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  • Endangered venomous mammal predates dinosaurs’ extinction, study confirms

    May 5, 2016 4:00 pm by Claire BenjaminResearch
    A veterinarian draws blood from a solenodon for DNA samples

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    • A veterinarian draws blood from a solenodon for DNA samples

    The University of Illinois and University of Puerto Rico have confirmed that Hispaniolan solenodon, a venomous mammal, diverged from all other living mammals 78 million years ago, long before an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.