Definition of Caenolestes

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Caenolestidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Caenolestes
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Caenolestidae, Family Caenolestidae
Member holonyms: Opossum Rat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caenolestes

Cadillac
Cadillacs
Cadiz
Cadmean
Cadmus
Cadra
Cadra cautella
Cadra figulilella
Caeciliadae
Caeciliidae
Caeden
Caelum
Caen
Caen stone
Caen stones
Caenolestes (current term)
Caenolestidae
Caenorhabditis
Caernarfonshire
Caernarvonshire
Caerphilly
Caesalpinia
Caesalpinia bonduc
Caesalpinia bonducella
Caesalpinia coriaria
Caesalpinia decapetala
Caesalpinia echinata
Caesalpinia ferrea
Caesalpinia gilliesii

Literary usage of Caenolestes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"... with notes on the Dentition of the Allied Genera. Extr. Proceeds. Zool. Soc. London, 1892. On Caenolestes, a still Existing Survivor of the ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"84); the only exception indeed to this statement is the occurrence of the genus Caenolestes in South Flo g*.—Bones of right America. ..."

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