MCZ Mammalogy 6597

Solenodon cubanus Peters, 1861

Holotype of Solenodon poeyanus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1891-12-31

Central America: Cuba: Oriente (historical province): West Indies: Greater Antilles: Cuba | Nipe Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:6597 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Mammalogy 6597 Description: Scan of back of photograph.;

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Media type: image; Mammalogy 6597 Description: Scan of image showing Solenodon cubanus in profile;

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Current Identification
Solenodon cubanus Peters, 1861
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Insectivora Solenodontidae
Common Name(s): Almiqui; Cuban Solenodon
Determiner: Henry Augustus Ward
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identifications
Solenodon cubanus poeyanus Barbour, 1944
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Insectivora Solenodontidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Solenodon poeyanus Barbour, 1944
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Insectivora Solenodontidae
Determiner: Thomas Barbourlinked data icon on 1944-03-07
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID date is date of publication

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (mounted) unknown in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: skull excised from mounted skin
skull (dry) unknown in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: skull excised from mounted skin
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-08-31
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-08-10   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex unknown By: Henry Augustus Ward
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-08-24

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  • Photo on file in Type coll. Type of Soledon poeyanus Barbour.

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • State/Province:
  • Oriente (historical province)
  • Island Group:
  • West Indies: Greater Antilles
  • Island:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Nipe Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba; Nipe Bay, Oriente Prov.
  • Georeference:
  • 20.7838250°, -75.690979° (Error radius: 13100m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2019-10-15 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1891-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Henry Augustus Ward

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 6576; 6578; 6579; 6580; 6582; 6583; 6584; 6585; 6586; 6587; 6588; 6590; 6592; 6593; 6594; 6598; 6600; 6577; 6581; 6589; 6591; 6595; 6596; 6597; 6599 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 002801-008925, pg.153;

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