Solenodon marcanoi
– Extinct
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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SORICOMORPHA
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Family:
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SOLENODONTIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Solenodon marcanoi
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Species Authority:
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(Patterson, 1962)
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Common Name/s:
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MARCANO'S SOLENODON (Eng)
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EX ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Baillie, J.
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Justification:
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Solenodon marcanoi is known only from skeletal remains from Hispaniola. Its remains were found in association with Rattus suggesting that it survived past the time of initial European colonisation.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
Dominican Republic
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Habitat and Ecology
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Habitat and Ecology:
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Solenodon species generally occur in forests and occasionally plantations. During the day they shelter in caves, rocky crevices, hollow trees, logs, or burrows they dig. Nests are commonly built in the breeding season. They are predominantly nocturnal and forage on invertebrates, reptiles, fruit and vegetables, although they have been reported to eat poultry.
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System:
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Terrestrial
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Threats
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Threats:
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Deforestation, increased human activity, predation by introduced cats and dogs have all been reported as possible causes of the extinction of this species.
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. Thornback, J. and Jenkins, M. 1982. The IUCN Mammal Red Data Book. Part 1: Threatened mammalian taxa of the Americas and the Australasian zoogeographic region (excluding Cetacea). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
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