Haitian nesophontes
Appearance
Haitian nesophontes | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | †Nesophontidae |
Genus: | †Nesophontes |
Species: | †N. zamicrus
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Binomial name | |
†Nesophontes zamicrus Miller, 1929
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The Haitian nesophontes (Nesophontes zamicrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae.[2] It was endemic to Hispaniola in the Caribbean (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti). The species was often found in hot and humid swamps, such as the Mires húmedos swamp of Northern Dominica.[3]
References
- ^ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes zamicrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14676A22281556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T14676A22281556.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ 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. 222. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Nesophontes zamicrus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 14 September 2021.