Giant solenodon
Giant solenodon Temporal range: Early Holocene
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Solenodontidae |
Genus: | Solenodon |
Species: | †S. arredondoi
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Binomial name | |
†Solenodon arredondoi Morgan & Ottenwalder, 1993
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The giant solenodon (Solenodon arredondoi) is an extinct species of soricomorph that occurred in western Cuba. A larger animal than the still-extant Cuban solenodon (Atopogale cubana), the species is believed to have been eradicated through habitat destruction and the introduction of predatory dogs to Cuba by pre-Columbian people.[1]
References[]
- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Solenodon arredondoi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Categories:
- Solenodon
- Holocene extinctions
- Extinct mammals
- Extinct animals of Cuba
- Venomous mammals
- Mammals of Cuba
- Mammals of the Caribbean
- Mammals described in 1993
- Mammal extinctions since 1500
- Endemic fauna of Cuba
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- Eulipotyphla stubs