Rhyncholestes raphanurus raphanurus

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Paucituberculata

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

Name

Rhyncholestes raphanurus raphanurus Osgood, 1924: 170

• Holotype: FMNH 22422, adult ♀, skin, skull and skeleton, collected by Wilfred H. Osgood on 12 January 1923.
• Type locality: “forests at mouth of Rio Inio, south end of Chiloe Island, Chile. S. lat. 43°20′”.

Native distribution areas

• Chile: Los Lagos province: Chiloé Island.

References

Primary references

• Osgood, W.H. 1924. Review of Living Caenolestids with Description of a New Genus from Chile. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 14(2): 165–172 + pl. 23. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

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