Nesophontes edithae

H. E. Anthony, 1916

Puerto Rican Nesophontes

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Solenodonota
Family : Nesophontidae
Genus : Nesophontes

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anthony, H.E. 1916. Preliminary diagnosis of an apparently new family of insectivores. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35(41):725-728.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1332

Original name as described

Nesophontes edithae

Type material

AMNH FM-14174

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cueva Catedral, near Morovis, Puerto Rico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Puerto Rico · United States Virgin Islands

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003830

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Names and synonyms

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Nesophontes edithae

H. E. Anthony, 1916

Family

Nesophontidae

Root name

edithae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH FM-14174

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

725

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41313/22281466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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