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The Ponce Limestone is a geologic formation in Puerto Rico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period [ 3 ] (20.45 million years ago ( Mya ). Description
The Puerto Rican spindalis (Spindalis portoricensis) is a bird endemic to the island of Puerto Rico, where it is commonly known as reina mora or cigua puertorriqueña.The species is widely distributed throughout the island and is an important part of the Puerto Rican ecosystem because of its help in seed dispersal and plant reproduction.
Cattle egret (garza in Spanish), a common bird in Puerto Rico's rural areas, usually found on top of cows. Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae. The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons, and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive.
Guajataca State Forest is located in the middle of the karst landscape country, particularly the Northern Karst zone of Puerto Rico. A karst is a topographical zone formed by the dissolution of soluble porous rocks, in this case limestone, with features such as mogotes, canyons, caves, sinkholes, streams and rivers, all of which are common on this region of the island.
Boquerón State Forest (Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Boquerón) is one of the 20 forestry units that make up the public forest system of Puerto Rico.Despite its name, the Boquerón State Forest is not only located in Boquerón, Cabo Rojo but also spans almost 5,000 acres across the municipalities of Cabo Rojo, Lajas and Mayagüez.
Ponce Cement, Inc. was a cement and limestone manufacturer in Ponce, Puerto Rico.The company was located at the intersection of PR-123 and PR-500, in Barrio Magueyes. [3] It was founded in 1941 [4] by Antonio Ferré Bacallao, a Puerto Rican industrialist of Cuban origin. [5]
The San Sebastián Formation is a geologic formation in Puerto Rico.It preserves fossils dating back to the Oligocene period. [1]It was primarily deposited as limestone in a marine environment, but some localities with a significant amount of terrestrial fauna appear to have been deposited in a deltaic environment.
The Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge is home for a number of native bird species including the endangered yellow-shouldered blackbird also known as la mariquita de Puerto Rico or capitán. The Boquerón State Forest is one of seven state forests managed by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. [31]