Caenolestes

• Gray-bellied Caenolestid Caenolestes caniventer

  

  The gray-bellied caenolestid is a small marsupial with an elongated face and a grayish belly. It lives in cool, wet Andean habitats of central Ecuador and northwestern Peru.

• Andean Caenolestid Caenolestes condorensis

  

  A small marsupial known from the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador. Very few specimens have been captured and described.

• Dusky Caenolestid Caenolestes fuliginosus

  

  The dusky caenolestid is a small marsupial of the cool, wet highlands of the Andes. It has an elongated face and glossy, silky fur.

• Blackish Shrew-opossum Caenolestes convelatus

  This small marsupial has a long face, dark fur, and a tail about as long as its body. It lives in wet forests of the Andes.

• Sangay Shrew-opossum Caenolestes sangay

  This small marsupial is recorded on the eastern Andean slopes of southern Ecuador. Specimens examined for its 2013 description came from cloud forest, but the authors said sampling was too limited to define its range limits.

• Dusky Caenolestid Caenolestes fuliginosus

  

  The dusky caenolestid is a small marsupial of the cool, wet highlands of the Andes. It has an elongated face and glossy, silky fur.

• Gray-bellied Caenolestid Caenolestes caniventer

  The gray-bellied caenolestid is a small marsupial with an elongated face and a grayish belly. It lives in cool, wet Andean habitats of central Ecuador and northwestern Peru.

• Andean Caenolestid Caenolestes condorensis

  A small marsupial known from the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador. Very few specimens have been captured and described.