Northern caenolestid
| Northern caenolestid | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Paucituberculata |
| Family: | Caenolestidae |
| Genus: | Caenolestes |
| Species: | C. convelatus |
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Caenolestes convelatus Anthony, 1924 |
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The northern caenolestid (Caenolestes convelatus), also known as the blackish shrew opossum, is a shrew opossum found in Colombia and Ecuador. It is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
The dusky caenolestid is one of the four members Caenolestes, and is placed in the family Caenolestidae (shrew opossums). It was first described by American zoologist Harold Elmer Anthony in 1924. In the latter part of 20th century, scientists believed that Caenolestes is closely related to Lestoros (the Incan caenolestid). Over the years, it became clear that Lestoros is morphologically different from Caenolestes. A 2013 phylogenetic study showed that the Incan caenolestid and the long-nosed caenolestid (Rhyncholestes raphanurus) form a clade sister to Caenolestes. The cladogram below is based on this study.
Gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)
Brown four-eyed opossum (Metachirus nudicaudatus)
Incan caenolestid (Lestoros inca)
Long-nosed caenolestid (Rhyncholestes raphanurus)
Northern caenolestid (C. convelatus)
Dusky caenolestid (C. fuliginosus)
Andean caenolestid (C. condorensis)
Gray-bellied caenolestid (C. caniventer)
Eastern caenolestid (C. sangay)
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