Mamals in Cuba Naturaleza

Nature didn't endow Cuba with mammals of great size like any other insular regions. The mammals that existed in Cuba since the arrival of the Spanish settlers has 38 species nowadays: 27 bats (Quiroptera), 10 hutias (Rodentia), and the Cuban Solenodon (Insectivorous). In some cases, their populations have declined in an alarming way.

The Cuban Solenodon (Solenodon cubanus) is a jewel in Cuba's fauna and also is considered an alive fossil, at the moment just inhabit at the north of the eastern of Cuba in Alejandro Humbolt National Park.

The hutias are the most characteristic mammals in Cuba. All are vegetarian; they feed of trees's bark , roots, tubers, fruits and leaves. The Cuban Hutia (Capromys Pilorides) is the most terrestrial; takes refuge in rocky floors hollows preferably, although it climbs to the trees to eat. The remaining species hide in holes of big and leafy trees.

Bats constitute the most numerous group among the Cuban mammals. Their species are distributed thoroughly in the whole island of Cuba, where they form colonies in the caverns where they inhabit. As regards feeding, our bats are big specialists, each species consumes just a single food type that can consist on fruits, pollen, nectar, insects or fish.

The Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) has been in frank decline due to his habit of living in waters drops located near the estuaries by what his capture is relatively easy. Another aspect that gravitates in its against it is the popular statement that their meat is exquisite and it possesses three different flavors. Conservation works carried out by the Cuban institutions make that this stout mammal has recovered their populations in some cayos at the north of Pinar del Rio, and in Ciénaga de Zapata.

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