- Australidelphia
Taxobox
name = Australidelphia
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
infraclassis =Marsupial ia
superordo = Australidelphia
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
*Microbiotheria
*Dasyuromorphia
*Peramelemorphia
*Notoryctemorphia
*Diprotodontia "Australidelphia" is the
superorder that contains roughly three-quarters of allmarsupial s, including all those native toAustralasia and a single species fromSouth America . (All other American marsupials are members of theAmeridelphia .) The orders within this group are listed below:* Order
Microbiotheria (1 species)
** FamilyMicrobiotheriidae :Monito del Monte
* OrderDasyuromorphia (71 species)
** Family †Thylacinidae :Thylacine
** FamilyDasyuridae :antechinus es,quoll s,dunnart s,Tasmanian Devil , and allies
** FamilyMyrmecobiidae :Numbat
* OrderPeramelemorphia (21 species)
** FamilyThylacomyidae : bilbies
** Family †Chaeropodidae :Pig-footed Bandicoot
** FamilyPeramelidae :bandicoot s and allies
* OrderNotoryctemorphia (2 species)
** FamilyNotoryctidae : marsupial moles
* OrderDiprotodontia (117 species)
** FamilyPhascolarctidae :Koala
** FamilyVombatidae :wombat s
** FamilyPhalangeridae : brushtail possums and cuscuses
** FamilyBurramyidae : pygmy possums
** FamilyTarsipedidae :Honey Possum
** FamilyPetauridae :Striped Possum ,Leadbeater's Possum ,Yellow-bellied Glider ,Sugar Glider ,Mahogany Glider ,Squirrel Glider
** FamilyPseudocheiridae : ringtailed possums and allies
** FamilyPotoridae : potoroos, rat kangaroos, bettongs
** FamilyAcrobatidae :Feathertail Glider andFeather-tailed Possum
** FamilyHypsiprymnodontidae :Musky Rat-kangaroo
** FamilyMacropodidae : kangaroos, wallabies, and allies
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