Slender Cuban nesophontes
The slender Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes longirostris) is an extinct species of eulipotyphlan of the genus Nesophontes which was once native to Cuba. It was recognised as a separate species in 1919.[2]
| Slender Cuban nesophontes[1] Temporal range: Early Holocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | †Nesophontidae |
| Genus: | †Nesophontes |
| Species: | †N. longirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| †Nesophontes longirostris Anthony, 1919 | |
References
- Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Anthony HE. 1919. Mammals collected in Eastern Cuba in 1917, with a description of two new species. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 41, 625 –643. New York: American Museum of Natural History
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