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This is a list of the bird species recorded in French Polynesia. The avifauna of French Polynesia include a total of 175 species, of which 41 are endemic , 15 have been introduced . Of these, 35 species are globally threatened.
Bora Bora (French: Bora-Bora; Tahitian: Pora Pora) is an island group in the Leeward Islands in the South Pacific. The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, which is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. Bora Bora has a total land area of 30.55 km 2 (12 sq mi).
This is a list of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [a] and continues to the present day. [1] Oceania is a geographical region in the Pacific Ocean comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Partula lutea was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Bora Bora , French Polynesia . It is now extinct . [ 1 ]
An important threat to the vegetation of French Polynesia is the introduction of herbivorous animals, as was done in the 19th century by Europeans. The flora of the islands never knew animals that ate their leaves, so they never developed spikes, thorns or poisons.
Bora Bora is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world. The island comes in at No. 2 on U.S. News & World's Report's list of Best Places to Visit for 2023-24. But a trip to this...
The tropical forests of French Polynesia are home to a great variety of rare animals and plants. Above all, the islands are known for their olfactory landscape . The Tahitian tiaré ( Gardenia taitensis ), which blooms exclusively on the Society Islands, is one of the most fragrant of all flowers and is now protected.
Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs .