Biology:St. Michel nesophontes
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Short description: Extinct species of mammal endemic to Hispaniola
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | †Nesophontidae |
| Genus: | †Nesophontes |
| Species: | †N. paramicrus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nesophontes paramicrus Miller, 1929
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The St. Michel nesophontes (Nesophontes paramicrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae.[2] It was endemic to Hispaniola (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
Taxonomy
A phylogenetic study in 2016, based on DNA extracted and carbon-dated from a specimen about 750 years old, suggests their nearest relatives are the solenodons, although the two groups diverged more than 40 million years ago.[3]
History
The type specimen was collected in Cueva de Bosque Humido, Los Haitises National Park, Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic.
References
- ↑ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes paramicrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T14674A22281668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T14674A22281668.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14674/22281668. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13700009.
- ↑ Brace, Selina; Thomas, Jessica A.; Dalén, Love; Burger, Joachim; MacPhee, Ross D.E.; Barnes, Ian; Turvey, Samuel T. (13 September 2016), "Evolutionary history of the Nesophontidae, the last unplaced Recent mammal family", Molecular Biology and Evolution 33 (12): 3095–3103, doi:10.1093/molbev/msw186, PMID 27624716, http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1514481/1/Full_Manuscript.pdf
Wikidata ☰ Q917054 entry
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