Caenolestes fuliginosus
(Tomes, 1863)
Dusky 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
Tomes, R.F. 1863-05. Notice of a new American form of marsupial. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(1):50-51.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681349Original name as described
Hyracodon fuliginosus
Other common names
Common Gray Shrew-opossum · Dusky Caenolestid · Silky Shrew-opossum
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.191
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f8da493-6e3b-4621-aaae-5365f90ad489Type locality
"Ecuador." Restricted to "on Mt. Pichincha" by Stone, 1914 and to "from the paramos of Mt. Chimborazo or Mt. Pichincha" by Osgood, 1921, although the exact locality is uncertain.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador
Distribution notes
Andes Centrales and Orientales of Colombia and extreme SW Venezuela and the Andes of C and N Ecuador.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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