Dusky Shrew Opossum

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Dusky Shrew Opossum
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Paucituberculata Family: Caenolestidae Genus: Caenolestes Species: C. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Caenolestes fuliginosus Tomes, 1863
Subspecies
C. f. centralis C. f. fuliginosus C. f. obscurus

The Dusky Shrew Opossum (Caenolestes fuliginosus), also known as the Silky Shrew Opposum, is a small marsupial that lives in the alpine forests and meadows of the Andes. Its range stretches across Colombia, Ecuador, and northwestern Venezuela. It is the best known of the six surviving species of the order Paucituberculata (shrew opossums).

[edit] References

• New World Marsupial Specialist Group (1996). Caenolestes fuliginosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
• 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. 

[edit] External links

• Animal Diversity Web entry for Caenolestes fuliginosus
• MSW entry for Caenolestes fuliginosus
• Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: Shrew opossum (Caenolestes fuliginosus)

v • d • e Extant Paucituberculata (Shrew opossums) species Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Marsupialia Caenolestes (Common shrew opossums) Grey-bellied Shrew Opossum (Caenolestes caniventer) · Andean Shrew Opossum (Caenolestes condorensis) · Northern Shrew Opossum (Caenolestes convelatus) · Dusky Shrew Opossum (Caenolestes fuliginosus) Lestoros Incan Shrew Opossum (Lestoros inca) Rhyncholestes Long-nosed Shrew Opossum (Rhyncholestes raphanurus) Category