Long-nosed caenolestid
| Long-nosed caenolestid | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Paucituberculata |
| Family: | Caenolestidae |
| Genus: | Rhyncholestes Osgood, 1924 |
| Species: | R. raphanurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhyncholestes raphanurus (Osgood, 1924) | |
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| Long-nosed caenolestid range | |
The long-nosed caenolestid (Rhyncholestes raphanurus), or long-nosed shrew opossum, is one of six surviving species of shrew opossum.[2] It is a small marsupial that lives in old growth evergreen temperate forests in Chile and Argentina. It is unique among shrew opossums and, as such, is the only species in its genus, Rhyncholestes.
It is a vulnerable species included in the Red List of threatened species.
References
- ↑ Diaz, M. & Teta, P. (2008). Rhyncholestes raphanurus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
- ↑ 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. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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