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	Animal Info - Cuban Solenodon
		The Cuban solenodon is mainly nocturnal, hiding during the day in rock clefts, hollow trees, or burrows which it excavates itself.
		The 1 or 2 young in a litter are born in a nesting burrow.
		Young Cuban solenodons remain with their mother for several months, which is exceptionally long for insectivores.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/solecuba.htm (662 words)

	Solenodontidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The two living solenodon species are the Cuban Solenodon (Atopogale cubana) of Cuba and the Haitian or Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) of Hispaniola (island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
		Solenodons have a few intriguing traits, two of them being the position of the teats (2) on female, almost on the buttocks of the animal, and the second being the venomous saliva that flows from modified salivary glands in the mandible through grooves on the second lower incisors (Solenodon derives from the Greek "grooved tooth").
		The Solenodon genus is interesting to phylogenetics researchers due to its retention of primitive mammal characteristics; their species resemble very closely those that lived near the end of the age of the dinosaurs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solenodontidae (318 words)

	Cuban Solenodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cuban Solenodon (known as the Almiqui in Cuba) (Atopogale cubana, Solenodon cubanus) is an insectivore native to Cuba.
		The solenodon is unusual among mammals in that its saliva is actually venomous.
		On June 2, 1970, the Cuban Solenodon was classified as endangered.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuban_Solenodon (313 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Cuba
		The great majority of Cubans are descended from the Spaniards who conquered and settled the island from the 16th century, and the Africans they brought in as slaves to work the plantations—51 per cent are classified as of mixed origin, 37 per cent as white, and 11 per cent as fl.
		The Cuban presence was generally seen by the West as the spearhead of a growing Soviet thrust in the Middle East and Africa.
		January 1, 1999, was the 40th anniversary of the Cuban revolution, and Castro marked the occasion with a speech denouncing global capitalism and praising the achievements of the revolution.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761569844__1/Cuba.html (10305 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Solenodon
		Solenodon, small, long-nosed animal native to the West Indies.
		The solenodon is a rare insectivore, and its exact origin is a mystery.
		Cuba has a wide variety of tropical vegetation, with some 6,000 species of plant, around half of which are native to the island.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Solenodon.html (83 words)

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		Solenodons are now very rare and may very well be extinct over much of their range.
		Most of the solenodons were exterminated by civet cats introduced into the Antilles, and this is a typical example of what can happen when an exotic species is introduced to a country.
		The solenodons inhabited mountain forests, living in burrows which they excavated with their strong claws, and the ruins of these burrow systems can still be seen today where the animal no longer exists.
	dasubergeek.homestead.com /wpvaultk.html (330 words)

	Pictures of the Cuban solenodon\|Solenodon cubanus facts
		The Cuban Solenodon (known as the Almiqui in Cuba) (Solenodon cubanus) is an insectivore native to Cuba, believed extinct until rediscovered in 2003 in the eastern mountains.
		Cuban SolenodonOne of only two species of solenodon, the Cuban solenodon is a rare insectivore that resembles a large rat.
		Behavior: The Cuban solenodon is mainly, hiding during the day in rock clefts, hollow trees, or burrows which it excavates itself.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Insectivora/Solenodontidae/Solenodon/Solenodon-cubanus.html (386 words)

	Solenodon: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Related to moles, shrews, and hedgehogs, the solenodon resembles a rat with an elongated snout and coarse, shaggy fur.
		Solenodons are chiefly nocturnal; they eat insects, lizards, frogs, and other small animals, as well as carrion.
		Solenodons are slow breeders, bearing a single litter of one to three young each year.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101271669 (441 words)

	Cuban Solenodon - TheBestLinks.com - Solenodon cubanus, Animal, Chordate, Endangered species, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Cuban Solenodon was mistakenly believed extinct since the last sighting in 1999 mainly because it is a nocturnal burrower, living underground.
		The Cuban Solenodon that was found in 2003, named Alejandrito, brought the number to 37.
		The Cuban Solenodon belongs to the family Solenodontidae along with a similar species, the Haitian Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), which was once also native to Haiti.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Solenodon_cubanus.html (302 words)

	Solenodon
		Solenodons eat a wide variety of animal and plant foods, such as insects, worms and small invertebrates generally, as well as small reptiles.
		Haitian solenodon; this primitive insectivore is still present in areas of stony forest in the northeastern area of Haiti.
		Although we speak about what solenodons in captivity have done, these are only random observations and the number of animals that have found their way to zoos is very small: at the last count in June 1969 10 Haitian solenodons were to be found in 5 zoos throughout the world.
	www.scs.ryerson.ca /aferworn/research/Solenodon.html (760 words)

	Land Animals of Cuba
		The Cuban Kite's habitat is heavily forested land.
		The Cuban Hutia is the largest endemic land mammal of Cuba.
		The Cuban Solenodon is found mostly in forests and thick shrub habitats.
	www.culturequest.us /cuba/animallife.htm (605 words)

	Cuba and Its Music
		The Cubans were not happy with the way Machado was ruining their republic and, in 1933, he was forced into exile.
		The Cuban monetary unit is 1 Cuban peso (CUP); 1 peso is equal to 100 centavos.
		In 1991, almost half of the Cuban population of 10.7 million was under the age of 30.
	www2.cedarcrest.edu /academic/soc/ccameron/soc215/cuba/cuba.htm (10882 words)

	The Montana Standard - Butte, Montana USA
		After holding "Alejandrito" for two days of study and medical tests, Cuban scientists declared the almiqui to be in excellent health and marked it before release in the general area where was found.
		Long said several Solenodon species once lived in the Caribbean islands, but were slowly wiped out by deforestation as land was cleared for lumber and to grow sugar cane.
		The Solenodon Paradoxus that lives on the neighboring island of Hispaniola is the only surviving relative species, he said.
	www.mtstandard.com /articles/2003/10/01/featuresscience/hjjgjahaifjhff.txt (637 words)

	EDGE :: Top 100 EDGE Species
		Solenodons have tiny eyes and their vision is very poor, although their sense of smell and hearing are well developed.
		Solenodons are relatively social animals and live in family groups of up to eight individuals in the same burrow.
		Solenodons are among the few native non-flying mammals that survived human settlement of the islands of the West Indies.
	www.edgeofexistence.org /species/species_info.asp?id=4 (1045 words)

	Cuban Solenodon Skull Replica
		Cuban Solenodon Skull - This species of solenodon is limited to Cuba.
		Cuban solenodons have relatively large heads, tiny eyes, and large, projecting and partially naked ears.
		Cuban solenodons are omnivorous but primarily feed on invertebrates.
	www.skullsunlimited.com /Cuban_Solenodon.html (89 words)

	Solenodon,Mammals,Solenodon Picture,Mammal Pictures,Catalog,Encyclopedia
		Solenodons are primitive mammals of the family Solenodontidae in the order Insectivora.
		Solenodons resemble big-footed, rat-sized shrews, reaching about 25 cm (10 in) in length, plus a tail almost equally long, and 1 kg (2 lb) in weight.
		Like some shrews, solenodons have saliva that is sufficiently toxic to kill one another.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/mammalsindex.asp?counter=144 (76 words)

	Science News Blog -- November, 2005 Archives
		The Cuban Solenodon, also known as the Almiqui, is an insect eating rat-like creature that lives in Cuba.
		The Cuban Solenodon was mistakenly believed extinct since the last sighting in 1999 mainly because it is a nocturnal burrower, living underground.
		The Cuban Solenodon that was found in 2003, named Alejandrito, brought the number to 37.
	www.sciencenewsblog.com /nov05 (3712 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Caribbean - Unique and Threated Biodiversity
		The Cuban macaw (Ara tricolor), the last of the six to disappear, was hunted to extinction for food and the pet trade during the second half of the 18th century.
		The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer, CR) was once found all over Cuba and in the Cayman Islands and Bahamas, but is now found only in the Zapata swamp; and it is the most threatened species of New World crocodilians.
		The Caribbean is also a center of amphibian endemism, with all of the roughly 170 native species of amphibians from four families of frogs (the Bufonidae, Dendrobatidae, Hylidae, and Leptodactylidae) endemic to the hotspot.
	www.biodiversityscience.org /xp/Hotspots/caribbean/biodiversity.xml (1301 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Cuba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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		1986 - Systematic of the Cuban amphibians (Genus Eleutherodactylus)
		Duarte, R. and Juarrero, A. Composition and Distribution of the Cuban freshwater fishes in cuban caves.
		Juarrero, A. Synopsis of the Cuban Freshwater shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda).
	www.zoo.utoronto.ca /brooks/content/bios/augusto_cv.html (962 words)

	Give,Get,Take, And Have: THE ALMIQUI IS FREEQUI
		Now, feral cats are the greatest threat, since the areas the solenodon inhabit(s) is shitty mongoose territory.
		Deforestation is another cause of the dwindling Almiqui population (belived to be in the tens).
		Solenodons have a long life span, not because they secrete poison from a gland above their teeth, (that's for subduing prey), but because they were among the dominant predators before Europeans colonized the New World.
	ggth.typepad.com /givegettake_and_have/2004/10/the_almiqui_is_.html (402 words)

	Cuban Solenodon: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Cuban Solenodon (known as the Almiqui in Cuba) (Solenodon cubanus) is an insectivore (Small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals)
		The Cuban Solenodon was mistakenly believed extinct since the last sighting in 1999 mainly because it is a nocturnal[for more, click this link] burrower, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		The Cuban Solenodon belongs to the family Solenodontidae[for more, click this link] along with a similar species, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/cuban_solenodon (1174 words)

	Solenodontidae: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		solenodons are known to become very easily agitated and may squeal or bite with little or no provocation.
		The Cuban Solenodon was thought to have been extinct until a live specimen was found in 2003, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		The Solenodon genus is interesting to phylogenetics (In biology, phylogenetics (greek: phylon = race and genetic = birth) is the taxonomical classification...)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/solenodontidae (946 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The local flora includes five species of carnivore plants, one of which is Pinguicola lignicola, the only Cuban epiphyte.
		Forests in the region are important as refuge for many resident and migratory bird species, such as Cuban amazon Amazona leucocephala (NT) and Cuban parakeet Aratinga euops (VU).
		These include the last remaining population of the Cuban kite Chondrohierax wilsoni (CR - C2b) and an important population of the Cuban solenodon Solenodon cubanus (EN - A1cde).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/alejandro.html (1424 words)

	Solenodon -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Solenodons have a chunky body with short, stocky legs.
		Its saliva is toxic and enters the prey as the solenodon bites with its...
		the common name applied to any of 450 or so species of mammals—comprising hedgehogs, golden moles, “true” moles, “true” shrews, the moonrat, gymnures, solenodons, and tenrecs—that subsist primarily on insects, other arthropods, and earthworms.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9313607 (459 words)

	Salsa history web links
		The Cuban rulers (Cuba was a Spanish colony at the time, and slavery was still flourishing there) took well to this "new" dance, and adopted it with enthusiasm.
		A common factor is still Africa (cuban styles, bomba/plena de Borinquen, afroamerican jazz/randb,etc.) True, the term salsa was a word that arose later to describe a fusion of rhythms that already existed (with additions and modifications).
		This is also why many cuban musicians feel badly the injustice of the music business and scorn the mediocrity of puerto-rican "musicians", specially when you know that the level of the cubans is one of the highest in the world.
	www.salsavideoreviews.org /salsa-history-web-links.html (8788 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Cuban moist forests (NT0120) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Don’t overlook the magic of the forest itself, either--the flora of Cuba is incredible, as constellations of butter-colored blossoms hang against the emerald sky of a Cuban magnolia tree.
		An endangered Cuban solenodon, or almiqui, a large, primitive, endemic insectivore that lives in the eastern montane forests, tears at a rotten log with its foreclaws, then digs for insects and spiders with its snout.
		A Cuban boa, the largest snake found in the Greater Antilles, hangs like a long, brown vine from the trees.
	nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0120.html (644 words)

	CUBANOW - The Digital Magazine of Cuban Arts and Culture
		Now, the Cuban government's Flora and Fauna enterprise, hoping to draw nature lovers and their dollars to the beleaguered island nation through an emphasis on eco-tourism, is highlighting the national parks, green mountains, fast-moving rivers, and endemic birds and animals of the region.
		And the UN General Assembly voted once again, by a vote of 179-3, to end the embargo.
		Farther down the path, he points out the Cuban trogon, and I think: this guide is an apt symbol of the Cubans I met during my week at
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		It is one of the ironies of the embargo that what contributes to the isolation of the Cuban people also has isolated its mountains and national parks, allowing wildlife to thrive.
		The wonders include 350 species of birds, 24 of them endemic to Cuba, 1,468 species of snails, including the rare, colorful polymita, the endangered Cuban crocodile, tens of thousands of pink flamingos, and the Cuban solenodon, or almiqui, a strange, snout-nosed 19-inch nocturnal mammal recently rediscovered after having been thought extinct.
		Farther down the path, he points out the Cuban trogon, and I think; this guide is an apt symbol of the Cubans I met during my week at TurNat; committed, dedicated, with an almost preternatural sensitivity to protecting the environment.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/americas/cuba/sustainable/biodiversity/1473.html (1208 words)

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