italictitle Taxobox name Nesophontes ref name msw3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700003 pages 220 222 ref status EX extinct early 16th century image Puerto Rican shrew.jpg image width 240px image caption Nesophontes edithae regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Soricomorpha familia extinction Nesophontidae familia authority Harold Elmer Anthony Anthony , 1916 genus Nesophontes genus authority Harold Elmer Anthony Anthony , 1916 subdivision ranks Species subdivision Nesophontes edithae br Nesophontes hypomicrus br Nesophontes longirostris br Nesophontes major br Nesophontes micrus br Nesophontes paramicrus br Nesophontes submicrus br Nesophontes superstes br Nesophontes zamicrus The members of the genus Nesophontes , sometimes called West Indies shrews , were members of the Extinction extinct family of mammals Nesophontidae in the order Soricomorpha. This is the only genus ... 42 ref Although some Nesophontes remains in owl pellets have been reported as fresh appearing, radiocarbon ... insectivoran Nesophontes new radiometric dates and their interpretation journal American Museum ... s. Since Nesophontes species have only been observed through fossil record s the exact number of species .... ref name msw3 Puerto Rican NesophontesNesophontes edithae Atalaye NesophontesNesophontes hypomicrus PacificScience61 3 Slender Cuban NesophontesNesophontes longirostris Greater Cuban NesophontesNesophontes major Western Cuban NesophontesNesophontes micrus St. Michel NesophontesNesophontes paramicrus PacificScience61 3 Lesser Cuban NesophontesNesophontes submicrus Cuban NesophontesNesophontes superstes Haitian NesophontesNesophontes zamicrus Two other species from the Cayman Islands ... dmcfarlane extinctmammals mammals nesophontes.htm Extinct mammals Category Nesophontes Category Extinct animals of the Caribbean Category Extinct mammals br Nesophontidae ca Nesophontes cs Nezofontovit de Karibische Spitzm use es Nesophontes fr Nesophontidae hu Karibicick ny f l k pl Nesophontidae ... more details
Taxobox name Cuban Nesophontes ref name msw3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700011 page 222 ref status EX status system status ref ref name msw3 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Soricomorpha familia Nesophontes Nesophontidae genus Nesophontes species N. superstes binomial Nesophontes superstes binomial authority Fischer, 1977 The Cuban NesophontesNesophontes superstes is an extinct species of soricomorph of the genus Nesophontes . Its remains have been found in western Cuba. References reflist soricomorpha stub Category Extinct mammals Category Nesophontes fr Nesophontes superstes pt Nesophontes superstes ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Atalaye Nesophontes status EX status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. year 2008 title Nesophontes hypomicrus id 14672 downloaded 6 January 2009 ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Soricomorpha familia Nesophontidae genus Nesophontes species N. hypomicrus binomial Nesophontes hypomicrus binomial authority Gerrit Smith Miller Miller , 1929 synonyms The Atalaye NesophontesNesophontes hypomicrus is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae . ref name msw3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700004 page 221 ref It was found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti . References reflist soricomorpha stub Category Nesophontes Category Holocene extinctions fr Nesophontes hypomicrus pt Nesophontes hypomicrus sr Nesophontes hypomicrus ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Haitian Nesophontes status EX status system IUCN3.1 extinct 1500s status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. year 2008 title Nesophontes zamicrus id 14676 downloaded 6 January 2009 ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Soricomorpha familia Nesophontidae genus Nesophontes species N. zamicrus binomial Nesophontes zamicrus binomial authority Gerrit Smith Miller Miller , 1929 synonyms The Haitian nesophontesNesophontes zamicrus is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae . ref name msw3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700012 page 222 ref It was Endemism endemic to Hispaniola . Source PacificScience61 3 reflist soricomorpha stub Category Nesophontes Category Fauna of Haiti Category Mammal extinctions since 1500 fr Nesophontes zamicrus pt Nesophontes zamicrus sr Nesophontes zamicrus ... more details
Taxobox name Lesser Cuban Nesophontes ref name msw3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700010 pages 221 222 ref status EX status system status ref ref name msw3 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Soricomorpha familia Nesophontes Nesophontidae genus Nesophontes species N. submicrus binomial Nesophontes submicrus binomial authority Arredondo, 1970 The Lesser Cuban NesophontesNesophontes submicrus is an extinct species of soricomorph of the genus Nesophontes . Its remains have been found in western Cuba, in the vicinity of Havanna . References reflist Category Extinct mammals Category Nesophontes soricomorpha stub fr Nesophontes submicrus pt Nesophontes submicrus ... more details
Taxobox name Greater Cuban Nesophontes status EX status system IUCN3.1 extinct 1500s status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. year 2008 title Nesophontes major id 136381 downloaded 6 January 2009 ref regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Soricomorpha familia Nesophontidae genus Nesophontes species N. major binomial Nesophontes major binomial authority Arredondo, 1970 The greater Cuban nesophontesNesophontes major is an Extinction extinct species of soricomorph that was native to Cuba . ref name msw3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700007 page 221 ref It is thought that the introduction of rats lead to its demise. References reflist Category Nesophontes soricomorpha stub fr Nesophontes major pt Nesophontes major ... more details
Taxobox name Slender Cuban Nesophontes ref name msw3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700006 page 221 ref status EX status system status ref ref name msw3 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Soricomorpha familia Nesophontes Nesophontidae genus Nesophontes species N. longirostris binomial Nesophontes longirostris binomial authority Harold Elmer Anthony Anthony , 1919 The Slender Cuban NesophontesNesophontes longirostris is an extinct species of soricomorph of the genus Nesophontes . References reflist Category Extinct mammals soricomorpha stub fr Nesophontes longirostris pt Nesophontes longirostris ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name St. Michel Nesophontes status EX status system IUCN3.1 extinct 1500s status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. year 2008 title Nesophontes paramicrus id 14674 downloaded 6 January 2009 ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Soricomorpha familia Nesophontidae genus Nesophontes species N. paramicrus binomial Nesophontes paramicrus binomial authority Gerrit Smith Miller Miller , 1929 The St. Michel nesophontesNesophontes paramicrus is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae . ref name msw3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700009 page 221 ref It was Endemism endemic to Haiti . References reflist soricomorpha stub Category Nesophontes Category Fauna of Haiti Category Holocene extinctions Category Endemic fauna of Haiti fr Nesophontes paramicrus hu Nesophontes paramicrus pt Nesophontes paramicrus sr Nesophontes paramicrus ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Western Cuban Nesophontes status EX status system IUCN3.1 extinct 1500s status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. year 2008 title Nesophontes micrus id 14673 downloaded 6 January 2009 ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Soricomorpha familia Nesophontidae genus Nesophontes species N. micrus binomial Nesophontes micrus binomial authority G.M. Allen, 1917 The western Cuban nesophontesNesophontes micrus is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae . ref name msw3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700008 page 221 ref It was found in Cuba and Haiti . Source reflist soricomorpha stub Category Nesophontes Category Holocene extinctions fr Nesophontes micrus pt Nesophontes micrus sr Nesophontes micrus ... more details
No footnotes date July 2010 Taxobox name Puerto Rican Nesophontes ref name msw3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700004 page 221 ref status EX status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. year 2008 title Nesophontes edithae id 41313 downloaded 6 January 2009 ref extinct 1500s image Puerto Rican shrew.jpg image width 200px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Soricomorpha familia Nesophontidae genus Nesophontes species N. edithae binomial Nesophontes edithae binomial authority Harold Elmer Anthony Anthony , 1916 The Puerto Rican NesophontesNesophontes edithae , or Puerto Rican Shrew , is an extinct soricomorph endemic ecology endemic to the island of Puerto Rico . It is believed that the animal was never observed by Europeans. Contemporary fossil s with indigenous artifacts and introduced rat fossils indicate survival into the colonial era, possibly until the 16th century. The shrew lived on the 4 island montane forest brush endemic to western Puerto Rico and was an insectivore . There are fossil specimens located in London . It disappeared after introduction of rats and due to the destruction of its forest habitat. References Biol. Lett. 2007 3, 193 196 doi 10.1098 rsbl.2006.0585 reflist See also List of extinct animals List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico Portal box Puerto Rico Biology soricomorpha stub PuertoRico stub Category Nesophontes Category Fauna of Puerto Rico Category Mammal extinctions since 1500 fr Nesophontes edithae hu Nesophontes edithae pt Nesophontes edithae ... more details
wiktionary shrew shrewd Shrew may refer to Animals Shrew family Soricidae Treeshrew order Scandentia , native to Southeast Asia Elephant shrew family Macroscelididae , native to Africa Otter shrew subfamily Potamogalinae , native to Africa Nesophontes West Indies shrew genus Nesophontes , native to Caribbean islands Extinct Literature Shrew archetype , a difficult woman The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, in which the word refers to a difficult woman. Other uses The Shrews , fictional characters in the animated series The Animals of Farthing Wood Shrew , a name originally proposed for the British fighter airplane Supermarine Spitfire The Killer Shrews , a 1959 science fiction film directed by Ray Kellogg and also featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 . disambig ... more details
Caribbean family, that of the solenodon s, is still extant the other, Nesophontes Nesophontidae , went ... are known to have existed during the Quaternary , but not all Nesophontes species are universally ... all Nesophontes , are now extinct, and the two surviving solenodons are classified as endangered . ref ... from North America, South America, or even Africa, and Nesophontes and Solenodon may have different ... as follows ref Hutterer, 2005 ref Order Soricomorpha Family Nesophontidae Nesophontes Family Solenodontidae ... Nesophontes and two solenodons. Nesophontes longirostris is known from cave deposits of uncertain age. ref name H221 Hutterer, 2005, p. 221 ref Nesophontes major is known from cave deposits of uncertain age. ref name H221 Nesophontes micrus , the most widespread Nesophontes , is known from remains from Cuba dated to the 14th century CE. ref name H221 Nesophontes submicrus is known from cave deposits of uncertain age. ref name H0 1 Hutterer, 2005, pp. 220 221 ref Nesophontes superstes , a large Nesophontes ... south of Cuba. Nesophontes micrus has been recorded from the island. ref name H221 Cayman Islands Two extinct undescribed taxon undescribed species of Nesophontes are known from several cave deposits ... Morgan, 1994b, pp. 485 487 ref In the youngest layers of several deposits, Nesophontes is found ... largest of the Antilles. It is divided into Haiti and the Dominican Republic . Nesophontes ... been dated to the 13th century CE. ref name H221 Nesophontes micrus has also been recorded from Hispaniola. ref name H221 Nesophontes paramicrus has been found together with remains of Rattus some bones from a cave in Haiti have been dated to the 14th century CE. ref name H221 Nesophontes zamicrus ... would have been about the size of Nesophontes , with an estimated body mass of convert 150 ..., part of Haiti . Nesophontes hypomicrus ref name H221 Solenodon paradoxus , the extant Hispaniolan ... right alt Long nosed mammal, brown above and yellow below. Reconstruction of Nesophontes edithae ... more details
while the moles are stout bodied burrowers. Family Nesophontidae Genus Nesophontes Atalaye NesophontesNesophontes hypomicrus EX Western Cuban NesophontesNesophontes micrus EX St. Michel NesophontesNesophontes paramicrus EX Haitian NesophontesNesophontes zamicrus EX Family Solenodontidae Genus ... more details
Heteropsomys insulans Puerto Rican Long nosed Bat Monophyllus Monophyllus frater Puerto Rican Nesophontes Puerto Rican NesophontesNesophontes edithae ref The Puerto Rican Nesophontes became extinct ... more details
The Caribbean bioregion is a biogeography biogeographic region that includes the islands of the Caribbean Sea , which share a flora and fauna distinct from surrounding bioregions. The Caribbean bioregion, as described by the World Wildlife Fund , includes the Greater Antilles Cuba , Hispaniola , Puerto Rico , and Jamaica , the Lesser Antilles , the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands , and Aruba , Bonaire , and Cura ao . It does not include Trinidad and Tobago these islands rest on South America s shallow continental shelf , and have been historically part of the South American continent. The climate of the ecoregion is tropical, and varies from humid to arid. Geology and topography also vary, with larger mountainous islands of continental rock, volcanic islands, and low lying coral and limestone islands. The bioregion includes Tropical moist forests , tropical dry forests , tropical pine forests , flooded grasslands and savannas , xeric shrublands , and mangrove s. The Caribbean bioregion s distinct flora and fauna was shaped by long periods of physical separation from the neighboring continents, allowing plants and animals to evolve in isolation. Other plants and animals arrived via long distance dispersal or island hopping from North America and South America. Three mammal families are endemic to the bioregion the Solenodontidae includes two species of Solenodon , one species on Cuba, the other on Hispaniola. Fossil evidence shows that the family was once more widespread in North America. Family Nesophontidae , or the West Indian shrews, contained a single genus, Nesophontes , which inhabited Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Cayman Islands. All members of the family are now believed to be extinct. The Capromyidae , or hutias, include a number of species, mainly from the Greater Antilles. Many other rodents of the Caribbean are also restricted to the region. Ecoregions Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Cuban moist forests Cuba Hispaniolan mois ... more details
Taxobox name Solenodon ref name MSW3 MSW3 Soricomorpha id 13700014 pages 222 223 ref fossil range Fossil range Pleistocene Recent ref name WA01 ref name MamEv cite book author Savage, RJG, & Long, MR year 1986 title Mammal Evolution an illustrated guide publisher Facts on File location New York pages 51 isbn 0 8160 1194 X ref image Dixi Solenodon cubanus.png image width 250px image caption Cuban solenodon Solenodon cubanus regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Soricomorpha familia Solenodontidae familia authority Theodore Gill Gill , 1872 genus Solenodon genus authority Johann Friedrich von Brandt Brandt , 1833 type species Solenodon paradoxus type species authority Johann Friedrich von Brandt Brandt , 1833 subdivision ranks Species subdivision Giant solenodon Solenodon arredondoi br Cuban solenodon Solenodon cubanus br Marcano s solenodon Solenodon marcanoi br Hispaniolan solenodon Solenodon paradoxus Solenodons meaning slotted tooth are venomous , nocturnal , burrowing, insectivorous mammal s belonging to the family biology family Solenodontidae . Only one genus , Solenodon , is known, although a few other genera were erected at one time and are now regarded as junior synonym s. Solenodontidae is interesting to phylogenetics researchers because of its retention of primitive mammal characteristics their species resemble very closely those that lived near the end of the age of the dinosaurs. They are one of two families of soricomorphs of the Caribbean Caribbean soricomorphs it is uncertain whether the other family, Nesophontes Nesophontidae , which went extinct during the Holocene , was closely related to solenodons. ref name WA01 The two living solenodon species are the Cuban solenodon Solenodon cubanus , and the Haiti an or Hispaniolan solenodon Solenodon paradoxus . Two other species went extinct during the Quaternary . Oligocene North America n genera such as Apternodus have been suggested as relatives of Solenodon , but the origins of the ani ... more details
occurred. However, other fauna such as the endemic Antillean insectivores Nesophontes sp. , Solenodon ... format work publisher ref Fossil records show the existence of one shrew Puerto Rican shrew , Nesophontes ... more details
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