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Northern Caenolestid[1] Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Paucituberculata Family: Caenolestidae Genus: Caenolestes Species: C. convelatus Binomial name Caenolestes convelatus
Anthony, 1924Northern Caenolestid range The Northern Caenolestid (Caenolestes convelatus), or Northern Shrew Opossum, is a species of shrew opossum in the Caenolestidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.[2]
References
- ^ Gardner, Alfred L. (16 November 2005). "Order Paucituberculata (pp. 19-20)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 19. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=10500006.
- ^ a b Patterson, B. & Gomez-Laverde, M. (2008). Caenolestes convelatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as vulnerable
Extant Paucituberculata (Shrew opossums) species Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Class Mammalia · Infraclass Marsupialia Caenolestes
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opossums)Gray-bellied Caenolestid (C. caniventer) · Andean Caenolestid (C. condorensis) · Northern Caenolestid (C. convelatus) · Dusky Caenolestid (C. fuliginosus)Lestoros Rhyncholestes Category This article about a marsupial is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.