Atalaye nesophontes

Atalaye nesophontes
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	†Nesophontidae
Genus:	†Nesophontes
Species:	†N. hypomicrus
Binomial name
†Nesophontes hypomicrus Miller, 1929

The Atalaye nesophontes (Nesophontes hypomicrus) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae.[2] It was endemic to Hispaniola in the Caribbean (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and is only known from fossil deposits.[3]

References

1. Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Nesophontes hypomicrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14672A22281724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T14672A22281724.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. 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.
3. "Nesophontes hypomicrus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 14 September 2021.