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They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti. Family: Balaenopteridae. Subfamily: Megapterinae. Genus: Megaptera. Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC; Suborder ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Samoa. The avifauna of Samoa include a total of 100 species, of which 9 are endemic , and 5 have been introduced by humans and 23 are rare or accidental. 13 species are globally threatened.
Donna Rose Addis; Barbara Ala'alatoa; Tuifuisa’a Patila Amosa; Mary Elizabeth Brown; Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop; Brianna Fruean; Aiono Fanaafi Le Tagaloa; Salu Hunkin-Finau
Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range. CR: Critically endangered: The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. EN: Endangered: The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. VU: Vulnerable: The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the ...
The National Park Service describes the National Park of American Samoa as “a world of sights, sounds, and experiences that you will find in no other national park in the United States.”
Pages in category "Fauna of Samoa" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. .
A related extinct species, the Tongan tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus placopedetes), is only known from subfossil remains in several archeological sites in Tonga. [2] [3] The tooth-billed pigeon is the national bird of Samoa and featured on the 20 tālā bills and the 50 sene pieces of the 2008/2011 series. Native only to Samoa's primary ...
Samoans or Samoan people (Samoan: tagata Sāmoa) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language. The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between the Independent State of Samoa and American Samoa , an unincorporated territory of the United States ...