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/39694108

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 specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/371b81c3e-d16a-46e8-89a9-5f4b14d580f7

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000133

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Marmosa tatei

(Handley, 1957)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

tatei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:302915

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/371b81c3e-d16a-46e8-89a9-5f4b14d580f7

Authority page

402

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39694108

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Thylamys tatei

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

tatei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136243/22173132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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