Sanana Island

Sanana, Indonesian Pulau Sanana, is a 558 km ² large Indonesian island of Sula Islands in the Moluccas.

Sanana located in the southeast of the island Mangole, has a circumference of 136.7 km and about 20,000 inhabitants. The highest elevation is 695 m high.

It is cultivated rice, corn, coconut, sugar cane and tobacco. It is obtained sago and operated fishing. The capital is also called Sanana and has an airport.

Fauna

The following species occur (selection):

  • Gray cuscus ( Phalanger orientalis) (introduced )
  • Wild Boar ( Sus scrofa) (introduced )
  • Pacific rat (Rattus exulans ) (introduced )
  • Dwarf - long tongue Flying Fox ( Macroglossus minimus )
  • Tube nose bats ( Nyctimene cephalotes )
  • Floral nose bat ( Anthops ornatus )
  • Schreiber's bat ( Miniopterus schreibersi )
Mangole Island Taliabu Banda Sea Ceram Sea Maluku Islands Northern common cuscus Polynesian rat
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