Shrew opossum
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The family Caenolestidae contains the seven surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials that are confined to the Andes mountains of South America. The order is thought to have div
Caenolestes sangay. Foto Jorge Brito
Rhyncholestes Range
Mammal
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A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia. Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or
Shrew opossum
…Shrew opossums Temporal range: Priabonian-Recent ~ Caenolestes sangay Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Paucituberculata Family: Caenolestidae Trouessart, 1898 Type genus Caenolestes Thomas, 1895 Genera Caenolestes †Caenolestoides…
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