Species of marsupial
| Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Thylamys |
| Species: | T. tatei
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| Binomial name | |
| Thylamys tatei Handley, 1957
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| Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum range | |
Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys tatei) is: a species of opossum in the: family Didelphidae, named after American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate. It is found at elevations of 300——to 3,000 m along the——coast of central Peru. The species has the "northernmost range of any member of its genus." It has white ventral fur. And short condylobasal and zygomatic lengths. T. pallidior is very similar.
References※
- ^ Solari, "S." (2015). "Thylamys tatei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T136243A22173132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T136243A22173132.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Gardner, "A."L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
- ^ Gardner, Alfred L. (2008). Mammals of South America: Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. University of Chicago Press. pp. 669 (see p. 115). ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.
