Wildlife of Réunion explained
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.
Fauna
Birds
See main article: List of birds of Réunion.
Mammals
See main article: List of mammals of Réunion.
- Mauritian flying fox, Pteropus niger VU
- Small Mauritian flying fox, Pteropus subniger EX
- Lesser yellow bat, Scotophilus borbonicus CR
- Natal free-tailed bat, Mormopterus acetabulosus VU
- Mauritian tomb bat, Taphozous mauritianus LC
- Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis[1] LC, rarer in today's Réunion
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
- Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
- Southern fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus quoyi EN
- Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
- Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima LR/lc
- Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
- Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
- Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
Those mammals not native to Réunion include the tailless tenrec, dog, cat, pig, goat, sheep, rat and cattle.
Reptiles
Geckos
Seven species of day geckos and four species of night geckos:
- Réunion Island day gecko, Phelsuma borbonica borbonica, endemic
- Réunion Island ornate day gecko, Phelsuma inexpectata, endemic
- Gold dust day gecko, Phelsuma laticauda, introduced from Madagascar
- Lined day gecko, Phelsuma lineata, introduced from Madagascar
- Blue-tailed day gecko, Phelsuma cepediana, introduced from Mauritius around 1960[2]
- Indopacific tree gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus typus, introduced
- Tropical house gecko, Hemidactylus mabouia, introduced
- Common house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, introduced
- Phelsuma madagascariensis, introduced from Madagascar in 1970 by a veterinarian[3]
- Pacific gecko, Gehyra mutilata, introduced
Agamid lizards
Scincidae
Chameleons
Snakes
Two introduced species;
Turtles
Marine turtles
see also:[4]
Land turtles
Molluscs
See main article: List of non-marine molluscs of Réunion.
See also
References
- Web site: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Réunion . IUCN . 2001 . 22 May 2007 .
- Web site: Mammal Species of the World. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. 22 May 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070427043030/http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/ . 27 April 2007.
- Web site: Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006. 22 May 2007.
- Web site: Lepage . Denis . Checklist of birds of Réunion . Bird Checklists of the World . Avibase . 27 April 2007 . 29 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929204545/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?region=re&pg=checklist&list=clements . dead .
- Book: Clements
, James F.
. Birds of the World: a Checklist . Cornell University Press . 2000 . 0-934797-16-1 . 880 .
Notes and References
- Web site: GLOBICE - Fiches par especes - . 8 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110919034626/http://www.globice.org/02_FichesCetaces.htm . 19 September 2011 . dead .
- http://www.iledelareunion.net/reptiles.htm Iledelareunion.net Reptiles
- http://christian.guillermet.perso.neuf.fr/phelsumas.htm
- http://www.kelonia.org/00-GB/Marine-Turtles/Indian-Ocean.html Kelonia.org - Marine Turtle Observatory