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--> FAMILY Solenodontidae
--> GENUS Solenodon
SPECIES Solenodon paradoxus
Author: | Brandt, 1833. | Citation: | Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci., St. Petersbourg, ser. 6, 2: 459. | Common Name: | Hispaniolan Solenodon | Type Locality: | Dominican Republic (Hispaniola), Port-au-Prince (Baranova et al., 1981:4). | Distribution: | S Haiti and Dominican Republic (Hispaniola). | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered. | Comments: | Systematics, biogeography and ecology reviewed by Ottenwalder (1999, 2001) who also described a distinctly smaller form from S Hispaniola as subspecies woodi. Allard et al. (2001) found a considerable genetic variability in the mitochondrial control region in samples from Hispaniola which may correspond to the morphological variation recognized by Ottenwalder (2001). |
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