Greater Cuban nesophontes
Extinct species of mammal
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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.
| Greater Cuban nesophontes | |
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| Jaw of a male N. major | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | †Nesophontidae |
| Genus: | †Nesophontes |
| Species: | †N. major |
| Binomial name | |
| †Nesophontes major Arredondo, 1970 | |
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