No more information was known other than a relation to the Cuban solenodon (Atopogale cubana) discovered in 1861, and it was believed to be extinct. Addison Emery Verrill and Alpheus Hyatt Verrill rediscovered the animal in the Dominican Republic in 1907, but by 1964 it was again believed extinct.
The creature's existence was unknown beyond its connection to the Cuban solenodon (Atopogale cubana), which was discovered in 1861 and thought to be extinct. It was rediscovered in the Dominican Republic by Addison Emery Verrill and Alpheus Hyatt Verrill in 1907, but it was again believed to be extinct by 1964.