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The Tres Marías Islands are a linear chain of continental shelf islands located 80–110 km from the nearest mainland, in a shallow sea. [2] The four islands, Isla San Juanito, Isla María Madre, Isla María Magdalena and Isla María Cleofas, vary in elevation, with Isla María Madre being the largest (145 km2, 620 m).
The Tres Marias raccoon is hunted by the islanders and no conservation efforts have been made to protect the species from extinction. Considering its small range, the Tres Marias raccoon was most likely never numerous, like the four other island raccoons (Cozumel raccoon, Bahamian raccoon, Guadeloupe raccoon, and the extinct Barbados raccoon).
The Tres Marías island mouse or Tres Marías deer mouse (Peromyscus madrensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is found only on the Islas Marías off the west coast of Mexico (part of the state of Nayarit). When last assessed, it was common on María Cleofás Island, but rare or absent on the other, more disturbed ...
Sylvilagus graysoni was first identified by Joel Asaph Allen in 1877, who described the type locality of the species as the "Tres Marias Islands, Nayarit, Mexico". Edward William Nelson would later clarify in Mammals of the Tres Marias Islands (1899) that the specific island was likely Maria Madre. [3] Two subspecies are recognized: [3]
Apart from the comparatively large Tres Marias raccoon, all island raccoons are smaller than an average-sized common raccoon, making them examples of insular dwarfism. With a weight between 3 and 4 kg (6.6–8.8 lbs), the Cozumel raccoon is the smallest type of raccoon, except for Procyon lotor auspicatus endemic on Key Vaca in the Florida Keys ...
The Tres Marías amazon (Amazona oratrix tresmariae) is a subspecies of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is endemic to the Islas Marías off the Pacific coast of Mexico .
Malaulalo is an uninhabited island in Solomon Islands; it is the central one of the Olu Malau (Three Sisters) Islands located in Makira-Ulawa Province. It has an area of 3.34 km 2 . The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Malaulalo was by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña in May 1568.
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