Caenolestes Explained

The common shrew opossums (genus Caenolestes) are members of the family Caenolestidae. They are found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The most recently discovered species is C. sangay.^[1]

See also

• List of mammal genera
• List of recently extinct mammals
• List of prehistoric mammals

Notes and References

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2. Upham . Nathan S. . Esselstyn . Jacob A. . Jetz . Walter . 2019 . Inferring the mammal tree Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation . PLOS Biology . 17 . 12 . e3000494. 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494 . free . 6892540 .
3. Upham . Nathan S. . Esselstyn . Jacob A. . Jetz . Walter . 2019 . DR_on4phylosCompared_linear_richCol_justScale_ownColors_withTips_80in . PLOS Biology . 17 . 12 . 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494 . free .
4. Álvarez-Carretero . Sandra . Tamuri . Asif U. . Battini . Matteo . Nascimento . Fabrícia F. . Carlisle . Emily . Asher . Robert J. . Yang . Ziheng . Donoghue . Philip C.J. . dos Reis . Mario . 2022 . A species-level timeline of mammal evolution integrating phylogenomic data . Nature . 602. 7896 . 263–267 . 10.1038/s41586-021-04341-1 . 1983/de841853-d57b-40d9-876f-9bfcf7253f12 . free .
5. Álvarez-Carretero . Sandra . Tamuri . Asif U. . Battini . Matteo . Nascimento . Fabrícia F. . Carlisle . Emily . Asher . Robert J. . Yang . Ziheng . Donoghue . Philip C.J. . dos Reis . Mario . 2022 . 4705sp_colours_mammal-time.tree . Nature . 602 . 263–267 . 10.1038/s41586-021-04341-1 . 1983/de841853-d57b-40d9-876f-9bfcf7253f12 . free .