Dictionary - Definition of Caenolestes

Definition: Caenolestes


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Type genus of the family Caenolestidae.[Wordnet].
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Date "Caenolestes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1921. (references)

Common Expressions: Caenolestes

Expressions	Definition
Genus Caenolestes	Type genus of the family Caenolestidae. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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Common shrew opossums^[1]

Scientific classification

Type species

Hyracodon fuliginosus
Tomes, 1863

Species

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

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.

Extant Paucituberculata (Shrew opossums) species

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Marsupialia

Caenolestes (Common shrew opossums)	Grey-bellied Shrew Opossum (C. caniventer) · Andean Shrew Opossum (C. condorensis) · Northern Shrew Opossum (C. convelatus) · Dusky Shrew Opossum (C. fuliginosus)

Lestoros	Incan Shrew Opossum (L. inca)

Rhyncholestes	Long-nosed Shrew Opossum (R. raphanurus)

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