Tyler's mouse opossum

Tyler's mouse opossum[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosa
Subgenus: Marmosa
Species:
M. tyleriana
Binomial name
Marmosa tyleriana
Tate, 1931
Tyler's mouse opossum range

Tyler's mouse opossum (Marmosa tyleriana) is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.[2] It lives in rainforests of the Guiana Highlands of southern Venezuela at elevations between 1300 and 2200 m.[1] The species has only been found on three isolated tepuis (Auyantepui, Marahuaca and Sarisariñama).[1] All three of these locations are in protected areas (Canaima, Duida-Marahuaca and Jaua-Sarisariñama national parks).

The Latin species name refers to the habitat in which the opossum was first found, a Tyleria forest. In turn, both the genus Tyleria and the opossum's common name refer to Sidney F. Tyler, an American historian and photographer who helped finance the 1928-29 expedition of the American Museum of Natural History to the headwaters of the Orinoco, during which the opossum was discovered.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Pérez-Hernandez, R.; López Fuster, M.; Ventura, J. (2016). "Marmosa tyleriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12816A22174266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T12816A22174266.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903.
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