Incan Caenolestid

Incan Caenolestid[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Paucituberculata
Family: Caenolestidae
Genus: Lestoros
Trousseart, 1898
Species: L. inca
Binomial name
Lestoros inca
(Thomas, 1917)
Incan Shrew Opossum range

The Incan Caenolestid (Lestoros inca), or Incan Shrew Opossum, is a species of shrew opossum in the family Caenolestidae. It is endemic to 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=10500014. 
  2. ^ a b Patterson, B. & Solari, S. (2008). Lestoros inca. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern