Caenolestes

Common shrew opossums
C. sangay
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Paucituberculata
Family: Caenolestidae
Genus: Caenolestes
Thomas, 1895
Type species
Hyracodon fuliginosus
Tomes, 1863
Species
Synonyms
  • Hyracodon Tomes 1863 non Leidy 1856
  • Coenolestes O. Thomas 1895 [orth. error]

The common shrew opossums (genus Caenolestes) are members of the family Caenolestidae. They are found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The most recently discovered species is C. sangay.

Phylogeny

Phylogeny of Caenolestes
Caenolestes

C. fuliginosus (Tomes 1863) (Dusky shrew opossum)

C. convelatus Anthony 1924 (Northern shrew opossum)

C. sangay Oajala-Barbour et al. 2013 (Eastern shrew opossum)

C. caniventer Anthony 1921 (Gray-bellied shrew opossum)

C. condorensis Albuja & Patterson 1996 (Andean shrew opossum)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Genus Caenolestes". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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. ↑ Ojala-Barbour, R.; Pinto, C. M.; Brito, J.; Albuja, L.; Lee, T. E.; Patterson, B. D. (October 2013). "A new species of shrew-opossum (Paucituberculata: Caenolestide) with a phylogeny of extant caenolestids". Journal of Mammalogy. 94 (5): 967–982. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-018.1.
  3. ↑ Upham, Nathan S.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Jetz, Walter (2019). "Inferring the mammal tree Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation". PLOS Biology. 17 (12) e3000494. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494. PMC 6892540.
  4. ↑ Upham, Nathan S.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Jetz, Walter (2019). "DR_on4phylosCompared_linear_richCol_justScale_ownColors_withTips_80in" (PDF). PLOS Biology. 17 (12). doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494.