Caenolestes caniventer

H. E. Anthony, 1921

Gray-bellied Shrew-opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Paucituberculata
Family : Caenolestidae
Genus : Caenolestes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anthony, H.E. 1921-11-03. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 1. American Museum Novitates 20:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170548

Original name as described

Cænolestes caniventer

Other common names

Gray-bellied Caenolestid · Pale-bellied Shrew-opossum

Type material

AMNH M-47174

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47174

Type locality

"El Chiral, Western Andes; altitude, 5350 ft. [1631 m]; Prov. Del Oro, Ecuador."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

Distribution notes

Andes of W Ecuador and NW Peru, S to San Andres de Cutervo, Cajamarca.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000006

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cænolestes caniventer

H. E. Anthony, 1921

Family

Caenolestidae

Root name

caniventer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-47174

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47174

Authority page

6

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9694)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40521/22180055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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