Clenia (mammal)

Clenia is an extinct genus of marsupials from the Oligocene and Miocene of South America. They are relatives of the living monito del monte (colocolo).

Clenia Temporal range: Oligocene - Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Microbiotheria
Family:	Microbiotheriidae
Genus:	†Clenia Ameghino, 1904[1]
Type species
†Clenia minuscula Ameghino, 1904
Species
C. brevis C. minuscula
Synonyms
Clenialites

Description

Two species are known. The type species is Clenia minuscula from the Early Miocene of Argentina.^[2] The other is Clenia brevis from the Oligocene of Argentina. It had more robust molars than C. minuscula.^[3]