Notiosorex dalquesti
Notiosorex dalquesti, or Dalquest's shrew, is an extinct species of shrew that was found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico during the Pleistocene and possibly the Holocene.
| Notiosorex dalquesti Temporal range: Pleistocene - Holocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Notiosorex |
| Species: | †N. dalquesti |
| Binomial name | |
| †Notiosorex dalquesti Carroway, 2010 | |
Fossils of Dalquest's shrew were once thought to belong to the living Crawford's gray shrew but have since been classified as a distinct species.[1]
References
- Carraway, L. N. (2010). "Fossil History of Notiosorex (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) Shrews with Descriptions of New Fossil Species". Western North American Naturalist. 70 (2): 144–163. doi:10.3398/064.070.0202. S2CID 86042657.
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