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--> FAMILY Nesophontidae
--> GENUS Nesophontes
SPECIES Nesophontes edithae
| Author: | Anthony, 1916. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 35: 725. | | Common Name: | Puerto Rican Nesophontes | | Type Locality: | Puerto Rico, Cueva Cathedral, near Morovis. | | Distribution: | Puerto Rico, Vieques, Vieques, St. Johns, St. Thomas. | | Status: | Extinct. | | Comments: | Size variation documented by McFarlane (1999a). This species may have died out much earlier than 1500 AD. McFarlane (1999b) reported a date of 5410 +/- 80 yrs B.P. |
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