Animal Info - Cuba

Contents

Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy, Education), References and Links

Threatened Species

Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Cuba and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals:

• Critically Endangered:
  • Cabrera's Hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai). (Endemic to Cuba.)
  • Dwarf Hutia (Mesocapromys nanus). (Endemic to Cuba.)
  • Eared Hutia (Mesocapromys auritus). (Endemic to Cuba.)
  • Garrido's Hutia (Mysateles garridoi). (Endemic to Cuba.)
  • Little Earth Hutia (Mesocapromys sanfelipensis). (Endemic to Cuba.)
• Endangered:
  • Cuban Solenodon (Solenodon cubanus). (Endemic to Cuba.)
  • Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis).
• Vulnerable:
  • American Manatee (Trichechus manatus).
  • Chapman's Prehensile-tailed Hutia (Mysateles gundlachi).
  • Little Goblin Bat (Mormopterus minutus). (Endemic to Cuba.)
  • Macleay's Moustached Bat (Pteronotus macleayi).

Environmental and Social Data

Mammals

Total number of species: 31 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 12 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 10 (32 % of total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000: 11 (35 % of total species) (IUCN 2000) 

Biodiversity/Ecosystems

Cuba contains portions of the Greater Antillean Moist Forests, Greater Antillean Pine Forests, Greater Antillean Streams, and Greater Antilles & Bahamian Marine Ecosystems Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Cuba contains portions of the Antilles Global Biodiversity Hotspot (Cons. Intl. 1999a)

Population

Population in 1995: 11,168,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 100.7 people/sq km (260.9 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 11,050,729 (World Almanac 1999)

Area/Land Use

Area: 110,862 sq km (42,804 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:

• Other Coastal Aquatic: 17 %
• Major Wetland: 5 %
• Grass and Shrub: 29 %
• Crop and Settlements: 29 %
• Interrupted Woods: 10 %
• Major Forests: 12 %

(Groombridge 1992)

Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low: 2 %; Medium: 14 %; High: 84 % (WRI 1994)

Protected Lands

Area: 6,860 sq km (2,648 sq mi) (Groombridge 1992)
Percent of land protected: 3.79 % totally protected; 2.2 % partially protected; 5.99 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge 1992)

Economy

Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $1,480 (World Almanac 1999)

Education

Percent adult literacy: Female: 93 % (1990), 87 % (1970); Male: 95 % (1990), 86 % (1970) (WRI 1994)

References and Links

References: Cons. Intl. 1999a, Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994

General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for Cuba): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for Cuba: United Nations Development Program: Cuba (Spanish)

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