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New Caledonia - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in New Caledonia. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
New Caledonia is an island terretory of France in the South Pacific Ocean and the tropical zone. It is located to south of Vanuatu and to north of New Zealand. The following shows the distribution of animals in New Caledonia.
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New Caledonia
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Bird |
Auckland Islands Teal ,
Painted Buttonquail,
Australasian Bittern,
New Caledonia Gallinule (？～AD1860),
White-throated Eared-nightjar |
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New Caledonia
extant species |
 | Megabat |
Ornate Flying Fox,
Insular Flying-fox,
New Caledonia Flying Fox |  | Ibis |
Glossy Ibis |  | Raptor |
White-bellied Goshawk |  | Rail |
New Caledonian Rail |  | Parrot |
Rainbow Lorikeet ,
New Caledonian Lorikeet ,
Horned Parakeet ,
Uvea Parakeet ,
Red-fronted Parakeet ,
Red-crowned Parakeet | | endemic bird |
New Caledonian Imperial-pigeon,
Cloven-feathered Dove,
New Caledonian Friarbird,
Barred Honeyeater,
New Caledonian Cuckoo-shrike,
New Caledonian Whistler,
New Caledonian Crow,
Yellow-bellied Robin,
New Caledonia Thicketbird,
Large Lifou White-eye,
Green-backed White-eye,
Small Lifou White-eye,
Striated Starling,
Red-throated Parrotfinch | | bird (CR) |
New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar | | bird (EN) |
Kagu ,
Crow Honeyeater |  | Tree |
(Amborella trichopoda) |
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New Caledonia
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
Dugong |  | Turtle |
Loggerhead Sea Turtle,
Green turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Great Frigatebird,
Lesser Frigatebird |  | Albatross |
Wandering Albatross |  | Ray |
Manta ray |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Scalloped hammerhead,
Great hammerhead,
Great white shark,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Indo-Pacific sailfish,
Black Marlin,
Striped Marlin |  | Tuna |
Pacific bluefin tuna |  | Nautilus |
New Caledonia Nautilus |  | Coral |
Table coral',
Brain corals' |
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New Caledonia
small extant
species |
| Bat (CR) |
New Caledonian Long-eared Bat | | Bat (EN) |
New Caledonia Wattled Bat,
Loyalty Bent-winged Bat |
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