Shrew opossums

Shrew opossums

Order : Paucituberculata

Facts about the order Paucituberculata, the shrew opossums

The shrew opossums are described in the article on Paucituberculata. (Full text)

Existing marsupials may be divided into three main divisions or sub-orders, of which the first, or Polyprotodontia, is common to America and Australasia; the second, or Paucituberculata, is exclusively South American; while the third, or Diprotodonts, is as solely Australasian inclusive of a few in the eastern Austro-Malayan islands. (Full text)

Moenus)main divisions or sub-orders, of which the first, or Polyprotodontia, is common to America and See also:AUSTRALASIAAustralasia; the second, or Paucituberculata, is exclusively South American; while the third, or Diprotodonts, is as solely Australasian inclusive of a few in the eastern Austro-Malayan islands. (Full text)

Shrew opossums are largely carnivorous. (Full text)

A second group of marsupials, the order Paucituberculata, is known in South America from the (Full text)

Research Patrobus PAUCITUBERCULATA Paucituberculata is an order of Metatheria with just one family, Caenolestidae. (Full text)