Caenolestes sangay

Ojala-Barbour, C. M. Pinto, J. Brito, L. Albuja, T. E. Lee, & B. D. Patterson, 2013

Sangay Shrew-opossum

Lateral view. Image on cover of Journal of Mammalogy, 94(5)
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Location:Ecuador, Morona Santiago, Sanjay National ParkDate taken:Oct 19, 2011

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2074

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : incertae sedis
Order : Paucituberculata
Superfamily : Caenolestoidea
Family : Caenolestidae
Genus : Caenolestes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Ojala-Barbour, R., Pinto, C.M., Brito, J., Albuja, L., Lee, T.E., Jr. and Patterson, B.D. 2013-10-15. A new species of shrew-opossum (Paucituberculata: Caenolestidae) with a phylogeny of extant caenolestids. Journal of Mammalogy 94(5):967-982.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-018.1

Original name as described

Caenolestes sangay

Type material

MEPN 12137

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"2, 795 m on the eastern slopes of the Andes at Tinguichaca (2° 13' 48.72" S, 78° 26' 42.14" W) in Sangay National Park, Morona Santiago, Ecuador, along the Macas–Riobamba highway."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

Distribution notes

Five localities on the E side of the Andes of S Ecuador in Provincia Morona-Santiago (Tinguichaca, Zuñac, and Atillo) and Provincia Zamora-Chinchipe (Sabanilla and Tapichalaca).

Taxonomy notes

Described based on skull morphology and mitochondrial (cytochrome b) data by Ojala-Barbour et al. (2013), showing a close relationship between this species and C. caniventer, as well as C. condorensis based solely on skull morphometrics. Monotypic.

Taxonomy notes citation

Ojala-Barbour, R., Pinto, C.M., Brito, J., Albuja, L., Lee, T.E., Jr. and Patterson, B.D. 2013. A new species of shrew-opossum (Paucituberculata: Caenolestidae) with a phylogeny of extant caenolestids. Journal of Mammalogy 94(5):967-982. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-018.1

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000010

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Caenolestes sangay

Ojala-Barbour, C. M. Pinto, J. Brito, L. Albuja, T. E. Lee, & B. D. Patterson, 2013

Family

Caenolestidae

Root name

sangay

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MEPN 12137

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

971

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/51222063/166524217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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