Nesophontes micrus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Holotype: MCZ 9600, incomplete mandible.

Type locality: “cavern in the Sierra of Hato-Xuevo, Province of Matanzas, Cuba.”

†Nesophontes longirostris Anthony, 1919: 633 [synonymised by Condis Fernández, Jiménez Vásquez & Arredondo (2005: 100)]

Holotype: AMNH 17626, incomplete skull.

Type locality: “cave near the beach at Daiquiri, Cuba.”

†Nesophontes submicrus Arredondo, 1970: 137 [synonymised by Condis Fernández, Jiménez Vásquez & Arredondo (2005: 100)]

Holotype: GEC 740, incomplete mandible.

Type locality: “Cueva de la Santa, Bacuranao, província de La Habana,” Cuba.

†Nesophontes superstes Fischer, 1977: 221 [synonymised by Condis Fernández, Jiménez Vásquez & Arredondo (2005: 100)]

Holotype:

Type locality: Cueva de la Ventana, Sumerido, província de Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

Allen, G. M. 1917. New fossil mammals from Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61(1): 1–12. BHL
Anthony, H.E. 1919. Mammals collected in eastern Cuba in 1917. With description of two new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 41: 625–643. Full article
Arredondo, O. 1970. Dos nuevas especies subfósiles de mamíferos (Insectivora: Nesophontidae) del Holoceno precolombino de Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle XXX(86): 122–152.
Ficher, K. 1977. Quartäre mikromammalia Cubas, vorwiegend aus der höhle San José de la Lamas, Santa Fé, Provinz Habana. Zeitschrift für Geologische Wissenschaften 5(2): 213–255.
Condis Fernández, M.M., Jiménez Vásquez, O. & Arredondo, C. 2005. Revisión taxonómica del género Nesophontes (Insectivora: Nesophontidae) en Cuba: análisis de los caracteres diagnóstico. In Alcover, J.A. & Bover, P. (eds.). Proceedings of the International Symposium “Insular Vertebrate Evolution: the Palaeontological Approach”. Monografies de la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears 12: 95–100. Full article (PDF)

Nesophontes micrus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Nesophontes micrus (Extinct)

English: Western Cuban Nesophontes