VU — Vulnerable

Silky Shrew Opossum

Caenolestes fuliginosus

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC) via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_caenolestid

01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Paucituberculata

Family

Caenolestidae

Genus

Caenolestes

Silky Shrew Opossum belongs to the family Caenolestidae, order Paucituberculata, within the Mammalia class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

TERRESTRIALMajor

Community

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Silky Shrew Opossum (Caenolestes fuliginosus). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/silky-shrew-opossum

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