Northern caenolestid

Northern caenolestid[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Paucituberculata
Family: Caenolestidae
Genus: Caenolestes
Species: C. convelatus
Binomial name
Caenolestes convelatus
Anthony, 1924
Northern caenolestid range

The northern caenolestid (Caenolestes convelatus), or northern shrew opossum, is a species of shrew opossum in the family Caenolestidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.[2]

References

  1. Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Paucituberculata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 1 2 Patterson, B. & Gomez-Laverde, M. (2008). Caenolestes convelatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008.


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