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Chilean Shrew Opossum
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| Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood, 1924 |
The Chilean Shrew Opossum (Rhyncholestes raphanurus) is one of five surviving species of shrew opossum. It is a small marsupial that lives in old growth evergreen temperate forests in Chile and Argentina.
It is an endangered species included in the Red List of Threatened species.
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