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Cuban solenodon

Atopogale cubana

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

咬伤吃：什么都来一点

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

生活在

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

北美洲

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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

长度

41 cm到56 cm (1.3 ft到1.8 ft)1

体重

680 g (1.5 lb)1

最高速度

约 8 公里/小时（5 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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.

怎样认出它

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

常被误认为： It is sometimes compared to a shrew, but it most closely resembles the tenrecs of Madagascar.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

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

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

如果它咬人

把伤口洗干净并就医。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

它有多重？

和 6 根香蕉一样重

和 3 根香蕉首尾相接一样长和 18 块玩具积木排成一排一样长45 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Cuban solenodon和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

Cuban solenodon 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

一个骑自行车的孩子 约 12 公里/小时 (7.5 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

谣言粉碎机

谣言： 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