Nesophontes hypomicrus
– Extinct
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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SORICOMORPHA
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Family:
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NESOPHONTIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Nesophontes hypomicrus
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Species Authority:
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Miller, 1929
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | ATALAYE NESOPHONTES |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EX ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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Justification:
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Nesophontes hypomicrus is known only from skulls and skeletal material found in owl pellets. The remains were found together with those of Rattus spp. and Mus spp. the species therefore is thought to have become extinct after the arrival of Europeans in the West Indies.
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History:
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| 1994 | - | Extinct (Groombridge 1994) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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West Indies.
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
Dominican Republic; Haiti
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Population
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Population:
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Nesophontes hypomicrus is known only from skulls and skeletal material found in owl pellets.
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Habitat and Ecology
Threats
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Threats:
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The presence of Nesophontes spp. bones with those of Rattus spp. and Mus spp., which were introduced to the island by European ships, suggests that most species from this genus became extinct with the arrival of the Europeans in the West Indies. The burning of forests for cultivation purposes is also considered to have pushed these species to extinction.
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
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