Notable Cuban wildlife:
- smallest frog in the world (eleutherodactylus limbatus, only 12 mm long)
- tiniest bird in the world (mellisuga helenae—the bee hummingbird, 63 mm long).
- solenodon (atopogale cubana), nearly extinct shrew-like insectivorous mammal
- Cuban hutía, a large native) rodent; the largest hutía still living
Number of wildlife refuges: 236
Number of bird species: 300
Number of fish species: more than 500
Number of dangerous snakes: 0
