Sentences with phrase «endemic land mammal»
The Hawaiian Islands have long been thought to support just one endemic land mammal in the archipelago's brief geologic history, the Hawaiian hoary bat.
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Before the arrival of humans, Mauritius was a land of birds and reptiles; the only mammals endemic to the island were a few species of bats.
The island also hosts over 100 bird and three land mammal species, including the endemic island fox.
The island fox is the largest endemic post-Pleistocene land mammal and a top predator on the Channel Islands.