Incan caenolestid
| Incan caenolestid[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Paucituberculata |
| Family: | Caenolestidae |
| Genus: | Lestoros Trousseart, 1898 |
| Species: | L. inca |
| Binomial name | |
| Lestoros inca (Thomas, 1917) | |
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| Incan shrew opossum range | |
The Incan caenolestid (Lestoros inca) or Incan shrew opossum, is a species of shrew opossum in the family Caenolestidae. It is the only member of the genus Lestoros. It is endemic to Peru.[2]
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.
- 1 2 Patterson, B. & Solari, S. (2008). Lestoros inca. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
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