Greater Cuban nesophontes

Greater Cuban nesophontes
Greater Cuban nesophontes jaw.png
Jaw of a male N. major

Extinct (1500s) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Nesophontidae
Genus: Nesophontes
Species:
N. major
Binomial name
Nesophontes major
Arredondo, 1970

The greater Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes major) is an extinct species of eulipotyphlan that was native to Cuba. It is thought that the introduction of rats lead to its demise.


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