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Mystery Worm-Eating Critter Found in Cuba
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/25/2003; ; 607 words
; ...the worm-munching creature known as Solenodon Cubanus long has been a mystery to zoologists...said. The find proved conclusively that Solenodon Cubanus still survives, and raised hopes...just stuffed ones in museums and the Solenodon skull we here at the academy." Long...
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Insect-eating creature believed extinct found alive in Cuba
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/25/2003; ; 583 words
; ...the worm-munching creature known as Solenodon Cubanus long has been a mystery to zoologists...said. The find proved conclusively that Solenodon Cubanus still survives, and raised hopes...just stuffed ones in museums and the Solenodon skull we here at the academy." Long...
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ELUSIVE VENOMOUS MAMMAL CAUGHT ON CAMERA
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 1/10/2009; 639 words
; ...rare footage of the venomous Hispaniolan solenodon, one of the world's most strange and...a long, thin snout, the Hispaniolan solenodon resembles an overgrown shrew; and it...nocturnal, insect-eating animal (Solenodon paradoxus) can be found. The researchers...
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Studies from S.T. Turvey et al in the area of conservation described.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 1/9/2009; 674 words
; "The Hispaniolan solenodon Solenodon paradoxus, one of only two Surviving native Hispaniolan land...2 decades, immediate further investigation is required into solenodon distribution, habitat utilization, density, and interaction...
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Don't call them ugly!
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/31/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...out of a Disney film. Bottom of the pile was the solenodon - a scruffy, ancient mammal with the front of a...with some species - we're Shrek-ing them." Solenodon The solenodon can be traced back to more than 70 million years...
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Cuban farmer discovers critter thought to be extinct
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/28/2003; ; 573 words
; ...the worm-munching creature known as Solenodon Cubanus long has been a mystery to zoologists...said. The find proved conclusively that Solenodon Cubanus still survives, and raised hopes...where it was found. Long said several Solenodon species once lived in the Caribbean islands...
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Analysis: Science news round-up
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday; 6/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...s a small rodentlike mammal called a solenodon that lives on two islands in the Caribbean...and by their calculations, the first solenodon showed up about 76 million years ago...Nature. If you'd like to talk about the solenodon and maybe learn some tricks about how...
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Rare mammal caught and filmed for very first time.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 1/10/2009; 520 words
; ...announced yesterday. The Hispaniolan solenodon is a strange looking shrew-like creature...capable of delivering venom. Only two solenodon species exist to this day, one in Haiti...CREATURE: The strange-looking Hispaniolan solenodon is like nothing seen before, say scientists
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Animal from dino age is filmed alive; NATURE.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 1/10/2009; 393 words
; ...possibly the first time. The Hispaniolan solenodon - which looks like a shrew with a long...been caught in a live trap." Just one solenodon, which is only lives on the Dominican...into the wild. CAPTION(S): SURVIVOR Solenodon
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Island low life
Magazine article from: Natural History; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...with extinction. One is the Hispaniolan solenodon, a fifteen-- inch-long, short...slender, upturned snout. Only one other solenodon species is known, and it is found in...the hutia. It is about as long as the solenodon but heavier. Jaragua National Park...
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