solenodon

[sō′lē·nə‚dän]

(vertebrate zoology)

Either of two species of insectivorous mammals comprising the family Solenodontidae; the almique (Atopogale cubana) is found only in Cuba, while the white agouta (Solenodon paradoxus) is confined to Haiti.

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Only two solenodon species exist to this day, one in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and the other in Cuba.

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The insectivores belonged to two very primitive families (solenodontids and nesophontidas), the only survivors of which are two solenodons (alamiquis) (Solenodon cubanus, the Cuban and the Hispaniola S.

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Solenodons A skinny, scraggy rat with a Pinocchio-sized snout, the solenodon is descended from the first mammal on Earth.

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London, Jan 10 (ANI): Scientists have captured rare footage of the venomous Hispaniolan solenodon, one of the world's most strange and elusive mammals on camera.

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Molecular divergence studies of the Antillean genus Solenodon J.

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Hispaniolan solenodon (venomous shrew-like creature);

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The Hispaniolan solenodon - which looks like a shrew with a long snout and has a poisonous bite - was trapped on the Dominican Republic.

Animal from dinosaur age filmed alive; NATURE

The Hispaniolan solenodon, which can kill passing prey with a quick bite, was trapped in the Dominican Republic.

Animal from dinosaur age filmed alive; NATURE

Hedgehogs are insectivores, an order of mammals that encompasses a hotchpotch of species from the ubiquitous shrews (Egypt has six species) to the exotic and often bizarre solenodons, tenrecs, moonrats and otter-shrews.

In Search Of The Egyptian Hedgehog