Long-nosed Shrew Opossum 733092 204833738 2008-04-11T02:06:51Z Frickeg 2903722 genus authority {{Taxobox | name = Long-nosed Shrew Opossum | status = VU | trend = down | status_system = iucn2.3 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]] | ordo = [[Paucituberculata]] | familia = [[Caenolestidae]] | genus = '''''Rhyncholestes''''' | genus_authority = [[Wilfred Hudson Osgood|Osgood]], 1924 | species = '''''R. raphanurus''''' | binomial = ''Rhyncholestes raphanurus'' | binomial_authority = [[Wilfred Hudson Osgood|Osgood]], 1924 | subdivision_ranks = [[Subspecies]] | subdivision = *''[[Rhyncholestes raphanurus continentalis|R. r. continentalis]]'' *''[[Rhyncholestes raphanurus raphanurus|R. r. raphanurus]]'' }} The '''Long-nosed Shrew Opossum''' (''Rhyncholestes raphanurus'') is one of six surviving species of [[shrew opossum]]. It is a small [[marsupial]] that lives in old growth [[evergreen]] [[temperate]] [[forests]] in [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]]. It is somewhat unique among shrew opossums and, as such, is the only species in its genus, '''''Rhyncholestes'''''. It is an [[vulnerable species]] included in the [[Red List]] of [[threatened species]]. ==References== * {{IUCN2006|assessors=New World Marsupial Specialist Group|year=1996|id=19710|title=Rhyncholestes raphanurus|downloaded=11 May 2006}} Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1c v2.3) *{{MSW3 Gardner|pages=19-20}} == External links == *{{ITIS|ID=552589|taxon=''Rhyncholestes raphanurus''}} *[http://www.cricyt.edu.ar/institutos/iadiza/ojeda/marsupiales/Rhyncholestes%20raphanurus.htm ''Rhyncholestes raphanurus'' image] {{Paucituberculata}} {{marsupial-stub}} [[Category:Shrew opossums]] [[Category:Mammals of South America]] [[Category:Marsupials of Argentina]] [[Category:Marsupials of Chile]] [[de:Chilenische Opossummaus]] [[es:Rhyncholestes]] [[fr:Rhyncholestes raphanurus]] [[it: Rhyncholestes raphanurus]] [[mt:Opossum ġurdiem ta' geddumu twil ta' mnieħru twil]] [[zh:智利袋鼠]]