#caenolestidae

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Incan Shrew Opossum Lestoros inca

Also known as the Incan caenolestid, it is found in the southern Peruvian Andes. It feeds on insects and small invertebrates.

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Sangay Shrew Opossum Caenolestes sangay

A caenolestid, a group of small marsupials only found in the Andes Mountains of South America, known in English as shrew-opossums.

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Blackish Shrew Opossum Caenolestes convelatus

A marsupial from Colombia and Ecuador.

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Long-nosed Caenolestid (Rhyncholestes raphanurus)

Also known as the long-nosed shrew opossum, the long-nosed caenolestid is one of the six surviving species of the shrew-opossums (Paucituverculata) a group of marsupials native to South America. Long-nosed caenolestids occur in Chile and Argentina and typically inhabit old growth evergreen temperate forests. Like other species of  shrew opossums R. raphanurus is a carnivore and feeds mainly on earthworms and insects which. R. raphanurus is active at night and has poor eyesight, instead relying on its hearing and whiskers to locate prey.

Classification

Animalia-Chordata-Mammalia-Marsupialia-Paucituberculata-Caenolestidae-Rhyncholestes-R. raphanurus

Image(s): P. L. Meserve