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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39694108Original 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 specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/371b81c3e-d16a-46e8-89a9-5f4b14d580f7Type 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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