Nesophontes major

Arredondo, 1970

Greater Cuban Nesophontes

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Eulipotyphla
Suborder: Solenodonota
Family: Nesophontidae
Genus: Nesophontes

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Arredondo, O.P. 1970. Dos nuevas especies subfósiles de mamíferos (Insectivora: Nesophontidae) del Holoceno precolombino de Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 30(86):122-152.

Authority publication link

http://www.redciencia.cu/geobiblio/paper/1970_Arredondo_122-152.pdf

Original name as described

Nesophontes major

Type material

IES GEC P-682

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cueva de La Santa, Bacuranao, La Habana Province, Cuba.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003833

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Nesophontes major

Arredondo, 1970

Family

Nesophontidae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IES GEC P-682

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Cueva de La Santa, Bacuranao, provincia de La Habana ... Edad: Holoceno precolombino

Type locality

Cuba.

Authority page

126

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle

Name usages

Hutterer (1993:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136381/22281785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nesophontes superstes

K. von Fischer, 1977

Family

Nesophontidae

Root name

superstes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Cuba.

Authority page

221

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Geologische Wissenschaften

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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