Incan shrew opossum

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Incan shrew opossum

Order : Paucituberculata
Family : Caenolestidae
Species : Lestoros inca

 

The Incan shrew opossum is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Namings for the Incan shrew opossum
A young / baby of a Incan shrew opossum is called a 'joey'. The females are called 'jill' and males 'jack'.
Countries
Peru

Facts about the Incan shrew opossum

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1. Inca -- (a ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family))
Inca
2. Inca -- (a member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca Empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s)
Inca
(Source WordNet)

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