After McKenna & Bell, 1997

    Monodelphis Burnett, 1830
        Peramys Lesson, 1842
        Hemiurus Gervais, 1855
        Microdelphys Burmeister, 1856
        Monodelphiops Matschie, 1916
        Minuania Cabrera, 1919

    Monodelphis (Monodelphis) Burnett, 1830

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) brevicaudata (northern redsided opossum)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) orinoci ()?

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) adusta (andean short-tailed opossum)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) osgoodi (highland short-tailed opossum)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) kunsi (kunsinpäästäisopossumi)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) domestica (Wagner, 1842) (kotipäästäisopossumi)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) maraxina (marajo's short-tailed opossum)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) americana (Müller, 1776) (northern three-striped opossum)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) sorex (southern red-sided opossum)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) emiliae (amazonian short-tailed opossum)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) iheringi (lyhythäntäpäästäisopossumi)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) theresa (southern three-striped opossum)

        Monodelphis (Monodelphis) unistriata (single-striped opossum)

    (Minuania) Cabrera, 1919 ()? [4]

        Monodelphis (Minuania) rubida (faint-striped opossum)

        Monodelphis (Minuania) scalops (longsnouted opossum)

        Monodelphis (Minuania) dimidiata (yellowsided opossum)

        Monodelphis (Minuania) fosteri ()?

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