Solenodon paradoxus Brandt 1833

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

Type Locality: Dominican Republic (Hispaniola), Port-au-Prince (Baranova et al., 1981:4).

Vernacular Names: Hispaniolan Solenodon.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Solenodon paradoxus subsp. paradoxus Brandt 1833

Subspecies Solenodon paradoxus subsp. woodi Ottenwalder 2001

Distribution: S Haiti and Dominican Republic (Hispaniola).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Systematics, biogeography and ecology reviewed by Ottenwalder (1999, 2001) who also described a distinctly smaller form from S Hispaniola as subspecies woodi. Allard et al. (2001) found a considerable genetic variability in the mitochondrial control region in samples from Hispaniola which may correspond to the morphological variation recognized by Ottenwalder (2001).