What is Cuban solenodon?
{{Taxobox | name = Cuban solenodon | image = Dixi-Solenodon cubanus.png | image_width = 250px | status = EN | status_system = iucn2.3 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Soricomorpha]] | familia = [[Solenodontidae]] | genus = ''[[Solenodon]]'' | species = '''''S. cubanus''''' | binomial = ''Solenodon cubanus'' | binomial_authority = [[Wilhelm Peters|Peters]], 1861 | range_map = Cuban Solenodon area.png | range_map_caption = Cuban solenodon range }} The '''Cuban solenodon''' or '''almiqui''' (''Solenodon cubanus'') is a species of [[Soricomorpha|soricomorph]] that is endemic to [[Cuba]]. It belongs to the family [[Solenodontidae]] along with a similar species, the [[Hispaniolan Solenodon]] (''Solenodon paradoxus''). The solenodon is unusual among mammals in that its [[saliva]] is [[Venom (poison)|venomous]]. Since its discovery in [[1861]] by the [[Germany|German]] naturalist [[Wilhelm Peters]]. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Soricomorphs]] [[Category:Mammals of North America]]