566 SOLENODONTID2A. 
Fam. Ill. Solenodontidz. 
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: mammz 
postinguinal. 
Fig. 106. SOLENODON CUBANUS. 
No. 134 Field Columbian Mus, Coll. Nat. size. 
