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Peculiar ancient island mammal predates dinosaur extinction

It might look like not much more than an over-sized shrew, but the solenodons (the Cuban solenodon, Solenodon cubanus, and the Hispaniolan solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus) are a very special group of mammals. Found only on the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola, these strange nocturnal insectivores represent the only remaining members of a particularly ancient lineage: […]

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