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Cuba - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Cuba.
Cuba is an island country located in the Greater Antillean archipelago of the Caribbean Sea and the tropical zone. It is located to the south of United States, to the east of Mexico, to the north of Jamaica and to the west of Haiti. The following shows the distribution of animals in Cuba.
| Cuba | |
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Cuba
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Rodent |
Oriente Cave Rat,
Torre's Cave Rat,
Cuban Coney |  | Marine mammal |
Caribbean Monk Seal |  | Rail |
Cuban Cave-Rail |  | Parrot |
Cuban Red Macaw |
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Cuba
extant species |
| Rodent |
Desmarest's hutia ,
Black-tailed Hutia,
Prehensile-tailed Hutia |  | Crocodile |
American Crocodile ,
Cuban Crocodile |  | Iguana |
Cuban Iguana ,
Green Iguana |  | Stork |
Wood Stork |  | Ibis |
American White Ibis ,
Roseate Spoonbill |  | Crane |
Sandhill Crane |  | Raptor |
Cuban Kite ,
Javan Hawk-eagle ,
Gundlach's Hawk | | Rail |
Zapata Rail |  | Pelican |
Brown Pelican ,
American White Pelican |  | Flamingo |
American Flamingo | | Parrot |
Cuban Parakeet ,
Cuban Amazon |  | endemic bird |
Cuban Parakeet ,
Bare-legged Owl ,
Cuban Pygmy-owl ,
Bee Hummingbird ,
Cuban Tody ,
Cuban Woodpecker ,
Fernandina's Flicker ,
Cuban Trogon ,
Cuban Vireo ,
Cuban Solitaire ,
Cuban Gnatcatcher ,
Red-shouldered Blackbird ,
Cuban Blackbird ,
Yellow-headed Warbler ,
Oriente Warbler … total 17 endemic species |  | Swallowtail
butterfly |
Schaus' Swallowtail ,
Poey's Black Swallowtail |
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Cuba
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
West Indian Manatee |  | Whale |
Sei Whale ,
Dwarf Sperm Whale ,
Pygmy Sperm Whale ,
Cuvier's Beaked Whale ,
True's Beaked Whale ,
Gervais' Beaked Whale |  | Dolphin |
Rough-toothed Dolphin ,
Spinner Dolphin ,
Clymene Dolphin ,
Striped Dolphin ,
Fraser's Dolphin ,
Risso's Dolphin ,
Pygmy Killer Whale ,
False Killer Whale ,
Orca (Killer Whale) |  | Turtle |
Loggerhead Sea Turtle ,
Green turtle ,
Hawksbill turtle ,
Olive Ridley ,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Manta ray ,
Smalltooth sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (Feeding migration ～ 12m),
Scalloped hammerhead ,
Great hammerhead ,
Shortfin mako ,
Longfin mako |  | Marlin |
Atlantic sailfish ,
Atlantic Blue Marlin ,
Atlantic White Marlin |  | Tuna |
Blackfin tuna |  | Coral |
Table coral' ,
Brain coral' |  | Mangrove |
White mangrove' ,
Red mangrove' ,
Black mangrove' |
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Cuba
small extant
species |
 | Mouse |
Dwarf Hutia,
San Felipe Hutia,
Garrido's Hutia,
Southern Hutia | | Mouse |
Cabrera's Hutia,
Eared Hutia,
Gundlach's Hutia |  | Mole |
Cuban Solenodon |  | Frog |
(Eleutherodactylus bartonsmithi) ,
(Eleutherodactylus mariposa) ,
(Eleutherodactylus albipes) ,
(Eleutherodactylus blairhedgesi) ,
(Eleutherodactylus bresslerae) ,
(Eleutherodactylus cubanus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus iberia) ,
(Eleutherodactylus jaumei) ,
(Eleutherodactylus orientalis) ,
(Eleutherodactylus pezopetrus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus rivularis) ,
(Eleutherodactylus tetajulia) ,
(Eleutherodactylus tonyi) ,
(Eleutherodactylus turquinensis) ,
(Eleutherodactylus symingtoni) | | Frog |
Schwartz's Caribbean Toad ,
Stejneger's Caribbean Toad ,
(Eleutherodactylus glamyrus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus ionthus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus leberi) ,
(Eleutherodactylus melacara) ,
(Eleutherodactylus principalis) ,
(Eleutherodactylus acmonis) ,
(Eleutherodactylus adelus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus casparii) ,
(Eleutherodactylus emiliae) ,
(Eleutherodactylus etheridgei) ,
(Eleutherodactylus greyi) ,
(Eleutherodactylus guanahacabibes) ,
(Eleutherodactylus gundlachi) … total 24 endangered species | | bird |
Bachman's Warbler | | bird |
Blue-headed Quail-dove ,
Giant Kingbird ,
Zapata Wren ,
Zapata Sparrow | | seabird |
Black-capped Petrel |
The following sites are the natural habitats of wildlife, where various species are seen, in Cuba.
| Cuba | |
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Parque Alejandro
de Humboldt
National Park
[World Heritage]
Forest area |
| Mole |
Cuban Solenodon | | Marine mammal |
West Indian Manatee | | Frog |
(Eleutherodactylus iberia) | | bird |
Cuban Kite ,
Cuban Parakeet ,
Cuban Amazon ,
Ivory-billed Woodpecker |
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Ciénaga de Zapata
National Park
[WH Tentative List] |
| Crocodile |
Cuban Crocodile | | bird |
Zapata Rail ,
Zapata Wren ,
Zapata Sparrow |
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Cayo Coco |
| Coral |
Table coral' ,
Brain coral' |
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Cayo Largo |
| Coral |
Table coral' ,
Brain coral' |
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Guanahacabibes |
| Coral |
Table coral' ,
Brain coral' |
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Jardines de la Reina |
| Coral |
Table coral' ,
Brain coral' |
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Caguanes
National Park |
| Mangrove |
White mangrove' ,
Red mangrove' ,
Black mangrove' |
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Delta del Cauto |
| Mangrove |
White mangrove' ,
Red mangrove' ,
Black mangrove' |
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