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Eulipotyphla

 

Family: [Erinaceidae (Hedgehogs and Moonrats/Gymnures)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

†Family: Nesophontidae (West Indian shrews)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Nesophontes edithae Anthony, 1916 Puerto Rican nesophontes, Edith's island-shrew, Edith's nesophont, Puerto Rican shrew After 1500 AD Puerto Rico Extinct Access
             
Nesophontes hemicingulus Morgan et al., 2019 Cayman nesophont(es) subfossil Cayman Brac & Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Extinct Access
             
Nesophontes hypomicrus Miller, 1929 Atalaye nesophontes, Lesser Hispaniolan nesophont, Hispaniolan nesophont, Hispaniola island shrew After 1500 AD? Haiti (including La Gonâve), Hispaniola Extinct Access
             
Nesophontes longirostris Anthony, 1919 Slender Cuban nesophontes, Cuban long-nosed nesophont ? Cuba Extinct Access
             
Nesophontes major Arredondo, 1970 Greater Cuban nesophontes ? Cuba Extinct Access
             
Nesophontes micrus G. M. Allen, 1917 Western Cuban nesophontes, West Cuban nesophont, West Cuban island shrew ? Cuba (including Isle of Pines) and Hispaniola Extinct Access
             
Nesophontes paramicrus Miller, 1929 St. Michel nesophontes, Hispaniolan nesophont ? Haiti, Hispaniola Extinct Access
             
Nesophontes submicrus Arredondo, 1970 Lesser Cuban nesophontes ? Cuba Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Nesophontes superstes Fischer, 1977 Cuban nesophontes ? Cuba Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Nesophontes zamicrus Miller, 1929 Haitian nesophontes, Least Hispaniolan nesophont, Haitian nesophont, Haitian island shrew ? Haiti, Hispaniola Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Solenodontidae (Solenodons)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Solenodon arredondoi Morgan & Ottenwalder, 1993 Giant solenodon late Quaternary Cuba (western) Extinct Access
             
Solenodon cubanus Peters, 1861 Buff-headed Cuban solenodon, Cuban solenodon, Almiqui - Cuba Rediscovered Access
             
Solenodon marcanoi (Patterson, 1962) Marcano's solenodon Holocene (1970's?) Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Extinct Access
             

Solenodon ottenwalderi

Viñola-López et al., 2024 - Late Pleistocene-Holocene border Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti, Hispaniola Extinct Access
             
Solenodon paradoxus Brandt, 1833 Hispaniolan solenodon, Haitian solenodon - Hispaniola Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Soricidae (True Shrews)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Anourosorex japonicus Shikama and Hasegawa, 1958 - Late Pleistocene Japan Extinct Access
             
Asoriculus corsicanus (Bate, 1945) Corsican giant shrew ? Corsica (France) Extinct Access
             
Asoriculus similis (Hensel, 1855) - late Pleistocene Sardinia (Italy) Extinct Access
             
Blarina shermani (Hamilton, 1955) Sherman's southern short-tailed shrew 1954/55 near Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida, USA Missing Access
             
Chodsigoa salenskii (Kastschenko, 1907) Salenski's shrew (rediscovered) China Rediscovered Access
             
Chodsigoa sodalis Thomas, 1913 Lesser Taiwanese shrew, Koshun shrew (rediscovered) Taiwan Rediscovered Access
             
Congosorex polli Balsac & Lamotte, 1956 Greater Congo shrew, Poll's shrew ? Kasai, Labondai, Democratic Republic of Congo Missing Access
             
Crocidura andamanensis Miller, 1902 Andaman white-toothed shrew, Andaman shrew (rediscovered) Andaman Islands, India Rediscovered Access
             
Crocidura balsamifera Hutterer, 1994 Mummified shrew, Mummy shrew c.400 BC Egypt Extinct Access
             
Crocidura caliginea Hollister, 1916 African dusky shrew, African foggy shrew (rediscovered) DR Congo Rediscovered Access
             
Crocidura dhofarensis Hutterer & Harrison, 1988 Dhofarian Shrew (rediscovered) Oman & Yemen Rediscovered Access
             
Crocidura floweri Dollman, 1915 Flower's shrew (rediscovered) Egypt Rediscovered Access
             
Crocidura goliath Thomas, 1906 Goliath shrew (rediscovered) western Central Africa Rediscovered Access
             
Crocidura jenkinsi Chakraborty, 1978 Jenkin's shrew, Jenkin’s Andaman spiny shrew (rediscovered) Andaman Islands, India Rediscovered Access
             
Crocidura macmillani Dollman, 1915 Macmillan's shrew (rediscovered) Western Plateau, Ethiopia Rediscovered Access
 
           
Crocidura obtusa
Kretzoi, 1938 Pleistocene white-toothed shrew Late Pleistocene Europe Extinct Access
             
Crocidura picea Sanderson, 1940 Cameroonian shrew, Pitch shrew (rediscovered) Cameroon Rediscovered Access
             

Crocidura polia

Hollister, 1916 Fuscous shrew, Polia's shrew 1916 or before Medje, Democratic Republic of the Congo Missing Access
             
Crocidura religiosa I. Geoffroy, 1827 Egyptian pygmy shrew, Mummy shrew ? Egypt Missing Access
             
Crocidura sicula esuae Kotsakis, 1986 Pleistocene Sicilian shrew Late Pleistocene Sicily, Italy Extinct Access
             
Crocidura suaveolens praecypria Reumer & Oberli, 1988 - Holocene Cyprus Extinct Access
             
Crocidura thomensis Bocage, 1887 São Tomé shrew (rediscovered) São Tomé Rediscovered Access
             
Crocidura trichura (Dobson, 1889) Christmas Island shrew, Christmas Island musk shrew 1985/86 Christmas Island, Australia Missing Access
             
Crocidura wimmeri Balsac & Aellen, 1958 Wimmer's shrew (rediscovered) Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Rediscovered Access
             
Cryptotis endersi Setzer, 1950 Ender's small-eared shrew (rediscovered) Panama (western) Rediscovered Access
             
Cryptotis nelsoni (Merriam, 1895) Nelson's small eared shrew (rediscovered) Veracruz state, Mexico Rediscovered Access
             
Diplomesodon sonnerati Cheke, 2012 Sonnerat's shrew pre-1814 Pondicherry (formerly Puducherry), southern India Missing Access
             
Myosorex eisentrauti Heim de Balsac, 1968 Eisentraut's mouse shrew 1968 Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea Missing Access
             
Myosorex rumpii (Heim de Balsac, 1968) Rumpi mouse shrew c.1967 Rumpi Hills, southwestern Cameroon Missing Access
             
Myosorex schalleri Balsac, 1966 Schaller’s mouse shrew pre-1967 Itombwe Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo Missing Access
             
Nesiotites hidalgo Bate, 1944 Balearic shrew 4280 ± 50 yBP Majorca and Minorca, Spain Extinct Access
             
Notiosorex dalquesti Carraway, 2010 Dalquest’s shrew 565 yrBP Mexico & USA Extinct Access
             
Notiosorex harrisi Carraway, 2010 Harris' shrew ≤1360yrBP Mexico & USA Extinct Access
             
Paracrocidura graueri Hutterer, 1986 Grauer's large-headed shrew, Grauer's shrew 1908 Itombwe Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo Missing Access
             
Sorex alaskanus Merriam, 1900 Glacier Bay water shrew, Alaska water shrew 1899 or 1970 Alaska (southeastern), USA Missing Access
             
Sorex ornatus juncensis Nelson & Goldman, 1909 Tule shrew September 1905 Socorro, Mexico Rediscovered Access
             
Sorex ornatus lagunae Nelson & Goldman, 1909   (rediscovered) Mexico Rediscovered Access
             
Sorex ornatus relictus Grinnell, 1932 Buena Vista Lake shrew (rediscovered) Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, California, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Sorex runtonensis Hinton, 1911 Long-tailed shrew Late Pleistocene Europe Extinct Access
             
Sorex sclateri Merriam, 1897 Sclater's shrew ? Chiapas State, México Missing Access

 

 

Family: Talpidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Talpa tyrrhenica Bate, 1945 Sardinian mole Late Pleistocene Corsica & Sardinia Extinct Access

 

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