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Order Paucituberculata

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Incan Shrew OpossumFamily:Caenolestidae

Photo: Phil Myers@Animal Diversity Web License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom/sharealike

1 Family, 6 Species
Caenolestes, Lestoros, Rhyncholestes
South America
18 to 25 g.

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