Solenodon Brandt 1833

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 222

Solenodon Brandt 1833

Solenodon Brandt 1833 , Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, ser. 6, 2: 459.

Type Species: Solenodon paradoxus Brandt 1833

Synonyms: Antillogale Patterson 1962 ; Atopogale Cabrera 1925 .

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Solenodon arredondoi Morgan and Ottenwalder 1993

Species Solenodon cubanus Peters 1861

Species Solenodon marcanoi Patterson 1962

Species Solenodon paradoxus Brandt 1833

Subspecies Solenodon paradoxus subsp. paradoxus Brandt 1833

Subspecies Solenodon paradoxus subsp. woodi Ottenwalder 2001

Discussion: Reviewed by Ottenwalder (2001). Includes Antillogale and Atopogale ; see Patterson (1962:2) and Varona (1974:6). Besides the two extant species, two extinct species have been described from Cuba (Giant Solenodon ) and Hispaniola ( Antillogale marcanoi Patterson, 1962 ); see Morgan and Woods (1986). Remains of Solenodon marcanoi have been found in a horizon of "Late Pleistocene or Recent" age ( Patterson, 1962).