Greater Cuban nesophontes
Greater Cuban nesophontes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Nesophontidae |
Genus: | Nesophontes |
Species: | N. major |
Binomial name | |
Nesophontes major Arredondo, 1970 | |
The greater Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes major) is an extinct species of soricomorph that was native to Cuba.[2] It is thought that the introduction of rats lead to its demise.
References
- ↑ Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. (2008). Nesophontes major. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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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