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Nesophontes major

Greater Cuban nesophontes

Extinct  (1500s) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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 soricomorph that was native to Cuba. It is thought that the introduction of rats lead to its demise.



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