Solenodon
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(sl´ndn), insectivorous mammal, genus Solenodon, found in the West Indies. Related to moles, shrews, and hedgehogs, the solenodon resembles a rat with an elongated snout and coarse, shaggy fur.
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References and literature cited:
Macdonald, D., ed. 1984. The Encyclopedia of Mammals. New York, Facts On File Publications.
*** Solenodons have a long life span and low reproductive rate, as a result of having been among the dominant predators before Europeans colonized the New World.
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Solenodon From the order of insectivora, which includes the shrew and the mole. They look similar to a rat with an elongated snout, and are 40 in. long plus 9 in. a naked scaly tail. Their hair is rusty brown, long and course.
Family Solenodontidae: solenodons (rare primitive soricomorphs)
Family †Nesophontidae: West Indian shrews (extinct soricomorphs of the Caribbean)
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Family Solenodontidae: solenodons (Cuba, Hispaniola)
Family Soricidae: shrews (Eurasia, Africa, North America to northern South America)
Family Talpidae: moles, shrew-moles, desmans (Eurasia, North America) ...
The Cuban solenodon, an insectivorous mammal that looks like a cross between a shrew and an opossum, has been on the critically endangered list but no specimens had been sighted in decades.
But before we get to the Ridgway's Hawks let me also tell you quickly about two very rare and endangered mammals on the island, the Hutia and the Solenodon.
Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus)
Black-capped petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)
Hispaniolan giant tree frog (Osteopilus vastus)
Hispaniolan yellow tree frog (Osteopilus pulchrilineatus)
Plain-tailed warbling-finch (Poospiza alticola) ...
The occurrence of one aberrant group (Solenodon) in the West Indies is, however, noteworthy. The family with the widest distribution is the Soricidae, the Talpidae being unknown in Africa.
Insectivora is an order of placental mammals that includes hedgehogs, moles, solenodons, tenrecs, gymnures, and many shrews. Insectivora means "insect eaters." ...
Only a few mammals are venomous, including the duckbilled platypus (only males), several species of shrews and the Solenodon (a small insectivore).
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 See also: Shrew, Whale, Monkey, Elephant, Platypus
  
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