Western Cuban nesophontes

The western Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes micrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae.^[2] It was found on Cuba and Hispaniola. It was recently discovered to include three previously thought species: N. submicrus, N. longirostris, and N. superstes.^[3]

Western Cuban nesophontes
Jaw of a male N. micrus
Conservation status
Extinct (1500s)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	†Nesophontidae
Genus:	†Nesophontes
Species:	†N. micrus
Binomial name
†Nesophontes micrus G.M. Allen, 1917
Synonyms
Nesophontes longirostris Anthony, 1919 Nesophontes submicrus Arredondo, 1970 Nesophontes superstes Fischer, 1977