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.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T136381A22281785. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T136381A22281785.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. 221. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T136381A22281785. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T136381A22281785.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[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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