THE ALMIQUI IS FREEQUI

The Cuban solenodon, or Almiqui is an insectivore weighing about 2 pounds.
Mainly nocturnal, it spends it's days hiding in rock clefts, hollow trees, or self- excavated burrows . Solenodons obtain food by rooting in the ground with their snouts and by tearing into rotten logs and trees with their foreclaws. The 1 or 2 young in a litter are born in a nesting burrow.
By 1970, some thought that the Cuban solenodon had become extinct, since no specimens had been found since 1890. However, three were captured in 1974 and 1975, and one was captured in 2003.
The inexplicable introduction of the Burmese mongoose into Cuba almost caused the solenodon to become extinct.
Now, feral cats are the greatest threat, since the areas the solenodon inhabit(s) is shitty mongoose territory. Deforestation is another cause of the dwindling Almiqui population (belived to be in the tens) .
Solenodons have a long life span, not because they secrete poison from a gland above their teeth, (that's for subduing prey) , but because they were among the dominant predators before Europeans colonized the New World. Evolution is a funny thing. Via Animal Info - Information on Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals