Caenolestes sangay

Caenolestes sangay

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paucituberculata
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Paucituberculata

Familia: Caenolestidae
Genus: Caenolestes
Species: Caenolestes sangay

Name

• Caenolestes sangay Ojala-Barbour, Pinto, Brito M., Albuja V., Lee Jr. & Patterson, 2013: 973

Holotype: MEPN 12137 (field number PS8), adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by R. Ojala-Barbour and J. Brito on 20 October 2010. skull

Type locality: “at 2,795 m on the eastern slopes of the Andes at Tinguichaca (2813048.7200S, 78826042.1400W) in Sangay National Park, Morona Santiago, Ecuador, along the Macas–Riobamba highway”.

References

Primary references

• Ojala-Barbour, R., Pinto, C.M., Brito M., J., Albuja V., L., Lee Jr., T.E. & Patterson, B.D. 2013. A new species of shrew-opossum (Paucituberculata: Caenolestidae) with a phylogeny of extant caenolestids. Journal of Mammalogy 94(5): 967–982. DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-018.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sangay Shrew-opossum
español: Ratón marsupial de Sangay