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Vanuatu - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity
Vanuatu is an island country in the West Pacific Ocean and the tropical zone. It is located to southeast of Solomon islands and to north of New Caledonia. The following shows the distribution of animals in Vanuatu.
| Vanuatu | |
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Vanuatu regionally extinct in historic age |
 | Bird |
Tanna Ground-dove (?~AD1774) |
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Vanuatu extant species |
 | Megabat |
Long-tailed fruit bat ,
Vanauatu Flying Fox ,
Banks Flying Fox,
Insular Flying-fox |  | Crocodile |
Saltwater Crocodile |  | Kingfisher |
Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher |  | Parrot |
Rainbow Lorikeet ,
Palm Lorikeet |  | endemic bird |
Vanuatu Scrubfowl ,
Vanuatu Imperial-pigeon ,
Tanna Fruit-dove ,
Buff-bellied Monarch ,
Yellow-fronted White-eye ,
Mountain Starling |  | bird (EN) |
Santa Cruz Ground-dove |
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Vanuatu marine extant species |
 | Turtle |
Green turtle ,
Hawksbill turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Lesser Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Manta ray |  | Shark |
Whale shark (12m),
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Indo-Pacific sailfish ,
Black Marlin ,
Striped Marlin |  | Crab |
Coconut crab (40cm) |  | Coral |
Table coral' ,
Brain corals' |
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Vanuatu small extant species |
 | Bat (EN) |
Pacific Sheath-Tailed Bat,
Fijian Mastiff Bat |
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