Caenolestes fuliginosus Tomes 1863 (common shrew opossum)
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Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae
Synonym: Caenolestes obscurus Thomas 1895
Full reference: R. F. Tomes. 1863. Notice of a new American form of marsupial. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863:50-51
Belongs to Caenolestes according to M. A. Abello et al. 2021
See also Marshall 1980 and Tomes 1863
Sister taxa: Caenolestes caniventer, Caenolestes condorensis, Caenolestes convelatus, Caenolestes sangay, Caenolestes tatei
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caenolestes fuliginosus in the database
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