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10 Pesos Manatee and Zapata Rail
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 20 G 10 PESOS AG 0.999 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cuba's endemic Zapata Rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai) was only scientifically described in 1927 and remains one of the least-studied birds in the Western Hemisphere, confined almost entirely to the Zapata Swamp — the largest wetland in the Caribbean. The West Indian Manatee population in Cuban waters had been severely reduced by hunting pressure through the mid-twentieth century, prompting national protection measures that made pairing these two species on a commemorative issue a pointed conservation statement rather than coincidence.