Caenolestes condorensis

L. Albuja & B. D. Patterson, 1996

Condor 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

Albuja, L. and Patterson, B.D. 1996. A new species of northern shrew-opossum (Paucituberculata: Caenolestidae) from the Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. Journal of Mammalogy 77(1):41-53.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1382707

Original name as described

Caenolestes condorensis

Other common names

Andean Caenolestid

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:152134

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"'Achupallas', … camp on the upper plateau of the Cordillera del Cóndor, in the Provincia de Morona-Santiago, Ecuador, coordinates 3° 27' 03" S, 78° 29' 9" W, elevation 2,080 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru?

Distribution notes

Known only from the type locality in the Cordillera del Condor, Provincia Morona-Santiago, SE Ecuador, but likely extends into Peru in the same cordillera.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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