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	Mascarene Islands: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Mascarene Islands are volcanic (additional info and facts about volcanic) in origin, and were created as the African plate (additional info and facts about African plate) drifted over the Réunion hotspot (additional info and facts about Réunion hotspot).
		Most of the Mascarene flora and fauna is thought to be derived originally from Madagascar (A republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960) and Africa (The second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean).
		Many of the Mascarene birds evolved into flightless forms; the most famous of which was the Dodo (Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons), an extinct (additional info and facts about extinct) flightless pigeon (Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs) of Mauritius.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/mascarene_islands.htm (1206 words)

	Fauna of Mauritius
		The absence of man, the isolation of the islands of Mauritius, Rodrigues and Reunion over millions of years have enabled a remarkable fauna and flora to evolve there, undisturbed.
		This is often the case in remote and isolated islands.
		The arrival of man and the ensuing colonisation have had tremendous impacts on the native wildlife, most of it being driven into extinction or on the edge of it.
	www.encyclopedia.mu /Nature/Fauna/index.html (235 words)

	AllRefer.com - Mascarene Islands (Mauritius And Reunion Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		AllRefer.com - Mascarene Islands (Mauritius And Reunion Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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		Mascarene Islands[maskurEn´] Pronunciation Key, in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Mascaren.html (156 words)

	Mascarene Coot - Poule d'eau - Fulica newtoni
		Mascarene Coot - Poule d'eau - Fulica newtoni
		Mascarene Coot Fulica newtoni is known from numerous travelers' reports and bones from Réunion (to France), and also probably occurred on Mauritius from where there were reports of poule d'eau, the contemporary name used for the birds on Réunion.
		Birds were last reported on Réunion (by Dubois) in 1672, and on Mauritius (by Leguat) in 1693, and were presumably hunted to extinction despite the fact that they were “not good to eat”.
	www.birds.mu /Extinct/MascareneCoot.htm (103 words)

	Mascarene Islands on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Biodiversity hot spots: top 10 sea locales make sobering list.
		Geochronology of the Letete and Waweig formations, Mascarene Group, southwestern New Brunswick.
		Putting the western Indian Ocean on the map.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Mascaren.asp (314 words)

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