512 Bulletin American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XXIV, 



II. COMPARATIVE EXTERNAL MEASUREMENTS OF Solenodon paradoxus (cT) 

 AND S. cubanus ($). 



paradoxus cubanus 



c? 1 9 2 



Length from end of nose to base of tail (in curved line over the mm. mm. 



back . 343 340 



Length from end of nose to anus (in straight line) 282 280 



Length of head (in straight line) . 119 117 



Breadth of head in front of ears 45 50 



Distance from eyes to point of nose 72 67 



Length of eyelids (fissure) 4 3 



Distance of eyes from each other 30 29 



Distance from eye to ear 30 



Distance between ears at base 44 42 



Height of ear 28 30 



Breadth of ear 26 



Length of proboscis to incisors 39 35 



Breadth of proboscis at base 22 18 



Breadth of proboscis at middle 14 10 



Height of proboscis at base 19 16 



Height of proboscis at middle 12 10.5 



Length of muzzle (hairless part) on lower side of proboscis . . 12 10 



Distance from point of under lip to corner of mouth 28 31 



Distance between corners of mouth 30 30 



Length of tail 241 190 



Thickness of tail at middle 12.5 11 



Length of hand to end of third digit (without claws) 41 43 



" 1st digit (without claw) 8 



" " claw of 1st digit (over curvature) 9 9.5 



" " 2d digit (without claw) 14 16 



" " claw of 2d digit (over curvature) 16 29 



" " 3d digit (without claw) 17 17.5 



" " claw of 3d digit (over curvature) 17 26 



" 4th digit (without claw) 15 17 



" " claw of 4th digit (over curvature) 12 28 



" 5th digit (without claw) -11 12 



" " claw of 5th digit (over curvature) 9 16 



" " foot to end of middle digit (without claw) 62 56 



" 1st digit (without claw) 8 10 



" " claw of 1st digit (over curvature) 7 8 



" " 2d digit (without claw) 11 15 



" " claw of 2d digit (over curvature) 9 9.5 



" " 3d digit (without claw) 12 15 



" " claw of 3d digit (over curvature) 10 9.5 



" 4th digit (without claw) 11 15 



" " claw of 4th digit (over curvature) 9 9 



" " 5th digit (without claw) 10 14 



" claw of 5th digit (over curvature) 8 8.5 



1 No. 28270, Amer. Mus., d\ Solenodon paradoxus. Measurements taken by Herbert 

 Lang from specimen preserved in formalin. 



2 Tjrpe of Solenodon cubanus Peters. Measurements from Peters, 1. c., pp. 5, 6. 



