Species group · Mammals

Solenodons

WAnimals has 2 species of solenodon, in the family Solenodontidae.

2 species

1 family

3 countries

5 parks

Weight: 600 g – 1.1 kg
Length: 28 cm – 39 cm
Lifespan: 11 years

Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.

All 2 species of solenodons on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Endangered

Hispaniolan Solenodon

Solenodon paradoxus

2 countries4 parks

Endangered

Cuban Solenodon

Solenodon cubanus

1 country1 park

Conservation status

2 Endangered

2 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.

Where they live

Recorded in 3 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…?

It is one of the few venomous mammals: it injects toxic saliva through a specialised groove in its lower incisors.
From Hispaniolan Solenodon
It is one of the few living mammals whose lineage has come down practically unchanged from the age of the dinosaurs.
From Hispaniolan Solenodon
It injects venomous saliva through a groove in its lower incisors: it is one of the very few venomous mammals in the world, alongside the platypus and the slow lorises.
From Hispaniolan Solenodon
It is one of the few venomous mammals in the world, was thought extinct several times before being rediscovered, and is reckoned a genuine living fossil.
From Cuban Solenodon
It is one of very few venomous mammals: it injects toxic saliva through a groove in its lower incisors, a mechanism much like that of some snakes.
From Cuban Solenodon
Its lineage separated from the rest of the placental mammals more than seventy million years ago, when the dinosaurs were still alive: it has no close living relatives apart from the Hispaniolan solenodon.
From Cuban Solenodon

Ecosystems

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Did you know…?

It is one of the few venomous mammals: it injects toxic saliva through a specialised groove in its lower incisors.

From Hispaniolan Solenodon

It is one of the few living mammals whose lineage has come down practically unchanged from the age of the dinosaurs.

From Hispaniolan Solenodon

It injects venomous saliva through a groove in its lower incisors: it is one of the very few venomous mammals in the world, alongside the platypus and the slow lorises.

From Hispaniolan Solenodon

It is one of the few venomous mammals in the world, was thought extinct several times before being rediscovered, and is reckoned a genuine living fossil.

From Cuban Solenodon

It is one of very few venomous mammals: it injects toxic saliva through a groove in its lower incisors, a mechanism much like that of some snakes.

From Cuban Solenodon

Its lineage separated from the rest of the placental mammals more than seventy million years ago, when the dinosaurs were still alive: it has no close living relatives apart from the Hispaniolan solenodon.

From Cuban Solenodon