†Nesophontes edithae †Nesophontes hemicingulus †Nesophontes hypomicrus †Nesophontes major †Nesophontes micrus †Nesophontes paramicrus †Nesophontes zamicrus Nesophontes, sometimes called West Indies shrews, is the sole genus of the extinct, monotypic mammal family Nesophontidae in the order Eulipotyphla.

Although reliable estimates are unavailable, these animals are confirmed to have survived the Pleistocene extinction, since remains have been found among those of Rattus and Mus species.

Some authorities estimate extinction coinciding with the arrival of rats aboard Spanish vessels in the early 16th century (1500).

[3] The West Indies shrews have been described only from fossil records and skeletal material in owl pellets found in the Greater Antilles and surrounding islands.

[4] Although some Nesophontes remains in owl pellets have been reported as fresh-appearing, radiocarbon dating has failed to support any post-16th century dates, suggesting that the nesophontids became extinct very rapidly at approximately the time of European discovery and settlement of the Greater Antilles,[5] although the Cayman nesophontes possibly survived until around 1632 to 1774,[6] with a likely extinction date of c. 1700.