Hispaniolan solenodon: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Hispaniolan solenodon lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Solenodon paradoxus
Group	Hedgehogs, shrews & moles
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Eulipotyphla
Family	Solenodontidae

Where does the Hispaniolan solenodon live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Hispaniolan solenodon in 1 country or territory across North America.

Dominican Republic

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Hispaniolan solenodon endangered?

The Hispaniolan solenodon’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Hispaniolan solenodon?

The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) is a mammal in the order Eulipotyphla and the family Solenodontidae, genus Solenodon. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Hispaniolan solenodon

The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the agouta, is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Like other solenodons, it is a venomous, insect-eating animal that lives in burrows and is active at night. It is an elusive animal and was only first described in 1833; its numbers are stable in protected forests but it remains the focus of conservation efforts.

Its smaller sister species of the same genus, Marcano's solenodon (S. marconoi) became extinct after European colonization. The Hispaniolan solenodon and the rat-like Hispaniolan hutia live in the same habitats and are the only surviving mammals native to the island.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hispaniolan solenodon (revision 1351398896), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q754041 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).