Long-nosed caenolestid
Species of marsupial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The long-nosed caenolestid (Rhyncholestes raphanurus), also known as the Chilean shrew opossum or long-nosed shrew opossum, is a shrew opossum that occurs in temperate forests of Argentina and southern Chile. It was first described by American zoologist Wilfred Hudson Osgood in 1924. The long-nosed caenolestid resembles Caenolestes species in morphology. It is characterized by a long, pointed snout, small eyes and ears, and one claw on a digit of each of the thin limbs. Little is known of its behavior; it appears to be terrestrial (lives on land), nocturnal (active mainly at night) and omnivorous. It prefers cool, moist areas, and has a small distribution. It is classified as near threatened by the IUCN.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Paucituberculata |
Family: | Caenolestidae |
Genus: | Rhyncholestes Osgood, 1924 |
Species: | R. raphanurus |
Binomial name | |
Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood, 1924 | |
Subspecies | |
R. r. continentalis Bublitz, 1987 | |
Range of the long-nosed caenolestid |