Nesophontes longirostris
H. E. Anthony, 1919
Slender Cuban Nesophontes
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Solenodonota |
| Family | : Nesophontidae |
| Genus | : Nesophontes |
Species status
Authority citation
Anthony, H.E. 1919-12-30. Mammals collected in eastern Cuba in 1917. With descriptions of two new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 41(20):625-643.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1358Original name as described
Nesophontes longirostris
Type material
AMNH FM-17626
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"from a cave near the beach at Daiquirí," Cuba.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Cuba
Taxonomy notes
has been included under N. micrus, but it's species status was recently supported using morphometric data (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
Not Evaluated
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