Nesophontes edithae Anthony, 1916:725
Puerto Rican nesophontes, Puerto Rican nesophont, Edith's island-shrew, Edith's nesophont, Puerto Rican shrew
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1500 (Fisher & Blomberg, 2012); after 1500 AD
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Puerto Rico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
UPRMP 2987
UPRMP 3077
Media
References
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McDowell, Samuel Booker Jnr. (1958). The Greater Antillean Insectivores. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 115(3): 113-214, figures 1-46, tables 1, 2.
McFarlane, D. A. (1999a). A note on dimorphism in Nesophontes edithae (Mammalia: Insectivora), an extinct island-shrew from Puerto Rico. Carribean Journal of Science 35: 142-143.
McFarlane, D. A. (1999b). Late Quaternary Fossil Mammals and Last Occurrence dates from Caves at Barahona, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 35(3): 238-248.
Turvey, Samuel T. (2009). Holocene mammal extinctions, pp. 41-61. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.
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Vélez-Juarbe, Jorge and Miller, Thomas E. (2007). First Report of a Quaternary Crocodylian from a Cave Deposit in Northern Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 43(2): 273-277. [a report of N. edithae from northern Puerto Rico]
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