Gray-bellied Caenolestid

Gray-bellied Caenolestid[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Paucituberculata
Family: Caenolestidae
Genus: Caenolestes
Species: C. caniventer
Binomial name
Caenolestes caniventer
Anthony, 1921
Gray-bellied Shrew Opossum range

The Gray-bellied Caenolestid (Caenolestes caniventer), or Grey-bellied Shrew Opossum, is a species of shrew opossum in the family Caenolestidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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=10500004. 
  2. ^ a b Patterson, B. & Solari, S. (2008). Caenolestes caniventer. 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 near threatened