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continent, but some shrews (Blarina) have entered Central 

 America from the north and a very curious genus is represented 

 by one species in Cuba (Solenodon cubanus) and another in 

 Hayti (»S. paradoxus). These remarkable animals are, strange 



Fig. 91. — Solenodon cubanus. — By permission of the N.Y. Zoblog. Soc. 



to relate, most nearly allied to the tenrecs (Centetes) of Mada- 

 gascar and by some authorities are placed in the same family. 

 The Carnivora are quite numerous and varied and rather 

 peculiar, but they all belong to northern families and are the 

 more or less modified descendants of northern immigrants. 

 The dogs (Canidse) belong to genera not represented else- 

 where and form a considerable assemblage of interesting types. 

 There are no true wolves or foxes, but several species of fox-like 



