The order Paucituberculata (pronounced /ËŒpÉâ€Ã‹ÂsɨˌtjuËÂbÉ™rkjʊˈlÉ‘ËÂtÉ™/) contains the six surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials which are confined to the Andes mountains of South America. It is thought that the order diverged from the ancestral marsupial line very early. As recently as 20 million years ago, there were at least seven genera in South America. Today, just three genera remain. They live in inaccessible forest and grassland regions of the High Andes. Insectivores were entirely...