Chilean Shrew Opossum
| Chilean shrew opossum Conservation status: Vulnerable | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood, 1924 |
The Chilean Shrew Opossum (Rhyncholestes raphanurus) is one of five surviving species of shrew opossum. Is is a small marsupial that lives in old growth evergreen temperate forest in Chile and Argentina.
It is an endangered species included in the Red List of Threatened species.
External links
- ITIS Entry for Rhyncholestes raphanurus (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=552589)
- Rhyncholestes raphanurus image (http://www.cricyt.edu.ar/institutos/iadiza/ojeda/marsupiales/Rhyncholestes%20raphanurus.htm)