July 12, 2023
Before humans arrived circa 1000 CE, the only mammals on New Zealand were three types of bats. Polynesian settlers introduced two mammal species. European settlers brought 51 mammal species.
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Where Is “Old Zealand”?
The map is littered with place names that are derived from older place names. New Brunswick. New Hampshire. New Orleans. The act of taking a location from an explorer’s country of origin, prefixing it with “New,” and assigning it to a place that scarcely resembles its namesake (”Old” Jersey is a
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