Subfamily Caenolestinae Trouessart 1898 (marsupial)
Osteichthyes - Halecostomi - Haplolepidae
Parent taxon: Caenolestidae according to L. G. Marshall 1980
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Patterson and Marshall 1978 and Villarroel and Marshall 1982
Sister taxa: Caenolestes, Caenolestoides, Eomannodon, Gaimanlestes, Perulestes, Pliolestes, Progarzonia, Rhyncholestes, Stilotherium, Prepanorthus, Metaepanorthus, Halmadromus, Essoprion, Paraepanorthus, Pilchenia, Palaepanorthus, Callomenus, Halmaselus, Epanorthus
Subtaxa: Caenolestini Garzonidae Pichipilini
Type: Caenolestini
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Deseadan of Patagonia ( of Argentina)