Solenodon (genus)
Solenodon[1] Temporal range:
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Hispaniolan solenodon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Solenodontidae |
Genus: | Solenodon Brandt, 1833 |
Type species | |
Solenodon paradoxus Brandt, 1833
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Species | |
Solenodon paradoxus |
Solenodon is a genus of mammal, one of only two in the family Solenodontidae. According to the American Society of Mammalogists, it includes 3 species known to have existed in recent times, of which only one (the Hispaniolan solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus) is extant.[2]
Species[]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
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S. paradoxus | Hispaniolan solenodon | Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) | LC | |
S. arredondoi | Giant solenodon | western Cuba; extinct | EX | |
S. marcanoi | Marcano's solenodon | Dominican Republic; extinct | EX |
References[]
- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 222–223. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
Categories:
- Solenodon
- Extant Pleistocene first appearances
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich von Brandt
- Mammal genera with one living species
- Mammals of the Caribbean
- Mammal genera
- Eulipotyphla stubs