#shrew opossum

[all-mammal-creechur]

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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[thecorteztwins]

I have painted a shrew opossum (yes that’s a real animal) in 80s colors! Done in acrylic, gel pen, and some glitter gloss!

[all-mammal-creechur]

Blackish Shrew Opossum Caenolestes convelatus

A marsupial from Colombia and Ecuador.

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[shorttailedshrew]

The shrew-opossum (Caenolestidae) is a species of pouchless marsupial that despite their name, is neither a shrew nor opossum. The one pictured here is the recently discovered common shrew opossum, a new species that is about twice the size of the other three known members of the same species. These small marsupials were once considered rare but now are commonly found in the Andes mountains. 

[astronomy-to-zoology]

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