Nesophontes paramicrus

G. S. Miller, 1929

Saint Michel 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1929-03-30. A second collection of Mammals from caves near St. Michel, Haiti. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 81(9):1-30.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8915359

Original name as described

Nesophontes paramicrus

Type material

USNM:PAL:367224 (= USNM:MAMM:253063)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/301e201c0-adc1-4089-b2dd-a745840370df

Type locality

cave near Atalaye plantation, c.4 mi E of Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye, Haiti.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Haiti · Dominican Republic

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003835

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Names and synonyms

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Nesophontes paramicrus

G. S. Miller, 1929

Family

Nesophontidae

Root name

paramicrus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:PAL:367224 (= USNM:MAMM:253063)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/301e201c0-adc1-4089-b2dd-a745840370df

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8915359

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14674/22281668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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