Virginia Opossum Taxonomy

This is a dead opossum.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Infraclass: Marsupialia

Order: Didelphimorphia

Family: Didelphidae

Genus: Didelphis

Species- Didelphis virginiana

http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/didelphimorphia/virginia-opossum.htm