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The bowfin (Amia calva) is a ray-finned fish native to North America. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique.It is regarded as a relict, being one of only two surviving species of the Halecomorphi, a group of fish that first appeared during the Early Triassic, around 250 million years ago.
A herd of axis deer in Maui. Hawaii is the most isolated major land mass in the world and that isolation has led to very high rates of endemism.Uniquely adapted endemic species are often sensitive to competition from invasive species and Hawaii has had numerous extinctions (List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands).
COURTESY DLNR Coqui frogs, native to Puerto Rico, were unintentionally introduced to Hawaii around 1988, according to the Oahu Invasive Species Committee. COURTESY DLNR Coqui frogs, native to ...
Located about 2,300 miles (3,680 km) from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent colonizations of arriving species and the slow evolution of those species—in isolation from the rest of the world's flora and fauna—over a period of ...
Travelers hoping to visit Hawaii in coming weeks are being asked to avoid West Maui, which has been ravaged by wildfires.
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Fauna of Hawaii — animals native to or naturalized in the Hawaiian Islands, part of the Oceania ecozone fauna. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
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