Western Cuban nesophontes | |
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Jaw of a male N. micrus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | † Nesophontidae |
Genus: | † Nesophontes |
Species: | †N. micrus
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Binomial name | |
†Nesophontes micrus
G.M. Allen, 1917
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Synonyms | |
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]
Western Cuban nesophontes | |
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Jaw of a male N. micrus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | † Nesophontidae |
Genus: | † Nesophontes |
Species: | †N. micrus
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Binomial name | |
†Nesophontes micrus
G.M. Allen, 1917
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Synonyms | |
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]