Incan Shrew Opossum
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The Incan Caenolestid (Lestoros inca), or Incan Shrew Opossum, is a species of shrew opossum
in the family Caenolestidae. It is endemic to Peru
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Shrew opossum
The order Paucituberculata contains the six surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials which are confined to the Andes mountains of South America. It is thought that the order diverged from the ancestral marsupial line very early. As recently as 20 million years ago, there...
in the family Caenolestidae. It is endemic to Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
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