Biology:Haitian nesophontes

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Short description: Extinct species of mammal

Haitian nesophontes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Nesophontidae
Genus: Nesophontes
Species:
N. zamicrus
Binomial name
Nesophontes zamicrus
Miller, 1929

The Haitian nesophontes (Nesophontes zamicrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae.[2] It was endemic to Hispaniola in the Caribbean (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti). The species was often found in hot and humid swamps, such as the Mires húmedos swamp of Northern Dominica.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1763941 entry