Nesophontes micrus

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Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Eulipotyphla	Nesophontidae

Scientific Name:

Nesophontes micrus G.M. Allen, 1917

Common Name(s):

English

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Western Cuban Nesophontes

Assessment Information [top]

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.
Previously published Red List assessments:	2008 – Extinct (EX) Download assessment 1996 – Extinct (EX) Download assessment 1994 – Extinct (Ex) Download assessment

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:

This species was endemic to Cuba, including the Isle of Pines.

Countries occurrence:

Regionally extinct:

Cuba

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Population [top]

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.

Additional data:

♦ Population severely fragmented:	No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This was an insectivorous species.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

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.

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 [top]

Conservation Actions:	Conservation actions are not applicable to this species as it is already extinct.

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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