Isterlestes

Isterlestes; Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	† Isterlestes
Species:	†I. aenigmaticus
Binomial name
	†Isterlestes aenigmaticus; Cailleux et. al., 2025

Last updated August 26, 2025

Isterlestes is an extinct genus of soricid that lived during the Late Miocene.

Distribution

Isterlestes aenigmaticus is known from Slovakia.^[1]

References

↑ Cailleux, Florentin; van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W.; Joniak, Peter (September 2024). "The Late Miocene Plesiosoricidae and Soricidae (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from the Pannonian region, Slovakia". Journal of Paleontology . 98 (5): 885–909. Bibcode:2024JPal...98..885C. doi: 10.1017/jpa.2024.23 . ISSN 0022-3360.

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[1] Cailleux, Florentin; van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W.; Joniak, Peter (September 2024). "The Late Miocene Plesiosoricidae and Soricidae (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from the Pannonian region, Slovakia". Journal of Paleontology . 98 (5): 885–909. Bibcode:2024JPal...98..885C. doi: 10.1017/jpa.2024.23 . ISSN 0022-3360.

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