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Atalaye nesophontes

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Atalaye nesophontes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Nesophontidae
Genus: Nesophontes
Species:
N. hypomicrus
Binomial name
Nesophontes hypomicrus
Miller, 1929

The Atalaye nesophontes (Nesophontes hypomicrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae.[2] It was endemic to Hispaniola in the Caribbean (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and is only known from fossil deposits.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes hypomicrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14672A22281724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T14672A22281724.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  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.
  3. ^ "Nesophontes hypomicrus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 14 September 2021.