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Carlos de la Torre y Huerta

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Carlos de la Torre y Huerta
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Carlos de la Torre y Huerta (May 15, 1858 in Matanzas, Cuba – February 19, 1950 in Havana)[1] was a Cuban naturalist.[2]

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Huerta circa 1915

He was the president of House of Representatives from November 1903 to April 1904.[3]

He is commemorated in the scientific names of a species of Cuban gecko, Sphaerodactylus torrei,[4] as well as the genus Torreites of a now extinct rudist bivalve from the Cretaceous period.

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