Western Cuban nesophontes
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The western Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes micrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae.[2] It was found on Cuba and Hispaniola. It was recently discovered to include three previously thought species: N. submicrus, N. longirostris, and N. superstes.[3]
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Western Cuban nesophontes | |
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Jaw of a male N. micrus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | †Nesophontidae |
Genus: | †Nesophontes |
Species: | †N. micrus |
Binomial name | |
†Nesophontes micrus G.M. Allen, 1917 | |
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