Puerto Rican nesophontes
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | †Nesophontidae |
| Genus: | †Nesophontes |
| Species: | †N. edithae
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| †Nesophontes edithae , 1916
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The Puerto Rican nesophontes (Nesophontes edithae), or Puerto Rican shrew, is an extinct eulipotyphlan endemic to Puerto Rico.
It is believed that the animal was never observed by Europeans. Contemporary fossils with indigenous artifacts and introduced rat fossils indicate survival into the colonial era, possibly until the 16th century. The shrew lived in the 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.
See also[]
- List of extinct animals
- List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes edithae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T41313A22281466. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T41313A22281466.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Nesophontes
- Mammal extinctions since 1500
- Extinct animals of the United States
- Mammals of Puerto Rico
- Endemic fauna of Puerto Rico
- Mammals of the Caribbean
- Mammals described in 1916
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