Dusky caenolestid
| Dusky caenolestid[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Paucituberculata |
| Family: | Caenolestidae |
| Genus: | Caenolestes |
| Species: | C. fuliginosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Caenolestes fuliginosus Tomes, 1863 | |
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| Silky shrew opossum range | |
The dusky caenolestid (Caenolestes fuliginosus), also known as the dusky shrew opossum, the silky shrew opossum, or the Ecuadorean shrew-opossum, is a small marsupial that lives in the alpine forests and meadows of the Andes. Its range stretches across Colombia, Ecuador, and northwestern Venezuela. It is the best known of the six surviving species of the order Paucituberculata (shrew opossums).
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Patterson, B., Gomez-Laverde, M. & Delgado, C. (2008). Caenolestes fuliginosus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
External links
- Animal Diversity Web entry for Caenolestes fuliginosus
- Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: Shrew opossum (Caenolestes fuliginosus)
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