Tyler's mouse opossum

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).

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

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]