Solenodon cubanus Peters, 1861 . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1861:169.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Oriente Prov., Bayamo .

DISTRIBUTION: Oriente Prov. (Cuba).

STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: poeyanus.

COMMENTS: Sometimes placed in a distinct genus or subgenus, Atopogale, see Hall and Kelson (1959:22) and Hall (1981:22), but see Poduschka and Poduschka (1983:225- 238) who regarded Atopogale as a synonym of Solenodon . For biological information see Varona (1983b).