| Tyler's mouse opossum[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
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| Tyler's mouse opossum range | |
Tyler's mouse opossum (Marmosa tyleriana) is aSouth Americanmarsupial of the familyDidelphidae.[2] It lives in rainforests of theGuiana Highlands of southernVenezuela at elevations between 1300 and 2200 m.[1] The species has only been found on three isolatedtepuis (Auyantepui,Marahuaca andSarisariñama).[1] All three of these locations are in protected areas (Canaima,Duida-Marahuaca andJaua-Sarisariñama national parks).
The Latin species name refers to the habitat in which the opossum was first found, aTyleria forest. In turn, both the genusTyleria and the opossum's common name refer to Sidney F. Tyler, an American historian and photographer who helped finance the 1928-29 expedition of theAmerican Museum of Natural History to the headwaters of theOrinoco, during which the opossum was discovered.[3]
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