List of non-fictional lost worlds
- List of non-fictional lost worlds
This is a list of non-fictional lost worlds, where the terrain has been isolated from its geological surroundings, and thus gained an independent ecological evolution, often resulting in the birth of species endemic to that area.
List by region
Africa
*Madagascar - many species are indigenous to the island.
Antarctica
*Weddell Sea - many undiscovered new animals found [cite news
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Asia
*Flores, Indonesia - Remains of homo floresiensis and pygmy elephants.
*Vu Quang, Vietnam - discovery of new deers in the 1990s.
Oceania
*Foja Mountains, New Guinea - Various new species, including a 1.4 kg rat, a honeyeater, and several frogs and plants.
*New Zealand - Many species of bird endemic to the islands.
Some endemic species (includes extinct ones) are:
**†Adzebill
**Callaeidae
**†Eyle's Harrier
**†Haast's Eagle
**Hector's dolphin
**Kakapo
**Karearea
**Kererū
**Kiwi
**Maui's dolphin
**†Moa
**Mystacinidae
**†New Zealand grayling
**New Zealand Long-tailed Bat
**†New Zealand Owlet-nightjar
**†New Zealand Swan
**New Zealand Wren
**Takahē
**Tuatara
**Weta
Middle east
*Ayalon Cave, Israel - limestone cave isolated from outside world. New crustaceans discovered. [cite news
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first = Mati
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title =Prehistoric Cave Discovered; 8 New Species Thrive Inside
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publisher =National Geographic
date =2006-06-02
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accessdate = 2007-06-06 ]
outh America
*Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
*Monte Roraima, shared by Brazil, Venezuela and Guayana - model of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World"
*Suriname - 24 new species were discovered in the remote plateaus of eastern Suriname in 2006 [cite news
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North America
*Hawaiian Islands, United States, contains many species of bird endemic to the islands.
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