Nesophontes
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Nesophontes, sometimes called West Indies shrews, is the sole genus of the extinct, monotypic mammal family Nesophontidae in the order Eulipotyphla. These animals were small insectivores, about 5 to 15 cm long, with a long slender snout and head and a long tail. They were endemic to the Greater Antilles (except Jamaica), in Cuba, Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands.
Quick Facts Nesophontes Temporal range: Quaternary, Conservation status ...
Nesophontes[1] Temporal range: Quaternary | |
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Nesophontes edithae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | †Nesophontidae Anthony, 1916 |
Genus: | †Nesophontes Anthony, 1916 |
Species | |
†Nesophontes edithae |
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