Rhyncholestes raphanurus

Osgood, 1924

Long-nosed Shrew-opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Paucituberculata
Family : Caenolestidae
Genus : Rhyncholestes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1924. Review of living caenolestids with description of a new genus from Chile. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 14(2):165-172.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42933126

Original name as described

Rhyncholestes raphanurus

Other common names

Chilean Caenolestid · Chilean Shrew-opossum · Fat-tailed Caenolestid · Long-nosed Caenolestid

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:22422

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=deb4364f-282a-42ed-90b8-9ebc2aed6e83

Type locality

"forest at mouth of Rio Inio, south end of Chiloe Island, [Los Lagos Region,] Chile. S. lat. 43°20'."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile

Subregion distribution

Chile(CLLL,CLLR) · Argentina(ARR)

Distribution notes

SC Chile (S Los Rios and Los Lagos Regions), including Chiloé I, and WC Argentina (Puerto Blest, Provincia de Río Negro).

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000012

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.

Rhyncholestes continentalis

Bublitz, 1987

Family

Caenolestidae

Root name

continentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1975.1723

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/749cc836-11d5-45d7-9ddd-8eb72bffde74 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/94128ab2-2309-4159-b767-2989e90cc68c

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44936069

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Monographien

Rhyncholestes raphanurus

Osgood, 1924

Family

Caenolestidae

Root name

raphanurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:22422

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=deb4364f-282a-42ed-90b8-9ebc2aed6e83

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42933126

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9694)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19710/116333652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhyncholestes raphanurus continentalis

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Caenolestidae

Root name

continentalis

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 (2015:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Rhyncholestes raphanurus raphanurus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Caenolestidae

Root name

raphanurus

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 (2015:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

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