- hiding.
Solenodons are also
noted for the
glands in
their inguinal and
groin areas that
secrete what is
described as a musky, goat-like odor.
Solenodons range...
-
island of
Hispaniola (in the
Dominican Republic and Haiti). Like
other solenodons, it is a venomous, insect-eating
animal that
lives in
burrows and is active...
- insects. The
solenodons (family Solenodontidae),
native to the Caribbean, are one of only a few
mammals that are venomous. The
Cuban solenodon is endangered...
- The
giant solenodon (
Solenodon arredondoi) is an
extinct species of
soricomorph that
occurred in
western Cuba. A
larger animal than the still-extant Cuban...
- Solenodontidae. The
genus Solenodon includes three species, only one of
which is
still living—the
Hispaniolan solenodon (
Solenodon paradoxus). This classification...
- Marcano's
solenodon (
Solenodon marcanoi) is an
extinct species of
mammal in the
family Solenodontidae known only from
skeletal remains found on the island...
-
gymnures (family Erinaceidae,
formerly also the
order Erinaceomorpha),
solenodons (family Solenodontidae), the desmans, moles, and shrew-like
moles (family...
- bat species, as well as the
endemic Hispaniolan hutia and
Hispaniolan solenodon.
Whale and
dolphin species can also be
found off Haiti's coast. There...
-
gnawing mammals; Chiroptera: bats; and Soricomorpha: shrews, moles, and
solenodons. The next
three biggest orders,
depending on the
biological classification...
- (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...
