Caenolestes

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Caenolestes m

A taxonomic genus within the family Caenolestidae – common shrew opossums, of tropical South America.

Hypernyms

(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

(genus): Caenolestes fuliginosus (silky shrew opossum) - type species; Caenolestes caniventer, Caenolestes condorensis, Caenolestes convelatus, Caenolestes sangay - other species

References

Caenolestes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Caenolestes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Caenolestes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Caenolestes in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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