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Paucituberculata - shrew opossums

This marsupial order includes the shrew opossums. They are found in the Andes Mountains in western South America. There is one family in this order. Shrew opossums look like shrews, but they are marsupials.



  Families

  Caenolestidae (Shrew Opossums)