Didelphis marsupialis subsp. marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
Didelphis marsupialis subsp. marsupialis Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 54.
Type Locality: "America;" restricted to Surinam (Thomas, 1911 a) .
Synonyms: Didelphis marsupialis subsp. austroamericana J. A. Allen 1902; Didelphis marsupialis subsp. brasiliensis (Liais 1872); Didelphis marsupialis subsp. cancrivora Gmelin 1788; Didelphis marsupialis subsp. karkinophaga Zimmermann 1780; Didelphis marsupialis subsp. typica (Thomas 1888) .