The Mascarene Islands (English: /mæskəˈriːn/, French: Mascareignes) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of the islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of La Réunion. Their name derives from the Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas, who first visited them in April 1512. The islands share a common geologic origin in the volcanism of the Réunion hotspot beneath the Mascarene Plateau and form a distinct ecoregion with a unique flora and fauna.
The MascareneIslands (English: /mæskəˈriːn/, French: Mascareignes) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean...
Phyllanthaceae. It is commonly called MascareneIsland leaf flower as it is native to the MascareneIslands. It is often a weed in flower beds, gardens...
Bank, the MascareneIslands, Nazareth Bank, the Saya de Malha Bank, and the Soudan Banks. The MascareneIslands are the mountainous islands of the Cargados...
bensoni), is an extinct species of parrot which was endemic to the MascareneIslands of Mauritius and Réunion in the western Indian Ocean. It has been...
native grass type to the MascareneIsland. The epithet tenuifolia is commonly used to describe plant specimens in MascareneIslands and Zoysia tenuifolia...
nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the MascareneIslands. The main island of Mauritius, where the population is concentrated, hosts...
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autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about 560 km (350 mi) east of Mauritius. It is part of the MascareneIslands, which include...
Indian and Chinese indentured labour to the sugar plantations of the MascareneIslands, the term lascar is also used in Mauritius, Réunion and the Seychelles...
the Mascarene Islands. The nominate subspecies occurs on Mauritius and Réunion and has never been found away from the MascareneIslands, but the smaller...
from any adjacent continent. The Hawaiian Islands and Galapagos Islands in the Pacific, and MascareneIslands in the south Indian Ocean are examples. Continental...
and inhabited islands. This in turn supports the hypothesis that the ancestors of those birds reached the Mascareneislands by island hopping from South...
an extinct species of megabat. It lived on the islands of Réunion and Mauritius in the MascareneIslands of the Indian Ocean. The junior synonym Pteropus...
multiple subspecies formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands. As of February 2024, two different species...
strongest system this month. Cyclone Eleanor affected sparsely over the MascareneIslands. In the South Atlantic, Tropical Storm Akará affected Southern Brazil...
thousands of islands. Others consist of a single island, such as Barbados, Dominica, and Nauru; a main island and some smaller islands, such as Cuba...
The Mascarene parrot or mascarin (Mascarinus mascarinus) is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascareneisland of Réunion in the western...
parrot endemic to the MascareneIslands of Mauritius and formerly Réunion. It is the only living native parrot of the MascareneIslands; all others have become...
The Mascarene teal (Anas theodori), also known as Sauzier's teal and Mauritian duck, is an extinct dabbling duck that formerly occurred on the islands of...
rodricanus) is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascareneisland of Rodrigues. The species is known from subfossil bones and from mentions...
and was last noted on 14 March. Preparations for the storm in the MascareneIslands included flight groundings, cyclone alerts, and personnel being prepped...
sheldgoose may have descended from Egyptian geese that colonised the Mascareneislands. One contemporary account states that the Mauritius sheldgoose had...
traditionally been thought to be Madagascar, but more recently the MascareneIslands have been suggested as a possible place of origin. A long history...
in the monarch-flycatcher family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Mascareneislands of Mauritius and Réunion. There are two subspecies recognized: the...
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