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.

Original 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 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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