Atopogale cubana

Atopogale cubana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Solenodontidae
Genus: Atopogale
Species: Atopogale cubana

Name

Atopogale cubana (Peters, 1861)

• Lectotype: ZMB 2761, adult ♀, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton collected by Juan Gundlach. [designated by Turni, Hutterer & Asher (2007: 12)]
• Type locality: “Aguilera, am Abhange der Sierra Maestra, zwischen Cap Maisi und Cap Cruz in Cuba”.

Combinations

• Solenodon cubanus Peters, 1861: 169 [original combination]
• Atopogale cubana — Cabrera, 1925: 177 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Solenodon poeyanus Barbour, 1944: 6
  • Holotype: MCZ M-6597, sex indet., skin (mounted) and skull, collected by H.A. Ward.
  • Type locality: “Cuba: Oriente [=Holguin], near Nipi Bay [=Nipe Bay]”.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1861. Bemerkungen über einen Solenodon cubanus. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1861(1): 169. BHL
• Barbour, T. 1944. The Solenodons of Cuba. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 23: 1–8. Reference page. 
• Turni, H., Hutterer, R. & Asher, R. 2007. Type specimens of "insectivoran" mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Zootaxa 1470(1): 1–33. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1470.1.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Roca, A.L., Bar-Gal, G.K., Eizirik, E., Helgen, K.M., Maria, R., Springer, M.S., O’Brien, S.J. & Murphy, W.J. 2004. Mesozoic origin for West Indian insectivores. Nature 429(6992): 649–651. DOI: 10.1038/nature02597 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Cuban Solenodon
español: Almiquí cubano
magyar: Kubai patkányvakond
polski: Almik kubański

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