| Gray-bellied caenolestid | |
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| Caenolestes caniventer in El Oro Province, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Paucituberculata |
| Family: | Caenolestidae |
| Genus: | Caenolestes |
| Species: | C. caniventer
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| Binomial name | |
| Caenolestes caniventer Anthony, 1921
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| Range of the gray-bellied caenolestid | |
The gray-bellied caenolestid (Caenolestes caniventer), or grey-bellied shrew opossum, is a shrew opossum found in humid, temperate forests and moist grasslands of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It was first described by American zoologist Harold Elmer Anthony in 1921. Little is known about the behavior of the gray-bellied caenolestid. It appears to be terrestrial (land-living) and crepuscular (active around twilight) or nocturnal (active at night). Diet consists of invertebrate larvae, small vertebrates and plant material. The IUCN classifies the gray-bellied caenolestid as near threatened.
- ^ Solari, S.; Martínez-Cerón, J. (2015). "Caenolestes caniventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T40521A22180055. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T40521A22180055.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.