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    emerged victorious at the Necker Mauritius Open, a PSA Gold tournament, in June 2022. In 2023, Elías reached his first British Open final, losing out to Ali...
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  • The known and sometimes formally documented history of Mauritius begins with its possible discovery by Austronesians (not documented) under the Austronesian...
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  • This is a list of the bird species recorded in Mauritius. The avifauna of Mauritius include a total of 156 species, of which 28 are endemic, and 22 have...
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    Dodo (redirect from Mauritius Dodo)
    cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative...
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    (Psittacula eques) is a species of parrot endemic to the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and formerly Réunion. It is the only living native parrot of the Mascarene...
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    species of giant tortoise endemic to Mauritius, the Mauritius saddle-backed (Cylindraspis inepta) and the Mauritius domed (Cylindraspis triserrata). Today...
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    Reunion giant tortoise †Cylindraspis inepta, saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise or Mauritius giant domed tortoise †Cylindraspis peltastes, domed Rodrigues...
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    original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015. "Mauritius celebrates Thai Pongal in style". Air Mauritius. Retrieved 1 December 2023. Sivasupramaniam, V...
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    near Zanzibar. Other captive populations exist in conservation parks in Mauritius and Rodrigues. The tortoises exploit many different kinds of habitat,...
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    Gerald Durrell (category Open Library ID different from Wikidata)
    Valley in Mauritius, is the home of the Mauritius Wildlife Appeal Fund's immensely successful captive breeding programme for the Mauritius kestrel, pink...
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    Egyptian goose has been introduced and established breeding populations in Mauritius, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. In the US, breeding...
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    Pacific Ocean with eccentric breeding in the Indian Ocean on Round Island, Mauritius Herald petrel, Pterodroma heraldica – southwest Pacific Ocean – split...
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    The black-necked weaver (Ploceus nigricollis) is a resident breeding bird species in much of central Africa from Cameroon in the west to Kenya and southern...
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    was introduced to Reunion Island in the mid-1990s and can be found in Mauritius, mainly in the northern part of the island at first, then in Floreal and...
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    Order of Merit (category Use dmy dates from April 2022)
    empire, equal in status to the UK, the Order of Merit continued as an honour open to all these realms and, in many, became a part of their newly developing...
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    Martello tower (category Use dmy dates from October 2022)
    plan, Fort George, Mauritius - The National Archives Image library". images.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2018. The Mauritius Almanac and Civil...
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    New York City (category Use American English from August 2022)
    called North River (now the Hudson River), named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange. Hudson claimed the region for the Dutch...
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    American Christian missionary and memoirist (30 November 1812), dying in Mauritius "Reason thus with life, / If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing / That...
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    †Mascarinus †Mascarene parrot, Mascarinus mascarin Genus †Lophopsittacus †Mauritius grey parrot, Lophopsittacus bensoni The extinct Mascarene grey parrot...
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    all Mauritanian public schools. School uniforms in Mauritius are generally compulsory. Mauritius being a former British colony, has been using the system...
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    Hospital, Beaujon Hospital, the Curie Institute, Lariboisière Hospital, Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Hôpital de la Charité and...
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    Horse racing (category Articles needing additional references from January 2022)
    The Mauritius Turf Club is the second oldest active turf club in the world. Undeniably, racing is one of the most popular sports in Mauritius now attracting...
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  • Ghana Gibraltar Hong Kong Isle of Man Jamaica Jersey Kenya Malaya Malta Mauritius New Zealand North Borneo Northern Ireland Pakistan Papua and New Guinea—first...
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    Numan, Nigeria "Organ Pipes" near Twyfelfontein, Namibia Rochester Falls, Mauritius Seliana, Tunisia[citation needed] Isle de la Madeleine, Dakar, Senegal...
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    formed near Mauritius and explosively intensified into a powerful Category 3 equivalent tropical cyclone named Berguitta. It passed near Mauritius and strong...
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  • List of riots (category Articles with dead external links from February 2022)
    Petersburg, Russia) 1905 – Pagoda riots Cantonese versus Hakka clans (Mauritius) 1906 – Atlanta race riot (Atlanta, United States) 1907 – Bellingham riots...
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    Gabon (category Articles needing additional references from August 2022)
    highest HDI (after Mauritius, Seychelles, and South Africa) and the fifth highest GDP per capita (PPP) (after Seychelles, Mauritius, Equatorial Guinea...
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    Hispaniola, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Mauritius and Réunion. This often abundant species occurs in a wide range of open or semiopen habitats, including woodlands...
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    like the Mauritius kestrel. Most habitat types are occupied, from tundra to rainforest and deserts, although they are generally more birds of open country...
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    white face, iridescent green lower neck and dull brown plumage. The Indian peafowl lives mainly on the ground in open forest or on land under cultivation...
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