Incan caenolestid

Incan caenolestid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Paucituberculata
Family: Caenolestidae
Genus: Lestoros
Oehser, 1934
Species:
L. inca
Binomial name
Lestoros inca
(Thomas, 1917)
Range of the Incan shrew opossum
Synonyms[2][3]

Caenolestes gracilis (Bublitz, 1987)
Cryptolestes inca Tate, 1934
Orolestes inca Thomas, 1917

The Incan caenolestid (Lestoros inca), also known as the Incan shrew opossum or Peruvian caenolestid,[4] is a caenolestid found in the southern Peruvian Andes. It was first described by English zoologist Oldfield Thomas in 1917. The head-and-body length ranges from 9 to 11.5 centimetres (3.5 to 4.5 in), and the weight is between 25 and 32 grams (0.88 and 1.13 oz). It is brown on the back, and lighter on the underside. Little is known about the behaviour of the Incan caenolestid; it appears to be terrestrial and nocturnal. It feeds on small invertebrates and insects. This caenolestid inhabits elfin and secondary forests. The IUCN classifies it as least concern.

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