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Cuban solenodon

Atopogale cubana

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

咬吃：每樣都來一點

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

分布在

Mountainous forests of eastern Cuba, in the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa range (Holguín, Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba provinces)1

北美洲

首頁

It lives in mountainous forests and digs burrows, living underground. It is nocturnal and travels at night along the forest floor, so people rarely see it. Subfossil evidence shows it once lived across the whole island.1

長度

41 cm 到 56 cm (1,3 ft 到 1,8 ft)1

體重

680 g (1,5 lb)1

最高速度

大約 8 km/h（5 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It searches the forest floor litter at night for insects, worms, fungi, roots and dead animals. It also climbs well to eat fruit, berries, buds and leaves, and it hunts small animals using venom from glands in its lower jaw.1

Cuban solenodon 的照片 — Cuban solenodon。照片：Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)。 Public domain, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

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

常被誤認為： It is sometimes compared to a shrew, but it most closely resembles the tenrecs of Madagascar.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

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

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

如果牠咬人

把傷口徹底洗乾淨，並且就醫。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多重？

跟 6 根香蕉一樣重

跟 3 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 18 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 45 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Cuban solenodon 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Cuban solenodon 大約 8 km/h (5 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

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

破解迷思

迷思： The Cuban solenodon is extinct.

真相： 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