Nesophontes micrus

G. M. Allen, 1917

Lesser Cuban 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

Allen, G.M. 1917. New fossil mammals from Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61(1):1-12.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30290503

Original name as described

?Nesophontes micrus

Other common names

Western Cuban Nesophontes

Type material

MCZ:VP:VPM-9600

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPM-9600

Type locality

cavern in Sierra of Hato-Nuevo, Matanzas Province, Cuba.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba · Dominican Republic · Haiti

Taxonomy notes

includes submicrus and superstes and previously included N. longirostris, but recent morphometric work supports it's species status (albeit the resurrection is stated to be tentative)

Taxonomy notes citation

Fernández, M. M. C., Vásquez, O. J., & Arredondo, C. (2005). Revisión taxonómica del género Nesophontes (Insectivora: Nesophontidae) en Cuba: análisis de los caracteres diagnóstico. Monografies de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears, 12, 95-100. · León, J. O. (2023). Revision of the extinct island-shrews Nesophontes (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Nesophontidae) from Cuba. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 130, 104544.

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003834

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Nesophontes submicrus

Arredondo, 1970

Family

Nesophontidae

Root name

submicrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IES GEC 740

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

137

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

?Nesophontes micrus

G. M. Allen, 1917

Family

Nesophontidae

Root name

micrus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:VP:VPM-9600

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPM-9600

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30290503

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14673/22281612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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