Greater Cuban nesophontes
Appearance
Greater Cuban nesophontes | |
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Jaw of a male N. major | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | †Nesophontidae |
Genus: | †Nesophontes |
Species: | †N. major
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Binomial name | |
†Nesophontes major Arredondo, 1970
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.