Here's the complete list of Marsupial superorders, orders and families. Also included the number of species and if extinct to not.
- Superorder Ameridelphia
• Order Didelphimorphia (93 species)
• Family Didelphidae: Opossums
• Order Paucituberculata (6 species)
• Family Caenolestidae: Shrew Opossums

- Superorder Australidelphia
• Order Yalkaparidontia (†)
• Order Microbiotheria (1 specie)
• Family Microbiotheriidae: Monito del Monte
• Order Dasyuromorphia (71 species)
• Family Thylacinidae (†): Thylacine (†)
• Family Dasyuridae: Antechinuses, Quolls, Dunnarts, Tasmanian Devil and relatives
• Family Myrmecobiidae: Numbat
• Order Peramelemorphia (24 species)
• Family Thylacomyidae: Bilbies
• Family Chaeropodidae (†): Pig-footed Bandicoot (†)
• Family Peramelidae: Bandicoots and Allies
• Order Notoryctemorphia (2 species)
• Family Notoryctidae: Marsupial Moles
• Order Diprotodontia (137 species)
• Family Phascolarctidae: Koala
• Family Vombatidae: Wombats
• Family Diprotodontidae (†): Diprotodon (†)
• Family Phalangeridae: Brushtail Possums and Cuscuses
• Family Burramyidae: Pygmy Possums
• Family Tarsipedidae: Honey Possum
• Family Petauridae: Striped Possum, Leadbeater's Possum, Yellow-bellied Glider, Sugar Glider, Mahogany Glider, Squirrel Glider
• Family Pseudocheiridae: Ringtailed Possums and relatives
• Family Potoridae: Potoroos, Rat Kangaroos, Bettongs

• Family Acrobatidae: Feathertail Glider and Father-tailed Possum
• Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: Musky Rat-Kangaroo
• Family Macropodidae: Kangaroos, Wallabies and relatives
• Family Thylacoleonidae (†): Marsupial Lions (†)
• Order Sparassodonta (†)
* †- extinct
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