Some very rare endemic species still live in the forests and the isle around the island. Among the most common ones we find the kestrel predator bird, the green parakeet and the pink pigeon.
The Dodo is the emblematic animal of Mauritius, sadly an extinct species. It used to be a huge bird weighing about 25 kg, which disappeared at the end of the 17th Century, being hunted by man and some animals introduced that he introduced into the island.
Throughout the succesive colonial periods, Mauritius has preserved monkeys, the deer and the wild boar that had been introduced by the Portuguese and the Dutch in the 17th Century. The mongoose and tortoises brought by the English are still present on the island.
The Dodo is the emblematic animal of Mauritius, sadly an extinct species. It used to be a huge bird weighing about 25 kg, which disappeared at the end of the 17th Century, being hunted by man and some animals introduced that he introduced into the island.
Throughout the succesive colonial periods, Mauritius has preserved monkeys, the deer and the wild boar that had been introduced by the Portuguese and the Dutch in the 17th Century. The mongoose and tortoises brought by the English are still present on the island.
