Caenolestes convelatus Anthony 1924 (common shrew opossum)

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae

Full reference: H. E. Anthony. 1924. Preliminary report on Ecuadorian mammals. No. 5. American Museum Novitates 120:1-3

Belongs to Caenolestes according to H. E. Anthony 1924

See also Marshall 1980

Sister taxa: Caenolestes caniventer, Caenolestes condorensis, Caenolestes fuliginosus, Caenolestes sangay, Caenolestes tatei

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caenolestes convelatus in the database

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