Animal Info - Federated States of Micronesia
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 the Federated States of Micronesia
and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the
2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Number of endemic species: 3 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996 and 2000:
6 (IUCN
1996, IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
Micronesia contains portions of the Micronesian Marine Ecosystems Global 200 Ecoregion (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Micronesia contains portions of the Polynesia & Micronesian Island Complex
Global
Biodiversity Hotspot (Cons. Intl. 1999a)
Population
Population in 1995: 120,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 171.0 people/sq km (442.8 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 129,658 (World
Almanac 1999)
Area
Area: 702 sq km (271 sq mi) (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Economy
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $1,700 (World Almanac 1999)
References and Links
References: Cons. Intl. 1999a, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN
2004, 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 Micronesia): 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 Micronesia: The Nature
Conservancy - Micronesia, United
Nations Environment Program - Micronesia
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