It's a shrew opossum!
The Disillusioned Taxonomist (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Another virtual point goes to J. Velez-Juarbe for guessing that the skull belongs to a caenolestid. Dusky shrew opossum Caenolestes fuliginosus Tomes, 1863 Caenolestidae; Paucituberculata; Mammalia; Chordata Cambridge Zoology Museum June 2008 The caenolestids, shrew opossums, rat opossums, or flap-lips (!) are a family of three extant genera ( Caenolestes, Lestoros and Rhyncholestes ) in their own...




