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title: "Hispaniolan Solenodon"
description: "Solenodon paradoxus — Mamíferos. The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the agouta, is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/hispaniolan-solenodon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hispaniolan Solenodon

> Solenodon paradoxus — Mamíferos. The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the agouta, is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

- Scientific name: *Solenodon paradoxus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 64
- Wikidata: [Q754041](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754041)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46337](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46337)

## Names

- en: Hispaniolan Solenodon
- de: Dominikanischer Schlitzrüssler
- es: Solenodonte
- fr: Almiqui paradoxal
- nl: Agouta
- pl: Almik haitański

## Countries with the most observations

DO (56)

## Summary

The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the agouta, is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Like other solenodons, it is a venomous, insect-eating animal that lives in burrows and is active at night. It is an elusive animal and was only first described in 1833; its numbers are stable in protected forests but it remains the focus of conservation efforts.
Its smaller sister species of the same genus, Marcano's solenodon (S. marconoi) became extinct after European colonization. The Hispaniolan solenodon and the rat…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniolan_solenodon

## Photo

![Hispaniolan Solenodon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hispaniolan-solenodon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yolanda M. Leon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66858283

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hispaniolan-solenodon?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).