Solenodon (genus)

Solenodon; Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Hispaniolan solenodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Solenodontidae
Genus:	Solenodon; Brandt, 1833
Type species
	Solenodon paradoxus; Brandt, 1833
Species
	Solenodon paradoxus ; † Solenodon arredondoi ; † Solenodon marcanoi

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[]

Scientific name	Common name	Distribution	Status
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

^ 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.

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