Summary ²

The Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the Haitian Solenodon or Agouta, is a solenodon only found on the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and was unknown to science until 1833, when it was first described by Brandt. There was also another species present on the island, S. marcanoi, which became extinct after the initial colonization period. All solenodon species belong to the order Soricomorpha and the family Solenodontidae.

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