Subfamily Caenolestinae Trouessart 1898 (marsupial)
Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae
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, Halmadromus, Metaepanorthus, Halmaselus, Essoprion, Callomenus, Pilchenia, Palaepanorthus, Prepanorthus, Paraepanorthus, Epanorthus
Subtaxa: Caenolestini Garzonidae Pichipilini
Type: Caenolestini
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Deseadan of Patagonia ( of Argentina)