Thylamys tatei

(Handley, 1957)

Tate's Fat-tailed Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Thylamyini
Genus : Thylamys
Subgenus : Thylamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Handley, C.O., Jr. 1957-02-13. A new species of murine opossum (genus Marmosa) from Peru. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(12):402-404.

Original name as described

Marmosa tatei

Other common names

Tate's Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum · Tate's Thylamys

Type material

USNM:MAMM:302915

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Chasquitambo (710 m, lat. 10° 18' 48" S, long. 77° 37' 20" W)," Ancash, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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