Vombatus É. Geoffroy, 1803 . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 72:185.

TYPE SPECIES: Didelphis ursina Shaw, 1800 .

SYNONYMS: Amblotis, Opposum, Phascolomis, Wombatus.

COMMENTS: Phascolomis É. Geoffroy, 1803 is a junior synonym (Haltenorth, 1958:32).