566 



SOLENODONTID-ffi;. 



Fam. III. Soleiiocloiitidre. 



Tail long, naked; snout cylindrical, elongate; feet armed with 

 sharp claws, those on fore feet longest. Skull without zygomatic 

 arch or postorbital processes; tympanic not forming a bulla; slight 

 constriction behind orbits; squamosals expanded outward and for- 

 ward ; upper molars tritubercular ; first upper incisor enlarged ; second 

 lower incisor hollowed internally; tibia and fibula distinct; mammae 

 postinguinal. 



FlG. 106. SOLENODON CUBANUS. 

 No. 134 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. Nat. size. 



