Caenolestes
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Caenolestes m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Caenolestidae – common shrew opossums, of tropical South America.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Marsupialia - infraclass; Paucituberculata - order; Caenolestidae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Caenolestes fuliginosus (silky shrew opossum) - type species; Caenolestes caniventer, Caenolestes condorensis, Caenolestes convelatus, Caenolestes sangay - other species
References[edit]
- Caenolestes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Caenolestes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Caenolestes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Caenolestes in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.