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Palau - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity
Palau is an island country in the West Pacific Ocean and the tropical zone. It is located to east of Philippine and to north of New Guinea island. The following shows the distribution of animals in Palau.
| Palau | |
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Palau regionally extinct in historic age |
 | Megabat |
Large Palau Flying Fox (?~AD1874) |  | Bird |
Scaly-breasted Munia |
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Palau extant species |
 | Megabat |
Pelew Flying Fox |  | Crocodile |
Saltwater Crocodile |  | endemic bird |
Palau Ground-dove ,
Micronesian Imperial-pigeon ,
Palau Fruit-dove ,
Palau Swiftlet ,
Micronesian Myzomela ,
Morningbird ,
Palau Fantail ,
Palau Bush-warbler ,
Caroline Islands White-eye ,
Giant White-eye ,
Micronesian Starling |  | bird (EN) |
Micronesian Scrubfowl |
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Palau marine extant species |
 | Turtle |
Green turtle ,
Hawksbill turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Great Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Manta ray |  | Shark |
Great hammerhead ,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Indo-Pacific sailfish ,
Black Marlin |  | Nautilus |
Palau Nautilus |  | Coral |
Table coral' ,
Brain corals' |  | Jellyfish |
Moon Jelly (Jellyfish Lake),
Spotted Jelly (Jellyfish Lake) |
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Palau small extant species |
 | Bat (EN) |
Pacific Sheath-Tailed Bat |
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