Greater Cuban nesophontes | |
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Jaw of a male N. major | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | †Nesophontidae |
Genus: | †Nesophontes |
Species: | †N. major
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Binomial name | |
†Nesophontes major Arredondo, 1970
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The greater Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes major) is an extinct species of eulipotyphlan that was native to Cuba.[2] It is thought that the introduction of rats lead to its demise.