Rhyncholestes raphanurus continentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paucituberculata
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Paucituberculata

Familia: Caenolestidae
Genus: Rhyncholestes
Species: Rhyncholestes raphanurus
Subspecies: Rhyncholestes raphanurus continentalis

Name

Rhyncholestes raphanurus continentalis Bublitz, 1987: 80

• Holotype: BMNH 1975.1723, adult ♀, collected by O.A. Reig on 14 April 1973.
• Type locality: “Cerro La Picada (41°4′35″S, 72°24′40″W) in [Los Lagos,] Chile, 450 m”.

Native distribution areas

• Argentina: Río Negro province.
• Chile (continental): Los Lagos and Los Ríos provinces.

References

Primary references

• Bublitz, J. 1987. Untersuchungen zur Systematik der rezenten Caenolestidae Trouessart, 1898 unter Verwendung craniometrischer Methoden. Bonner zoologische Monographien 23: 1–96. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Groves, C.P. 2005. Order Paucituberculata. Pp. 19–20 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Patterson, B.D. [2007] 2008. Genus Rhyncholestes Osgood, 1924. Pp. 126–127 in Gardner, A.L. (ed.), Mammals of South America. Volume 1. Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4. Reference page.