Caenolestes

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Common shrew opossums[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Paucituberculata
Family: Caenolestidae
Genus: Caenolestes
Thomas, 1895
Type species
Hyracodon fuliginosus
Tomes, 1863
Species

The common shrew opossums (genus Caenolestes), are members of the Caenolestidae family.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 19. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.