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Encyclopedia > Cuban Solenodon
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Cuban Solenodon[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Solenodontidae
Genus: Solenodon
Species: S. cubanus
Binomial name
Solenodon cubanus
Peters, 1861

The Cuban Solenodon (Solenodon cubanus), known as the Almiqui in Cuba, is a soricomorph endemic to Cuba. It belongs to the family Solenodontidae along with a similar species, the Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus). The solenodon is unusual among mammals in that its saliva is venomous. Image File history File links Cuban_Solenodon. ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn2. ... The critically endangered Amur Tiger, a rare subspecies of tiger. ... The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Animalia redirects here. ... {{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... I smoke weed im growing a blue penis dude#REDIRECT penises are cool ... Families Nesophontidae Solenodontidae Soricidae Talpidae The order Soricomorpha is a biological clade within the class of mammals. ... Genera Atopogale Solenodon Species Atopogale cubana Solenodon paradoxus Solenodon marcanoi (extinct) The family Solenodontidae are nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals. ... Species Solenodon [Atopogale] cubanus Solenodon paradoxus The family Solenodontidae are nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters (April 22, 1815 - April 20, 1883) was a German naturalist and explorer. ... Families Nesophontidae Solenodontidae Soricidae Talpidae The order Soricomorpha is a biological clade within the class of mammals. ... In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or introduced. ... Genera Atopogale Solenodon Species Atopogale cubana Solenodon paradoxus Solenodon marcanoi (extinct) The family Solenodontidae are nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals. ... Binomial name Solenodon paradoxus Brandt, 1833 The Hispanioan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the Haitian Solenodon or Agouta, is a solenodon only found on the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and was unknown to science until 1833, when it was first described by Brandt. ... Saliva is the watery and usually somewhat frothy substance produced in the mouths of some animals, including humans. ... Wasp stinger, with droplet of venom Venom or zootoxin (literally, animal poison) is any of a variety of poisons used by several groups of animal species, for the purpose of defense and hunting prey. ...

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Rediscovery

Since its discovery in 1861 by the German naturalist Wilhelm Peters, only 36 had ever been caught. By 1970, some thought that the Cuban Solenodon had become extinct, since no specimens had been found since 1890. On June 2, 1970, the Cuban Solenodon was classified as endangered. However, three were captured in 1974 and 1975, and subsequent surveys showed that it still occurred in many places in central and western Oriente Province, at the eastern end of Cuba. However, it is rare everywhere. Prior to 2003, the most recent sighting was in 1999 mainly because it is a nocturnal burrower, living underground, and thus is very rarely seen. The Cuban Solenodon that was found in 2003, named Alejandrito, brought the number ever caught to 37. He weighed 24 ounces and was healthy. He was released back into the wild after two days of scientific study were completed. Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters (April 22, 1815 - April 20, 1883) was a German naturalist and explorer. ... A nocturnal animal is one that sleeps during the day and is active at night - the opposite of the human (diurnal) schedule. ...


Appearance

With small eyes, and dark brown to black hair, it is sometimes compared to a shrew, although it most closely resembles members of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar. It is 16-22 inches (40-55 centimeters) long from nose to tail and resembles a large brown rat with an extremely elongated snout and a long, naked, scaly tail. Genera Anourosorex Blarina Blarinella Chimarrogale Chodsigoa Congosorex Crocidura Cryptotis Diplomosodon Episoriculus Feroculus Megasorex Myosorex Nectogale Neomys Nesiotites Notiosorex Paracrocidura Ruwenzorisorex Scutisorex Solisorex Sorex Soriculus Suncus Surdisorex Sylvisorex Shrews are small, superficially mouse-like mammals of the family Soricidae. ... Subfamilies  Geogalinae  Potamogalinae  Oryzorictinae  Tenrecinae Tenrecidae (common name tenrecs) is a family of mammals found on Madagascar and parts of western Africa. ... Species 50 species; see text *Several subfamilies of Muroids include animals called rats. ...


Status

While it is not yet extinct, it is still an endangered species, in part because it only breeds a single litter of one to three in a year, and, like the Agouti, because of predation by species that were introduced by humans. The critically endangered Amur Tiger, a rare subspecies of tiger. ... Agouti refers to a number of species of rodents, as well as a number of genes affecting coat coloration in several different animals. ...


References

  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 222-223. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Baillie, J. (1996). Solenodon cubanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-30.

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External links

  • Photo of Cuban Solenodon
  • Almiqui Fan Discussion/Social Commentary

  Results from FactBites:
 
Animal Info - Cuban Solenodon (662 words)
The Cuban solenodon is mainly nocturnal, hiding during the day in rock clefts, hollow trees, or burrows which it excavates itself.
The 1 or 2 young in a litter are born in a nesting burrow.
Young Cuban solenodons remain with their mother for several months, which is exceptionally long for insectivores.
Solenodontidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (318 words)
The two living solenodon species are the Cuban Solenodon (Atopogale cubana) of Cuba and the Haitian or Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) of Hispaniola (island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
Solenodons have a few intriguing traits, two of them being the position of the teats (2) on female, almost on the buttocks of the animal, and the second being the venomous saliva that flows from modified salivary glands in the mandible through grooves on the second lower incisors (Solenodon derives from the Greek "grooved tooth").
The Solenodon genus is interesting to phylogenetics researchers due to its retention of primitive mammal characteristics; their species resemble very closely those that lived near the end of the age of the dinosaurs.
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