Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood 1924

Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood 1924, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 14: 170.

Type Locality: Chile, Biobio, "mouth of Rio Inio, south end of Chiloé Island." .

Vernacular Names: Long-nosed Caenolestid.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Rhyncholestes raphanurus subsp. raphanurus Osgood 1924

Subspecies Rhyncholestes raphanurus subsp. continentalis Bublitz 1987

Distribution: SC Chile including Chiloé Isl and adjacent Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: See Patterson and Gallardo (1987, Mammalian Species, 286).