Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Eulipotyphla | Nesophontidae |
Scientific Name: | Nesophontes micrus G.M. Allen, 1917 | |||
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Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Date Assessed: | 2017-08-24 |
Assessor(s): | Turvey, S.T. & Helgen, K. |
Reviewer(s): | Amori, G. |
Justification: This species is listed as Extinct because it is known only from recent fossil deposits. |
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Range Description: | This species was endemic to Cuba, including the Isle of Pines. |
Countries occurrence: | Regionally extinct: Cuba |
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Population: | The species is known only from skulls and skeletal material found in owl pellets. Recent carbon dates from fossil material, suggest that they persisted until the modern era and their extinction followed the arrival of European settlers. | ||
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Habitat and Ecology: | This was an insectivorous species. |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Major Threat(s): | Introduced rats are the most likely cause of the extinction of this species. Remains of this species have been found together with those of Rattus spp. and Mus spp. which were introduced to the island by European ships. The burning of forests for cultivation purposes is also considered to have pushed these species to extinction. |
Conservation Actions: | Conservation actions are not applicable to this species as it is already extinct. |
Citation: | Turvey, S.T. & Helgen, K. 2017. Nesophontes micrus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T14673A22281612. . Downloaded on 24 April 2018. |
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