Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum

Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys tatei) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae,^[2] named after American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate.^[3] It is found at elevations of 300 to 3,000 m along the coast of central Peru.^[1] The species has the northernmost range of any member of its genus.^[1] It has white ventral fur and short condylobasal and zygomatic lengths. T. pallidior is very similar.^[4]

Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Thylamys
Species:	T. tatei
Binomial name
Thylamys tatei Handley, 1957
Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum range