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Marcano's Solenodon

Solenodon marcanoi

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 of Hispaniola (today the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Etymology The specific epithet, marcanoi, is in honor of the Dominican botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, speleologist and researcher Eugenio de Jesús Marcano Fondeur. Description The species was smaller than the other extant member of its genus, the sympatric Hispaniolan solenodon (S.

Distribution

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