Western Cuban nesophontes

Western Cuban nesophontes
Jaw of a male N. micrus
Conservation status
Extinct  (1500s)  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	† Nesophontidae
Genus:	† Nesophontes
Species:	†N. micrus
Binomial name
†Nesophontes micrus G.M. Allen, 1917
Synonyms
Nesophontes longirostris Anthony, 1919 Nesophontes submicrus Arredondo, 1970 Nesophontes superstes Fischer, 1977

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

1. 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 . Retrieved 13 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. "Nesophones micrus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.5. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 10 September 2021.