traditionally a superorder that includes all marsupials living in the Americas except for the monito del monte (Dromiciops). It is now regarded as a paraphyletic group.
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- Orders
- Evolution and phylogenetics
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Ameridelphia is traditionally a superorder that includes all marsupials living in the Americas except for the monito del monte (Dromiciops). It is now regarded as a paraphyletic group.
==Orders== The orders within this group are listed below: Order Didelphimorphia (108 species) Family Didelphidae: opossums Order Paucituberculata (7 species) Family Caenolestidae: shrew opossums
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