The giant solenodon (Solenodon arredondoi) is an extinct species of soricomorph that occurred in western Cuba. A larger animal than the still-extant Cuban...
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/soʊˌlɛnəˈdɒntɪdiː/. The two living solenodon species are the Cuban solenodon (Atopogale cubana) and the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus). Threats to both...
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Solenodontidae. The genus Solenodon includes three species, only one of which is still living—the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus). This classification...
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The Cuban solenodon or almiquí (Atopogale cubana) is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to mountainous forests on Cuba. It is the only species...
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Genus Solenodon †Giant solenodon, Solenodon arredondoi †Marcano's solenodon, Solenodon marcanoi Cuban solenodon, Solenodon cubanus Hispaniolan solenodon, Solenodon...
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The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the agouta, is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola...
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Cuban solenodon, Atopogale cubana EN Giant solenodon, Solenodon arredondoi (E) Marcano's solenodon, Solenodon marcanoi (E) EX Hispaniolan solenodon, Solenodon...
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Russian desman Echigo mole Hainan gymnure Dinagat gymnure Cuban solenodon Hispaniolan solenodon Rabbits and relatives Hispid hare Tehuantepec jackrabbit Hoffmann's...
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insectivores) is an order of mammals comprising the hedgehogs and gymnures; the solenodons; the moles, shrew-like moles and desmans; and true shrews. (These correspond...
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List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene (section Solenodons (family Solenodontidae))
Turvey, S. T., Grady, F. V., & Rye, P. (2006). A new genus and species of ‘giant hutia’(Tainotherium valei) from the Quaternary of Puerto Rico: an extinct...
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which the toxic saliva is produced. The Cuban solenodon (Atopogale cubana) and Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) look similar to large shrews. They...
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most notable and endemic mammals are the pre-historic Hispaniolan Solenodons (Solenodon paradoxus), and the Hutia (Hutia conga), both endangered species...
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Several creatures similar in form and niche, such as the opossum and solenodon, have an odor similar to the gymnure's. This subfamily has alternately...
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dugong family. The largest species of this order is the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), males of which can weigh up to 1 kg (35.3 oz) and reach...
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various species of parrots, lizards, hummingbirds, the endangered Cuban solenodon (endemic), hutia and snails. Over 900 total plant species have been recorded...
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wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) Solenodon (Solenodon cubanus and Solenodon paradoxus) Shrew opossum (Caenolestidae) Spectacled bear...
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nesophontes (Nesophontes zamicrus) Family Solenodontidae Marcano's solenodon (Solenodon marcanoi) Family Prolagidae Sardinian pika (Prolagus sardus) Family...
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Talpidae share a more recent common ancestor with Erinaceidae than with solenodons. Erinaceidae contains the well-known hedgehogs (subfamily Erinaceinae)...
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introduced The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout bodied burrowers. Family:...
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List of mammals of the Balearic Islands (section Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles, and solenodons))
introduced The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout bodied burrowers. Family:...
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The Sumatran giant shrew (Crocidura lepidura) is a shrew of the genus Crocidura. It is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where it is found both...
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mole Family Solenodontidae Genus Atopogale - Cuban solenodon Genus Solenodon - Hispaniolan solenodon Family Procaviidae Genus Dendrohyrax - tree hyrax...
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monkey) Ateles geoffroyi (Geoffroy's spider monkey) Atopogale cubana (Cuban solenodon) Balaena mysticetus (bowhead whale) Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale)...
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horse (Equus yunanensis) Giant tapir (Tapirus augustus, Southeast Asia and Southern China) Taprus sinensis Pholidota Giant Asian pangolin (Manis palaeojavanica)...
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List of mammals of Madagascar (section Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and solenodons))
Voalavo gymnocaudus LC Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehogs carry spines, while moles are stout-bodied...
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2001 and in 2002, then the species went unrecorded until 2013. Cuban solenodon (Atopogale cubana), thought to have been extinct until a live specimen...
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List of mammals of China (section Order: Eulipotyphla (hedgehogs, gymnures, shrews, moles, and solenodons))
gymnures (family Erinaceidae, formerly also the order Erinaceomorpha), solenodons (family Solenodontidae), the desmans, moles, and shrew-like moles (family...
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Aegyptopithecus, Palaeoloxodon, Deinogalerix, star-nosed mole, platypus, solenodon, ghost bat, desman, edible dormouse, coatimundi, fat-tailed dunnart, goldcrest...
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sinensis LC The soricomorphs are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout-bodied burrowers. Family:...
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sardus Wagner, 1832 Lagomorpha 1774 1 Corsica and Sardinia Marcano's solenodon Solenodon marcanoi Patterson, 1962 Eulipotyphla 1500s 1 Dominican Republic...
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