Caenolestes convelatus

H. E. Anthony, 1924

Blackish 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. 1924-06-21. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 5. American Museum Novitates 120:1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170244

Original name as described

Cænolestes convelatus

Other common names

Northern Caenolestid · Northern Shrew-opossum

Type material

AMNH M-64462

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-64462

Type locality

"Las Maquinas, Western Andes, 7000 feet [= 2134 m] altitude, on trail from Aloag to Santo Domingo de los Colorados, [Pichincha,] Ecuador."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

Distribution notes

Andes of WC Colombia and NW Ecuador.

Taxonomy notes

The phylogenetic relationship of this species to other Caenolestes is unresolved, but mitochondrial (cytochrome b) and skull morphometric data suggest either a basal position relative to other Caenolestes species (with low support), or a close relationship to _C. fuliginosus_ (Ojala-Barbour et al. 2013). Two subspecies were recognized by Bublitz (1987) based on skull morphology, and were later supported by skull morphometric analysis (González et al. 2024), although they remain to be tested using molecular data: _C. c. convelatus_ and _C. c. barbarensis_.

Taxonomy notes citation

Bublitz, J. (1987). Untersuchungen zur Systematik der rezenten Caenolestidae Trouessart, 1898 unter Verwendung craniometrischer Methoden. Bonner zoologische Monographien, 23, 1-96. · 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. · González, B., Ferro-Muñoz, N., Calvache-Sánchez, C., Rojas, D., & Martin, G. M. (2024). Mind the gap: new records of Caenolestes in the Western Andes of Colombia challenge its current biogeographic patterns. Journal of Mammalogy, 105(4), 777-791.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000008

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 convelatus

H. E. Anthony, 1924

Family

Caenolestidae

Root name

convelatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-64462

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-64462

Authority page

1

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Gardner (1993:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68998)
  5. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9694)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40522/22179860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Caenolestes convelatus barbarensis

Bublitz, 1987

Family

Caenolestidae

Root name

barbarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:70894

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=49887213-379c-4897-b507-752257fc1ed9

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44936066

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Monographien

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9694)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caenolestes convelatus convelatus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Caenolestidae

Root name

convelatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9694)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

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