Western Cuban nesophontes
The western Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes micrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae.[2] It was found on Cuba and Hispaniola.
| Western Cuban nesophontes | |
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| Jaw of a male N. micrus | |
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 | |
References
- Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Nesophontes micrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.
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