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Tate's fat tailed mouse opossum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Didelphimorphia

Genus
  
Thylamys

Higher classification
  
Thylamys

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Didelphidae

Scientific name
  
Thylamys tatei

Rank
  
Species

Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum

Similar
  
Dwarf fat‑tailed mouse op, Cinderella fat‑tailed mouse op, McIlhenny's four‑eyed opossum, Buff‑bellied fat‑tailed mouse op, Paraguayan fat‑tailed mouse op

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.

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Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum Wikipedia