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	Pictures of the Chilean shrew opossum\|Rhyncholestes raphanurus facts
		The Chilean shrew opossum is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
		Osgood, 1924 The Chilean Shrew Opossum (Rhyncholestes raphanurus) is one of five surviving species of shrew opossum.
		Binomial name Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood, 1924 The Chilean Shrew Opossum (Rhyncholestes raphanurus) is one of five surviving species of shrew opossum.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Paucituberculata/Caenolestidae/Rhyncholestes/Rhyncholestes-raphanurus.html (132 words)

	Shrew Opossums: Paucituberculata - Physical Characteristics
		Shrew opossums are mouse-sized marsupial mammals with dense, dark gray or brown fur.
		A shrew opossum has five digits on each foot, the two small outer toes of the forefeet with blunt nails, the remaining three equipped with curved, sharp, strong claws.
		The fur of shrew opossums is thick and soft, covering the entire body and less dense on the tail.
	animals.jrank.org /pages/2592/Shrew-Opossums-Paucituberculata-PHYSICAL-CHARACTERISTICS.html (668 words)

	Shrew Opossums: Paucituberculata - Habitat
		The gray-bellied shrew opossum, the flish shrew opossum, the silky shrew opossum, and the Incan shrew opossum live in dense vegetation in cool, rainy mountain forests and meadows, from 4,500 to 12,000 feet (1,500 to 4,000 meters) above sea level.
		The Chilean shrew opossum inhabits rainy lowland temperate rainforest along the Chilean coast from sea level to 2,270 feet (1,135 meters), preferring dense forest with mossy trees and logs, and soaking wet forest floors.
		Like the few poor refugees of a downfallen, once mighty civilization, the five living shrew opossum species, lurking in the undergrowth of temperate forests in South America, are but a pale afterglow of their former splendor.
	animals.jrank.org /pages/2594/Shrew-Opossums-Paucituberculata-HABITAT.html (403 words)

	Mammals: Caenolestidae (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Caenolestes caniventer Anthony, 1921 - Gray-bellied Shrew Opossum
		Caenolestes convelatus Anthony, 1924 - Blackish Shrew Opossum
		Lestoros inca (Thomas, 1917) - Incan Shrew Opossum
	www.phthiraptera.org /Mammals/Caenolestidae.html (63 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 98031177
		Although the short-tailed opossum lives in forested country, it is a poor climber and tends to stay on the forest floor.
		Shrew opossums are small, shrewlike animals, with thin limbs, a long, pointed snout and slender, hairy tail.
		Shrew opossums may be far more common than is generally thought, but their inhospitable habitat makes studying them difficult.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/simon031/98031177.html (4809 words)

	Shrew Opossum, Shrew Opossum info (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shrew Shrews are tiny, ferocious mammals that are...
		gi mouse tsi-s-de-tsi mouse tsi-s-te-tsi mouse (shrew) ta-la-a-ge-wi muskrat se-la-gi-s-qua muskrat...
		The wolf, the bear, the badger, and the shrew were sent to use their magic and harden the...
	www.findmole.com /shrewopossum (1193 words)

	What are shrew opossums? - Blurtit
		Shrew opossums are small marsupials are similar to shrews in appearance but they are actually part of the opossum group.
		The main genus is Caenolestes with five species: the grey-bellied shrew opossum C. caniventer; the flish shrew opossum C. convelatus; the Colombian shrew opossum C. obscurus; the Ecuadorean shrew opossum C. fuliginosus; and Tate's shrew opossum C. tatei.
		The other two genera contain one species each: the Peruvian shrew opossum Lestoros inca and the Chilean shrew opossum Rhyncholestes raphanurus.
	www.blurtit.com /q740810.html (243 words)

	Resources on Chilean Cat academic institutions
		Chilean pet owners are gradually spending more on their pets.
		Pampas Cat: At the Symposium on the Conservation Status of Chilean Terrestrial VertebrateFauna in Santiago, April 1987, the Pampas cat was declared to be officially
		Goldman Sachs Announces Transfer of Unique Chilean Wilderness to WCS: In terrestrial regions, WCS is working on the Patagonian steppes to safeguardhabitats of fox, puma, mara and Andean cat.
	mongabay.org /conservation/Chilean_Cat.htm (2786 words)

	Long-nosed Shrew Opossum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Long-nosed Shrew Opossum (Rhyncholestes raphanurus) is one of six surviving species of shrew opossum.
		It is somewhat unique among shrew opossums and, as such, is the only species in its genus, Rhyncholestes.
		It is an endangered species included in the Red List of threatened species.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chilean_Shrew_Opossum (130 words)

	ipedia.com: Shrew Opossum Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shrew opossums Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Marsupialia Order: Paucituberculata Family: Caenolestidae Genera Caenolestes Lestoros Rhyncholeste...
		The biological order Paucituberculata contains the five surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials which are confined to the Andes mountains of South America.
		Within the family of the Caenolestidae, five species are known:
	www.ipedia.com /shrew_opossum.html (201 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Central Chile - Unique and Threated Biodiversity
		The Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Hotspot represents the crossroads of two major floristic and faunistic regions: the Neotropical and ancient Gondwanan provinces.
		The rodent genus Octodon comprises three species of degus, while the remaining four genera are all represented by single species: the Chilean climbing mouse (Irenomys tarsalis), the Chilean shrew opossum (Rhyncholestes raphanurus), the coruro (Spalacopus cyanus), and the monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides, VU).
		The last-named species is not just the only genus in an endemic family, the Microbiotheriidae, but the only known representative of an entire order, the Microbiotheria (this is the only hotspot to host an endemic mammalian order).
	www.conservation.org /xp/Hotspots/chilean_forests/biodiversity.xml (907 words)

	Biological diversity in the Chilean winter rainfall-valdivian forests - Encyclopedia of Earth
		A virtual continental island bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Andes Mountains on the east, and the Atacama Desert in the north, the Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Hotspot harbors richly endemic flora and fauna.
		The Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Hotspot represents the crossroads of two major floristic and faunistic regions: the Neotropical and ancient Gondwanan provinces.
		Two examples from the Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests region are the development of coastal areas for tourism and the construction of highways and hydroelectric complexes.
	www.eoearth.org /article/Biological_diversity_in_the_Chilean_winter_rainfall-valdivian_forests (2668 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Chilean Forests - Unique Biodiversity
		These numbers represent about three-quarters of all Chilean plant species and endemics in only 40 percent of the land area.
		The rodent genus Octodon comprises three species of degus, while the remaining four genera are all represented by single species: the Chilean climbing mouse (Irenomys tarsalis), the Chilean shrew opossum (Rhyncholestes raphanurus), the coruro (Spalacopus cyanus), and the monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides, VU).
		The last-named species is not just the only genus in an endemic family, the Microbiotheriidae, but the only known representative of an entire order, the Microbiotheria (this is the only hotspot to host an endemic mammalian order).
	www.biodiversityhotspots.org /xp/hotspots/chilean_forests/Pages/biodiversity.aspx (905 words)

	Chile National Parks Guide: National Park Chiloe
		The warm and humid climate contributes to the existence of the evergreen forest, made up mostly of terebinth shrubs, coigüe, luma, myrtle, tepu and larch, the latter species grows in isolated areas at an altitude of 600 meters (1,968 ft).
		The fauna includes the fox of Chiloé Island, sea lion, mountain monkey, sea otter, Chilean shrew opossum, pudú, finch, and patagonian woodpecker.
		Warm, humid and oceanic with an annual rainfall from 2,200 mm (86 in.) in Cucao to 3,000 mm (118 in.) in the higher parts of the Piuchén mountains.
	www.gochile.cl /eng/Guide/ChileNationalParks/Chiloe/Chiloe-1.asp (277 words)

	The Daily Mammal: Chilean Shrew Opossum (Tupaia glis)
		The Chilean shrew opossum is an enigmatic little beast.
		But then again, we think it lives in small family groups.
		I can tell you two things, though: Chilean shrew opossums like damp forests, and the adjective fossorial means burrowing.
	dailymammal.blogspot.com /2008/06/chilean-shrew-opossum-tupaia-glis.html (189 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Valdivian temperate forests (NT0404)
		Beneath the majestic crowns of beech and pine, an endemic Chilean shrew opossum pokes through leaf litter in search of insects, while high in the canopy above, the squawks of austral parakeets fill the air.
		A small flock of Chilean pigeons flies along the forest edge, seeking berries in the thick vegetation.
		A Chilean forestry company is responsible for one of the most devastating examples of forest destruction: In converting rain forest to eucalyptus plantations, the company has already destroyed extensive portions of these fragile forests in violation of Chilean law.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0404.html (514 words)

	Family Caenolestidae or shrew opossums
		Facts about the family Caenolestidae, the shrew opossums
		The shrew opossums are described in the article on Paucituberculata.
		Ecuador seems to be home base for the common shrew opossums, while the Peruvian and Chilean shrew opossums are native to Peru and Chile.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Paucituberculata/Caenolestidae (51 words)

	ITIS 'Publication' Search results for Nowak, Ronald M.
		Caenolestes Thomas, 1895 -- valid -- common shrew opossums
		Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792 -- valid -- opossum d'Amérique, Tlacuache norteño, Virginia Opossum
		Hylomys sinensis (Trouessart, 1909) -- invalid -- Chinese gymnure, shrew gymnure, shrew-hedgehog
	www.itis.gov /servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=publication&search_id=pub_id&search_id_value=172 (2135 words)

	Latin America - part 6 (English)
		Its Chilean sector is in Lauca National Park.
		Chilean government wasn't happy with this, and tried to build a road as far south as possible along the coast.
		They served like pitfall traps, and I got some small mammals out of them that few naturalists have ever seen: shrew opossums and octodonts (endemic rodents looking like either mole rats or long-tailed baby rabbits).
	dinets.travel.ru /ecolibri6.htm (3198 words)

	ORDER
		The wolly opossum reaches its southernmost distribution in the Province of Misiones.
		The South American gracile mouse opossums, Genus Gracilinanus Gardner and Creighton, 1989 (Marmosidae, Marsupialia): a taxonomic review with notes on general morphology and relationships.
		Ecology, postnatal development, morphometrics and taxonomic status of the short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis dimidiata, an apparently semelparous annual marsupial.
	www.cricyt.edu.ar /INSTITUTOS/iadiza/ojeda/MARSUPIALES.htm (2511 words)

	The Melton Foundation - Academic Area
		In the Chiloé National Park, the fauna includes the fox of Chiloé Island, sea lion, mountain monkey, sea otter, Chilean shrew opossum, pudú, finch, and patagonian woodpecker.
		It is really a discovery journey, because the Chilean culture is so different from that of China.
		I learned about Chilean cultures, witnessed Chilean nature's beauty, bonded with my MF friends, learned their cultures, and meanwhile had much fun.
	www.meltonfoundation.org /Academic/exp_ab_rep/ren_2006.htm (921 words)

	Hotspots Revisited
		The last-named species is the only genus in an endemic family, the Microbiotheriidae, and is known only in the proximity of Concepción south to Chiloé Island, south-central Chile, and in the mountains east of the Argentine border.
		This parcel of land lies between the Chaihuin and Bueno rivers, in the Coast Range of the Lakes Region in Chile.
		A portion of this land will be cooperatively managed with three adjacent national reserves that together will ideally be elevated to national park status, while the remainder will be owned and managed by a new Chilean conservation organization.
	www.biodiversityscience.org /publications/hotspots/ChileanForests.html (1572 words)

	Czech
		Seems to be an article about the South American opossums (Didelphidae) with some information about all the opossum names, plus information about the Monodelphis short-tailed opossums.
		Monodelphis emiliae (Thomas, 1912) - vačice amazónská - Amazonian short-tailed opossum
		Monodelphis rubida (Thomas, 1899) - vačice slabopruhá - Faint-striped opossum
	www.knowyoursto.com /intl/czech.html (525 words)

	Animal Info - Chile
		Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Chile and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
		South Andean Deer (or Chilean Huemul) (Hippocamelus bisulcus).
		Chile contains the Atacama Desert and Chilean Matorral Global 200 Ecoregions as well as portions of the Valdivian Temperate Rainforests, Patagonian Steppe and Grasslands, High Andean Lakes, Peru Current, and Magellanic Marine Ecosystems Global 200 Ecoregions
	www.animalinfo.org /country/chile.htm (316 words)

	BrainMaps.org Connectivity Database
		Orientation selectivity and the arrangement of horizontal connections in tree shrew striate cortex
		Patterns of interhemispheric and striate-peristriate connections in visual cortex of the South American marsupial Marmosa elegans (mouse opossum)
		The development of commissural connections of somatic motor-sensory areas of neocortex in the North American opossum
	brainmaps.org /project-connections/connectionslist.php?start=101 (1923 words)

	Uncoupling protein 2 and 3 in marsupials: identification, phylogeny, and gene expression in response to cold and ...
		Couplan E, Mar Gonzalez-Barroso M, Alves-Guerra MC, Ricquier D, Goubern M, and Bouillaud F. No evidence for a basal, retinoic, or superoxide-induced uncoupling activity of the uncoupling protein 2 present in spleen or lung mitochondria.
		Thermogenic capabilities of the opossum Monodelphis domestica when warm and cold acclimated: similarities between American and Australian marsupials.
		Sequence of the brown adipose tissue specific uncoupling protein UCP from the Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus).
	physiolgenomics.physiology.org /cgi/content/full/17/2/130 (5983 words)

	Rainforest
		Temperate Grasslands (orange is short grass and orange w/ dots is tall grass)
		masked shrew, root vole, northern red-backed vole, wood lemming
		shrews: mole, web-footed water, and Himalayan water shrews
	members.aol.com /plcooney/rainfrst.html (879 words)

	Mammalian Species Accounts
		Inyo Shrew and Dwarf Shrew (Sorex tennelus and Sorex nanus)
		Rock Shrew and Gaspe Shrew (Sorex dispar and Sorex gaspensis)
		Nicaraguan and Short-nosed Harvest Mice (Reithrodontomys paradoxus and R.
	www.science.smith.edu /departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msiaccounts.html (247 words)

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