Adler's mouse opossum

The Adler's mouse opossum (Marmosa adleri) is a species of opossum in the Marmosa genus in the family Didelphidae.^[1]

Adler's mouse opossum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Marmosa
Species:	M. adleri
Binomial name
Marmosa adleri Voss, Giarla, and Jansa, 2021

Discovery and naming

The name Adler's mouse opossum was named after Greg Adler, a biologist at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh^[2] The Adler's mouse opossum was discovered in 2021 by a team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History, Siena College and the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota.^[1]