The wildlife of Mauritius is composed of its flora and fauna, some have already become extinct, most famously The Dodo, an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in which water location?
Wildlife of Mauritius The wildlife of Mauritius is composed of its flora and fauna. Mauritius is located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar. Due to its isolation, it has a relatively low diversity of wildlife; however, a high proportion of these are endemic species occurring nowhere else in the world. Many of these are now threatened with extinction because of human activities including habitat destruction and the introduction of non-native species. Some have already become extinct, most famously the Dodo which disappeared in the 17th century.
Geography of Seychelles The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar and about 1600 km east of Kenya. Seychelles lies between approximately 4ºS and 10ºS and 46ºE and 54ºE. The nation is an archipelago of 155 tropical islands, some granite and some coral. the majority of which are small and uninhabited. The landmass is only 459 km, but the islands are spread over an Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,374,000 km. About 90 percent of the population of 90,000 live on Mahé, 9 percent on Praslin and La Digue. Around a third of the land area is the island of Mahé and a further third the atoll of Aldabra.