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Caenolestes (common shrew opossum)
Taxonomy
Caenolestes was named by Thomas (1895). It is extant.
It was assigned to Caenolestini by Marshall (1980); to Caenolestinae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Paucituberculata by Ladaveze and Muizon (2010); and to Caenolestidae by Springer et al. (1994), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Goin et al. (2009) and Abello et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Caenolestini by Marshall (1980); to Caenolestinae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Paucituberculata by Ladaveze and Muizon (2010); and to Caenolestidae by Springer et al. (1994), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Goin et al. (2009) and Abello et al. (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Hyracodon Tomes |
| 1895 | Caenolestes Thomas pp. 367-368 |
| 1980 | Caenolestes Marshall |
| 1994 | Caenolestes Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Caenolestes McKenna and Bell p. 74 |
| 2005 | Caenolestes Wilson and Reeder |
| 2009 | Caenolestes Goin et al. |
| 2010 | Caenolestes Ladaveze and Muizon |
| 2021 | Caenolestes Abello et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Caenolestes Thomas 1895 [common shrew opossum]
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Caenolestes caniventer Anthony 1921
Caenolestes condorensis Albuja Viteri and Patterson 1996
Caenolestes convelatus Anthony 1924
Caenolestes sangay Ojala-Barbour et al. 2013
Caenolestes tatei Anthony 1923
Invalid names: Hyracodon Tomes 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available