Rhyncholestes Osgood 1924 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae

Parent taxon: Caenolestidae according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009

See also Abello et al. 2021, Marshall 1980, Springer et al. 1994 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Caenolestes, Caenolestinae, Caenolestoides, Eomannodon, Gaimanlestes, Perulestes, Pliolestes, Progarzonia, Stilotherium, Paraepanorthus, Epanorthus, Essoprion, Metaepanorthus, Pilchenia, Callomenus, Prepanorthus, Halmaselus, Halmadromus, Palaepanorthus

Subtaxa: Rhyncholestes raphanurus

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhyncholestes in the database

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