Cuban solenodon
The Cuban solenodon is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal that lives only in the mountain forests of eastern Cuba. It is one of the few mammals that can inject venom, which it uses to catch its prey. It is endangered and was once thought to be extinct.1

Ho e tseba jwang
- Dark brown to black hair1
- Small eyes and an extremely elongated snout1
- Looks like a large brown rat, with a long, naked, scaly tail1
- Measures 41–56 cm from nose to tail tip1
Hangata e ferekanngwa le: It is sometimes compared to a shrew, but it most closely resembles the tenrecs of Madagascar.1
Matla a chefo
Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.
Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?
Its venom comes from modified salivary glands in the lower jaw, so it is a venomous bite. The venom is strong enough to kill lizards, other small reptiles, frogs, small birds and rodents. Solenodons do not appear to be immune to the venom of their own kind, and cage mates have been reported dying after fights.1
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.
Haeba e loma
- Hlatswa leqeba hantle mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.
Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele
Dula o bolokehile
- O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
- E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
- Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.
Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile
Hokae lefatsheng?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
E boima hakae?
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 3 tse latellanang
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 18 moleng
e ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 45 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)Cuban solenodon e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E potlaka hakae?
Dintlha
The solenodons are one of the few groups of mammals that are venomous.1
It was declared extinct in 1970, but was found again in 1974.1
The Cuban solenodon found in 2003 was named Alejandrito. It was healthy, and it was released back into the wild after two days of scientific study.1
Males mate with several females, but they do not help raise the young. Males and females only meet to mate.1
Ho senya ditshomo
Tshomo: The Cuban solenodon is extinct.
Nnete: It is not extinct. It was once thought to be extinct because it is so rare and hard to see, but it survives today and is listed as endangered.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Cuban solenodon (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Atopogale cubana (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
Taba e nngwe le e nngwe leqepheng lena e na le nomoro e bontshang mohlodi wa yona. Haeba re entse phoso, re kopa tshwarelo, re barati ba diphoofolo, hase makasine wa saense. Re bolelle ho [email protected] mme re tla e lokisa.
Ho loma

