"Last occurrence" of the Antillean insectivoran Nesophontes : new radiometric dates and their interpretation. American Museum novitates ; no. 3261

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dc.contributor.authorMacPhee, R. D. E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFlemming, Clare.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLunde, Darrin P.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T16:50:13Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T16:50:13Z
dc.date.issued1999en_US
dc.description19 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 17-19).en_US
dc.description.abstract"Several times during this century it has been claimed on the basis of anecdotal evidence that some of the allegedly extinct endemic mammals of the Greater Antilles still survive in remote areas. To investigate this possibility, an attempt was made in 1996 to locate living representatives of the island-shrew genus Nesophontes (Insectivora, Nesophontidae) in the Sierra de Baoruco, Dominican Republic. The attempt was unsuccessful. However, in a related project, it was found that nesophontid remains from Cuba and Hispaniola, judged to be very recent on associational grounds, were in fact much older (12th-15th centuries AD) according to AMS 14C dating. This information, combined with other evidence discussed here, suggests that species of Nesophontes may have collapsed extremely rapidly, close to the time of the first European entry into the West Indies. We discovered no direct evidence that predation by or competition with Old World rats or other exotic species caused nesophontid extinctions. Neither recent collecting efforts nor radiometric evidence support the view that any island-shrew species survived into the 20th century"--P. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/3106
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 3261en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3261, 1999en_US
dc.subject.lcshNesophontes.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsectivora, Fossil -- West Indies.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Holocene -- West Indies.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- West Indies.en_US
dc.subject.lcshExtinct mammals -- West Indies.en_US
dc.subject.lcshRadioactive dating.en_US
dc.title"Last occurrence" of the Antillean insectivoran Nesophontes : new radiometric dates and their interpretation. American Museum novitates ; no. 3261en_US
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