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 in the genus Atopogale. An elusive animal, it lives in burrows and is only active at night when it uses its unusual toxic saliva to feed on insects. The solenodons (family Solenodontidae), native to the Caribbean, are one of only a few mammals that are venomous.
The Cuban solenodon is endangered and was once considered extinct due to its rarity. It and the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) are the only surviving solenodon species; the others are extinct.
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The Cubansolenodon or almiquí (Atopogale cubana) is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to mountainous forests on Cuba. It is the only species...
/soʊˌlɛnəˈdɒntɪdiː/. The two living solenodon species are the Cubansolenodon (Atopogale cubana) and the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus). Threats to both...
giant solenodon (Solenodon arredondoi) is an extinct species of soricomorph that occurred in western Cuba. A larger animal than the still-extant Cuban solenodon...
named it Solenodon paradoxus. (Solenodon means "grooved teeth".) No more information was known other than a relation to the Cubansolenodon (Atopogale...
which the toxic saliva is produced. The Cubansolenodon (Atopogale cubana) and Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) look similar to large shrews...
hylophaga)[disputed] Both species of solenodon, the Cubansolenodon (Solenodon cubanus) and the Hispaniolan solenodon (S. paradoxus) Slow loris (Nycticebus...
size from the Etruscan shrew, at about 3.5 cm and 2 grams, to the Cubansolenodon, at about 32 cm and 1 kg. Soricomorpha Family Soricidae (shrews) Subfamily...
Nesophontidae Genus: Nesophontes Western Cuban nesophontes, N. micrus EX Family: Solenodontidae Genus: Atopogale Cubansolenodon, A. cubana EN The bats' most distinguishing...
all Nesophontes, are now extinct; the Cubansolenodon is classified as Endangered, while the Hispaniolan solenodon is classified as Least Concern. The interrelationships...
(Asio stygius) and Gundlach's hawk (Accipiter gundlachi). The rare Cubansolenodon (Atopogale cubana), a small mammal, is endemic to the eastern montane...
gymnures (family Erinaceidae, formerly also the order Erinaceomorpha), solenodons (family Solenodontidae), the desmans, moles, and shrew-like moles (family...
(Sorex and Blarina) of shrews, the tenrecs of Madagascar, bats, and the solenodons. These include the Eurasian or common shrew (Sorex araneus) and the American...
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...
in 2001 and in 2002, then the species went unrecorded until 2013. Cubansolenodon (Atopogale cubana), thought to have been extinct until a live specimen...
2010. "Viñales (Cuba)" (PDF). UNESCO. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2010. "Solenodon cubanus". International...
three-toed sloth Bradypus torquatus Brazil E CubansolenodonSolenodon cubanus Cuba E Hispaniolan solenodonSolenodon paradoxus Dominican Republic, Haiti E Carolina...
Talpidae share a more recent common ancestor with Erinaceidae than with solenodons. Erinaceidae contains the well-known hedgehogs (subfamily Erinaceinae)...
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