Tate's woolly mouse opossum: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Tate's woolly mouse opossum lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Marmosa paraguayana
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Didelphimorphia
Family	Didelphidae

Where does the Tate's woolly mouse opossum live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Tate's woolly mouse opossum in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Tate's woolly mouse opossum endangered?

The Tate's woolly mouse opossum’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Tate's woolly mouse opossum?

The Tate's woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa paraguayana) is a mammal in the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae, genus Marmosa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Tate's woolly mouse opossum

Tate's woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa paraguayana) is an omnivorous, arboreal South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae, named by American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate. It is native to Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The species lives in both primary and secondary forest, including forest fragments within grassland. Insects are a major component of its diet. It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009. While its conservation status is "least concern", its habitat is shrinking through urbanization and conversion to agriculture over much of its range.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tate's woolly mouse opossum (revision 1315261773), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q20829969 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).