Northern Shrew Opossum

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Northern Shrew Opossum[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, 1924

The Northern Shrew Opossum (Caenolestes convelatus) is a species of shrew opossum in the Caenolestidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.[2]

[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. 
  2. ^ a b New World Marsupial Specialist Group (1996). Caenolestes convelatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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