Atalaye nesophontes

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Atalaye nesophontes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family:† Nesophontidae
Genus:† Nesophontes
Species:
†N. hypomicrus
Binomial name
†Nesophontes hypomicrus
Miller, 1929

The Atalaye nesophontes (Nesophontes hypomicrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae. [2] It was endemic to Hispaniola in the Caribbean (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and is only known from fossil deposits. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes hypomicrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T14672A22281724. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T14672A22281724.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.
  3. ↑ "Nesophontes hypomicrus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.5. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 14 September 2021.


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