Western Cuban nesophontes

Extinct species of mammal

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.