1908.] 



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In external characters S. paradoxus and S. cubanus present a number 

 of noteworthy differences, as in the relative length of the tail, the relative 

 development of the fore claws, in coloration, and in the character of the 

 pelage, as follows: S. paradoxvs is slightly the larger (much larger if the 

 comparison is based on the skulls); the tail is relatively about one fourth 

 longer (see Table III), and the fore claws nearly one half shorter and corre- 

 spondingly weaker. 



In coloration S. paradoxus has the dorsal area lighter than S. cubanus, 



Fig. 8. Solenodon paradoxus. Glandular surface of left thigh. About f . 



but the chief difference is in the color of the head, sides of the neck, shoulders, 

 and throat, which in cubanus are light yellow, golden yellow, or light ocher 

 yellow, as described by Peters, Gundlach, Poey, and Dobson, or nearly 

 pure white, as in two alcoholic specimens in the U. S. National Museum 

 collection (Nos. 15526, adult female, and 15527, quarter-grown young, 

 possibly somewhat faded), in abrupt contrast with the color of the back; 

 in paradoxus the head is lighter colored than the dorsal area, but is not in 



