Greater Cuban nesophontes

Greater Cuban nesophontes
	Jaw of a male N. major
Conservation status
	; Extinct (1500s) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.^[2] It is thought that the introduction of rats lead to its demise.

References

^ Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Nesophontes major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)old-form url
^ 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.

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[1] Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Nesophontes major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)old-form url

[msw3-2] 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.

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