Tyler's mouse opossum

Tyler's mouse opossum [1]
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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
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. 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.