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The wildlife of Réunion is composed of its flora, fauna and funga. Being a small island, it only has nine native species of mammals, but ninety-one species of birds. Being a small island, it only has nine native species of mammals, but ninety-one species of birds.
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Réunion. Of the mammal species in Réunion, one is critically endangered, one is endangered, two are vulnerable, and one is considered to be extinct. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
Extinct in Mauritius and Réunion. Last recorded on Réunion in 1705, where the young were considered good to eat. [4] It survived the introduction of rats and pigs, but disappeared when cats were introduced. [39] No historical mentions from Mauritius but subfossils were found at the Mare aux Songes. The Mascarene remains are distinct and ...
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Réunion National Park (French: Parc national de La Réunion) is a National Park of France located on the island of Réunion, an overseas department in the western Indian Ocean. Established on 5 March 2007, the park protects the endemic ecosystems of Les Hauts , Réunion's mountainous interior, and covers around 42% of the island.
The uninhabited island might have been first sighted by the expedition led by Dom Pedro Mascarenhas, who gave his name to the island group around Réunion, the Mascarenes. [12] Réunion itself was dubbed Santa Apolónia after a favourite saint, [11] which suggests that the date of the Portuguese discovery could have been 9 February, her feast day.
Molecular studies of phylogeny indicate that hutias nest within the Neotropical spiny rats . [5] Indeed, the hutia subfamily, Capromyinae, is the sister group to Owl's spiny rat Carterodon . [ 6 ] In turn, this clade shares phylogenetic affinities with a subfamily of spiny rats, the Euryzygomatomyinae .
The extinction of the Réunion kestrel, which thus seems to have been around 1700, is something of a mystery, just as that of the Réunion scops owl (Otus grucheti). Introduced predators were not present in numbers at that time and even rats probably would not have presented much of a problem for the birds.