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
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/1382707Original 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.
Taxonomy notes
Originally described based on morphological data by Albuja & Patterson (1996). Skull morphometric data suggests a close relationship between this species and _C. caniventer_ and _C. sangay_ (Ojala-Barbour et al. 2013); molecular data is needed to resolve the relationship of this species to other Caenolestes. Monotypic.
Taxonomy notes citation
Albuja, L., & 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. · Ojala-Barbour, R., Pinto, C. M., Brito M, J., Albuja V, L., Lee Jr, T. E., & Patterson, B. D. (2013). A new species of shrew-opossum (Paucituberculata: Caenolestidae) with a phylogeny of extant caenolestids. Journal of Mammalogy, 94(5), 967-982.
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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