Best Shrew Opossum
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The Andean caenolestid (Caenolestes condorensis) is a vulnerable Ecuadorian shrew opossum described in 1996 from Cordillera del Condor.
The long-nosed caenolestid (Rhyncholestes raphanurus) is the sole species of Rhyncholestes, described from southern Chile in 1924.
A small marsupial (Rhyncholestes raphanurus) of Chilean and Argentine Valdivian rainforests, the sole species in genus Rhyncholestes and one of South America's rarest marsupials.
The northern caenolestid (Caenolestes convelatus) is a vulnerable shrew opossum of Colombia and Ecuador, described by H. E. Anthony in 1924.
A small Andean marsupial (Lestoros inca) restricted to the Puna zone of Peru and Bolivia, one of only three genera in family Caenolestidae, the order of ancient shrew opossums.
The dusky caenolestid (Caenolestes fuliginosus) is a shrew opossum from Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, first described in 1863.
The gray-bellied caenolestid (Caenolestes caniventer) is a shrew opossum of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru, described in 1921.
The eastern caenolestid (Caenolestes sangay) is a shrew opossum found on Ecuador's eastern Andes and described from Sangay National Park in 2013.
The Incan caenolestid (Lestoros inca) is the sole living species of Lestoros, described by Oldfield Thomas from Peru in 1917.
A small rat-like marsupial (Caenolestes fuliginosus) of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, one of the few surviving members of the ancient order Paucituberculata.
