Caenolestes
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new, strange”) + -lestes (“thief”)
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.