Atopogale cubana

(W. C. H. Peters, 1861)

Cuban Solenodon

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Solenodonota
Family : Solenodontidae
Genus : Atopogale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1861. Hr. Peters trug einige Bemerkungen über einen _Solenodon cubanus_ vor. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1861:169.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36281636

Original name as described

Solenodon cubanus

Other common names

Almiqui

Type material

ZMB 2761

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Bayamo, Granma Province, Oriente region, Cuba.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba

Taxonomy notes

moved to Atopogale

Taxonomy notes citation

Roca, A.L., Bar-Gal, G.K., Eizirik, E., Helgen, K.M., Maria, R., Springer, M.S., O'Brien, S.J. and Murphy, W.J. 2004. Mesozoic origin for West Indian insectivores. Nature 429: 649-651.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003837

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Solenodon poeyanus

(T. Barbour, 1944)

Family

Solenodontidae

Root name

poeyana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:6597

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:6597

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Solenodon cubanus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1861)

Family

Solenodontidae

Root name

cubana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2761

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36281636

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. True (1885:607, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)

Atopogale cubana

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Solenodontidae

Root name

cubana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

626

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20320/22327125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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