Ameridelphia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Superorder: Ameridelphia
Orders
Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata

Ameridelphia is the superorder that includes all marsupials living in the Americas except for Dromiciops. The orders within this group are listed below:

• Order Didelphimorphia (88 species)
  • Family Didelphidae: opossums
• Order Paucituberculata (6 species)
  • Family Caenolestidae: shrew opossums