Caenolestes

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Common shrew opossums[1]
File:Caenolestes sangay. Foto Jorge Brito.jpg
C. sangay
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Paucituberculata
Family: Caenolestidae
Genus: Caenolestes
Thomas, 1895
Type species
Hyracodon fuliginosus
Tomes, 1863
Species
File:Caenolestes Range.jpg
Synonyms
  • Hyracodon Tomes 1863 non Leidy 1856
  • Coenolestes O. Thomas 1895 [orth. error]

The common shrew opossums (genus Caenolestes) are members of the family Caenolestidae. They are found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The most recently discovered species is C. sangay.[2]

Phylogeny

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Phylogeny of Caenolestes[3][4]
Caenolestes

C. fuliginosus (Tomes 1863) (Dusky shrew opossum)

C. convelatus Anthony 1924 (Northern shrew opossum)

C. sangay Oajala-Barbour et al. 2013 (Eastern shrew opossum)

C. caniventer Anthony 1921 (Gray-bellied shrew opossum)

C. condorensis Albuja & Patterson 1996 (Andean shrew opossum)

See also

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References

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