Map of the far northwestern Marquesas Islands (modified from a screenshot of a map from MSMaps)

The Eiao Nature Reserve is a nature reserve encompassing the whole of the island of Eiao in the northern Marquesas Islands, as well as several surrounding rocks. The reserve was declared in 1992, as a first step in preserving whatever remains of the devastated ecosystem, which has almost entirely been destroyed through over-grazing by feral goats, sheep and swine. Image File history File links This is a map of the far northwestern Marquesas islands, altered significantly from a screenshot from Microsofts mappoint maps This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software. ... Image File history File links This is a map of the far northwestern Marquesas islands, altered significantly from a screenshot from Microsofts mappoint maps This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software. ... A nature reserve is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ... Map of the far northwestern Marquesas Islands (modified from a screenshot of a map from MSMaps) Eïao is the largest of the extreme northwestern Marquesas Islands. ... National motto: Mau‘u‘u ha‘e iti Official languages French, Tahitian Political status Dependent territory, administrative division of French Polynesia Capital Tai o Hae Largest City Tai o Hae Area 1,274 km² ( 492 sq. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In ecology, an ecosystem is a naturally occurring assemblage of organisms (plant, animal and other living organisms—also referred to as a biotic community or biocoenosis) living together with their environment (or biotope), functioning as a loose unit. ... A feral animal or plant is one that has escaped from domestication and returned, partly or wholly, to its wild state. ... Species See Species and subspecies A goat is an animal in the genus Capra, which consists of nine species: the Ibex, the West Caucasian Tur, the East Caucasian Tur, the Markhor, and the Wild Goat. ... Binomial name Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries), which probably descends from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms The domestic pig is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ...

The reserve is the primary nesting site of several endangered species, several of which are endemic, including the Eiao Polynesian Warbler (Acrocephalus caffer aquilonis) and the Iphis monarch (Pomarea iphis). The American bison numbered as few as 750 in 1890 due to extreme overhunting. ... Endemic, in a broad sense, can mean belonging or native to, characteristic of, or prevalent in a particular geography, race, field, area, or environment; Native to an area or scope. ...

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