The St. Michel nesophontes (Nesophontes paramicrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae.[2] It was endemic to Hispaniola (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
Taxonomy
A phylogenetic study in 2016, based on DNA extracted and carbon-dated from a specimen about 750 years old, suggests their nearest relatives are the solenodons, although the two groups diverged more than 40 million years ago.[3]
History
The type specimen was collected in Cueva de Bosque Humido, Los Haitises National Park, Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic.
References
- ^ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes paramicrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14674A22281668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T14674A22281668.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brace, Selina; Thomas, Jessica A.; Dalén, Love; Burger, Joachim; MacPhee, Ross D.E.; Barnes, Ian & Turvey, Samuel T. (13 September 2016). "Evolutionary history of the Nesophontidae, the last unplaced Recent mammal family" (PDF). Molecular Biology and Evolution (Epub ahead of print). 33 (12): 3095–3103. doi:10.1093/molbev/msw186. PMID 27624716.