636 INSECTIVORA 
zygomatic arch or postorbital process, and the tympanic annulated 
and not forming a bulla. Upper molars tritubercular, the cusps 
being arranged in a V. Pubic symphysis short; tibia and fibula 
distinct. Vertebre: C 7,D 15,L4,85,C 23. Nocecum. The 
penis is carried forwards and suspended from the abdomen; the 
testes are received into perineal pouches ; the mammary glands are 
post-inguinal ; the uterine cornua end in cecal sacs. 
Solenodon.i—Dentition : 1 3,¢ 4, p 4,m 2; total 40. This genus, 
with S. paradorus and 8. cubanus (Fig. 293), from Hayti and Cuba 
Fic, 293.-—Solenodon cubanus. x }. (From Peters, Abh. Akad. Berlin.) 
respectively, alone represents the family. These species, which 
differ chiefly in the colour and quality of the fur, have a remark- 
ably long cylindrical snout, a long naked tail, feet formed for 
running, and the body clothed with long, coarse fur. 
The position of the mammz quite behind on the buttocks is 
unique among Insectivora. The first upper incisor is much enlarged, 
and this and the other incisors, canines, and premolars, closely 
resemble those of Myogale; the second lower incisor is, as in 
Potamogale, much larger than the anterior one, and is deeply 
hollowed out internally. While thus apparently showing relation- 
ship with the Talpide, the form of the crowns of the molar teeth 
connects them with the next family. 
1 Brandt, Mem. te. Linp. St. Pétersbourg, 1833, vol. ii. p. 459. 
