Animal Info - Comoros
Contents
Threatened Species, Environmental
and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems,
Population, Area, Economy),
References and Links
Threatened Species
Threatened Species: The following list
includes all mammals which occur in Comoros and are rated as Critically
Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Total number of species: 12 (Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 2 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996 and 2000:
3 (25 % of total species) (IUCN
1996, IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
Comoros contains portions of the Seychelles & Mascarene Islands Forests Global 200 Ecoregion (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Population
Population in 1995: 549,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 294.8 people/sq km (763.6 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 545,528 (World
Almanac 1999)
Area
Area: 1,862 sq km (719 sq mi) (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Economy
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $650 (World Almanac 1999)
References and Links
References: Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996,
IUCN 2003a, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link
for Comoros): CIA
World Factbook, Foreign
Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library
of Congress - Country Studies, University
of Texas - Country Maps, Washington
Post - Countries, World
Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for Comoros: Action Comores,
Comoro Islands,
Comoros
Islands Internet Resources - Stanford University
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