Shrew opossum
The family Caenolestidae contains the seven surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials that are confined to the Andes mountains of South America. The order is thought to have diverged from the ancestral marsupial line very early. They were once included in the superorder but it is now known that Ameridelphia is paraphyletic, having given rise to Australidelphia, and thus could be considered an evolutionary grade. Genetic studies indicate that they are the second most basal order of marsupials, after the didelphimorphs. As recently as 20 million years ago, at least seven genera were in South America. Today, just three genera remain. They live in inaccessible forest and grassland regions of the High Andes.
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Shrew opossum
The family Caenolestidae contains the seven surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials that are confined to the Andes mountains of South America. The order is thought to have diverged from the ancestral marsupial line very early. They were once included in the superorder but it is now known that Ameridelphia is paraphyletic, having given rise to Australidelphia, and thus could be considered an evolutionary grade. Genetic studies indicate that they are the second most basal order of marsupials, after the didelphimorphs. As recently as 20 million years ago, at least seven genera were in South America. Today, just three genera remain. They live in inaccessible forest and grassland regions of the High Andes.
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A família Caenolestidae, além ...... a costa americana do Pacífico.
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Caenolestidae martsupialen fam ...... Caenolestidae, hain zuzen ere.
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De opossummuizen (Caenolestida ...... hooglandvlakten van de Andes.
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Die Mausopossums oder Opossumm ...... gen mit sieben Arten zusammen.
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Els cenolèstids (Caenolestidae ...... arsupial ancestral molt aviat.
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I Cenolestidi (Caenolestidae) ...... i che contiene specie viventi.
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Inkanäbbmöss (Caenolestidae) ä ...... äkten med tillsammans 6 arter.
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Les Caenolestidés (Caenolestid ...... l'ordre des Paucituberculata.
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Los cenoléstidos (Caenolestida ...... res para alimentarse de ellos.
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The family Caenolestidae conta ...... tter understand this organism.
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Trouessart, 1898
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Priabonian-Recent
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Caenolestes sangay
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Shrew opossums
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* Caenolestes
* †Caenolestoide ...... Rhyncholestes
* † Stilotherium
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Caenolestidae
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A família Caenolestidae, além ...... a costa americana do Pacífico.
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Caenolestidae martsupialen fam ...... Caenolestidae, hain zuzen ere.
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De opossummuizen (Caenolestida ...... hooglandvlakten van de Andes.
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Die Mausopossums oder Opossumm ...... gen mit sieben Arten zusammen.
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Els cenolèstids (Caenolestidae ...... arsupial ancestral molt aviat.
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I Cenolestidi (Caenolestidae) ...... i che contiene specie viventi.
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Inkanäbbmöss (Caenolestidae) ä ...... äkten med tillsammans 6 arter.
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Les Caenolestidés (Caenolestid ...... l'ordre des Paucituberculata.
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Los cenoléstidos (Caenolestida ...... il y el rostro largo y cónico.
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The family Caenolestidae conta ...... and regions of the High Andes.
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Caenolestidae
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Caenolestidae
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Caenolestidae
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Caenolestidae
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Caenolestidae
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Cenolèstids
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Inkanäbbmöss
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Mausopossums
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Opossummuizen
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Shrew opossum
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