The giant solenodon (''Solenodon arredondoi'') is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
species of
soricomorph that occurred in western
Cuba. A larger animal than the still-extant
Cuban solenodon (''Atopogale cubana''), the species is believed to have been eradicated through
habitat destruction and the introduction of predatory dogs to Cuba by pre-Columbian people.
References
Solenodon
Holocene extinctions
Extinct mammals
Extinct animals of Cuba
Venomous mammals
Mammals of Cuba
Mammals of the Caribbean
Mammals described in 1993
Mammal extinctions since 1500
Endemic fauna of Cuba
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