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Map of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands ( 1502 )
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Madagascar and Mascarene
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands are home to ten endemic families of flowering plants ; eight are endemic to Madagascar ( Asteropeiaceae, Didymelaceae, Didiereaceae, Kaliphoraceae, Melanophyllaceae, Physenaceae, Sarcolaenaceae, and Sphaerosepalaceae ), one to Seychelles ( Mesdusagynaceae ) and one to the Mascarene Islands ( Psiloxylaceae ).
** Alopochen: African and Mascarene shelducks ( Africa and Madagascar region ; 1 living species, 2-3 extinct )
The Western Indo-Pacific covers the western and central portion of the Indian Ocean, including the Africa's east coast, the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Andaman Sea, as well as the coastal waters surrounding Madagascar, the Seychelles, Comoros, Mascarene Islands, Maldives, and Chagos Archipelago.
The Mascarene Islands ( or Mascarenhas Archipelago ) is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar comprising Mauritius, RĂ©union, Rodrigues, Cargados Carajos shoals, plus the former islands of the Saya de Malha, Nazareth and Soudan banks.
Most ferns disperse easily via ornithochory of their spores, allowing fairly frequent colonization from Madagascar and exchange among the Mascarene islands.
However, a 2012 genetic study showed that the Mascarene Parrot was nested among the subspecies of the Lesser Vasa Parrot from Madagascar and nearby islands, and was therefore not related to the Psittacula parrots.
The Egyptian Goose is native to mainland Africa, and the extinct species are from Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands.
The anomalies of the Mammal fauna of Madagascar can best be explained by supposing that ... a large continent occupied parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans ... that this continent was broken up into islands, of which some have become amalgamated with ... Africa, some ... with what is now Asia ; and that in Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands we have existing relics of this great continent, for which ...
There are about 50 species in the genus Anthocleista, native mainly to tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands.
The family is native to Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Oceania, Mexico, Central America, South America, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, and southern Africa.
The largest genus is Tambourissa, with 50 species in Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, and the Comoros.
The sea off the south-eastern coast of Africa was known as the " Sea of Zanj " and included the Mascarene islands and Madagascar.
Species of this genus are found in the Old World Tropics, especially in Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands and Asia.
There are 324 species currently accepted within the genus, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas ( around 300 species ) including the Caribbean Sea and West Indies, but also with some species in Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands.
However, a 2012 genetic study showed that the Mascarene Parrot was nested among the subspecies of the Lesser Vasa Parrot from Madagascar and nearby islands, and was therefore not related to the Psittacula parrots.
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