Caenolestes

Common shrew opossums [1]
C. sangay
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Paucituberculata
Family:	Caenolestidae
Genus:	Caenolestes Thomas, 1895
Type species
Hyracodon fuliginosus Tomes, 1863
Species
C. caniventer C. condorensis C. convelatus C. fuliginosus C. sangay
Synonyms
HyracodonTomes 1863 non Leidy 1856 CoenolestesO. Thomas 1895[orth. error]

The common shrew opossums (genus Caenolestes) are members of the family Caenolestidae. They are found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The most recently discovered species is C. sangay. ^[2]

Phylogeny

Phylogeny of Caenolestes [3] [4]
Caenolestes C. fuliginosus (Tomes 1863) (Dusky shrew opossum) C. convelatus Anthony 1924 (Northern shrew opossum) C. sangay Oajala-Barbour et al. 2013 (Eastern shrew opossum) C. caniventer Anthony 1921 (Gray-bellied shrew opossum) C. condorensis Albuja & Patterson 1996 (Andean shrew opossum)

See also

• List of mammal genera
• List of recently extinct mammals
• List of prehistoric mammals

References

1. Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Genus Caenolestes". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 19. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. Ojala-Barbour, R.; Pinto, C. M.; Brito, J.; Albuja, L.; Lee, T. E.; Patterson, B. D. (October 2013). "A new species of shrew-opossum (Paucituberculata: Caenolestide) with a phylogeny of extant caenolestids". Journal of Mammalogy. 94 (5): 967–982. doi: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-018.1 .
3. Upham, Nathan S.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Jetz, Walter (2019). "Inferring the mammal tree Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation". PLOS Biology. 17 (12): e3000494. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494 . PMC   6892540 .
4. Upham, Nathan S.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Jetz, Walter (2019). "DR_on4phylosCompared_linear_richCol_justScale_ownColors_withTips_80in" (PDF). PLOS Biology. 17 (12). doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494 .