. The earth and its inhabitants .. . which gives its name to the " Pinos " Island, where it is found intermingled "with palms and mahogany. The catalogue of 1876 enumerates altogether 3,350 indige- nous flowering plants, besides those introduced by Europeans. But many of the native forms have already disappeared, and the forests are now largely replaced by plants of low growth, such as the dwarf ian-ipalm. (chamcerops), scrub, plantations of pineapples, and other prickly plants. Before the discovery the only mammals in Cuba were bats and a few species of rodents, such as the gua
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . which gives its name to the " Pinos " Island, where it is found intermingled "with palms and mahogany. The catalogue of 1876 enumerates altogether 3,350 indige- nous flowering plants, besides those introduced by Europeans. But many of the native forms have already disappeared, and the forests are now largely replaced by plants of low growth, such as the dwarf ian-ipalm. (chamcerops), scrub, plantations of pineapples, and other prickly plants. Before the discovery the only mammals in Cuba were bats and a few species of rodents, such as the guaquinaji, which was probably a racoon (proci/on lotor). The manatee, still seen in the Jardinillos cays, was very common on the coast, as shown by the nimes of numerous gulfs, bays and beaches. The guaquinaji
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