Caenolestes convelatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paucituberculata
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Paucituberculata

Familia: Caenolestidae
Genus: Caenolestes
Species: Caenolestes convelatus
Subspecies: C. c. barbarensis – C. c. convelatus

Name

Caenolestes convelatus Anthony, 1924: 1

Holotype: AMNH 64462, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Las Maquinas, Western Andes, 7000 feet [2,134 m] altitude, on trail from Aloag to Santo Domingo de los Colorados, [Pichincha,] Ecuador”

References

Primary references

Anthony, H.E. 1924. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 5. American Museum Novitates 120: 1–3. hdl: 2246/4330 Reference page.

Links

Caenolestes convelatus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Caenolestes convelatus (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Northern Caenolestid, Blackish Shrew Opossum, Northern Shrew Opossum