Caenolestes caniventer Anthony 1921 (common shrew opossum)
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Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae
Full reference: H. E. Anthony. 1921. Preliminary report on Ecuadorian mammals, No. 1. American Museum Novitates 20:1-6
Belongs to Caenolestes according to H. E. Anthony 1921
See also Marshall 1980 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Caenolestes condorensis, Caenolestes convelatus, Caenolestes fuliginosus, Caenolestes sangay, Caenolestes tatei
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caenolestes caniventer in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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