Western Cuban nesophontes

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Western Cuban nesophontes
Jaw of a male N. micrus

Extinct (1500s)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Nesophontidae
Genus: Nesophontes
Species:
N. micrus
Binomial name
Nesophontes micrus
Synonyms
  • Nesophontes longirostris Anthony, 1919
  • Nesophontes submicrus Arredondo, 1970
  • Nesophontes superstes
    Fischer
    , 1977

The western Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes micrus) is an

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]

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