Greater Cuban nesophontes

Greater Cuban nesophontes
Jaw of a male N. major
Conservation status
Extinct  (1500s)  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	† Nesophontidae
Genus:	† Nesophontes
Species:	†N. major
Binomial name
†Nesophontes major Arredondo, 1970

The greater Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes major) is an extinct species of eulipotyphlan that was native to Cuba. ^[2] It is thought that the introduction of rats lead to its demise.

References

1. Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T136381A22281785. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T136381A22281785.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.