Biology:Western Cuban nesophontes
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Short description: Extinct species of mammal
| Western Cuban nesophontes | |
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| Jaw of a male N. micrus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | †Nesophontidae |
| Genus: | †Nesophontes |
| Species: | †N. micrus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nesophontes micrus G.M. Allen, 1917
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The western Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes micrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae.[2] It was found on Cuba and Hispaniola. It was recently discovered to include three previously thought species: N. submicrus, N. longirostris, and N. superstes.[3]
References
- ↑ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes micrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T14673A22281612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T14673A22281612.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14673/22281612. Retrieved 13 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=13700008.
- ↑ "Nesophones micrus". American Society of Mammalogists. https://mammaldiversity.org/species-account/species-id=1003834.
Wikidata ☰ Q1762217 entry
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