Solenodon paradoxus

Abstract

The Museum has recently been fortunate in securing from Santo Domingo, a series of specimens of the rare Solenodon paradoxus Brandt. Four of these were brought alive and were successfully photographed by Mr. George Nelson. The more interesting of the photographs were reproduced with the Annual Report of the Curator for 1907 08. The present paper is a comparative account of the general anatomy of the species, made possible by this fresh material. For the loan of its specimens of Solenodon cubanus thanks are due the United States National Museum.