Question
What would be a probable explanation for why there are many endemic plants and birds in New Zealand, but no native mammals?
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Responses
They were driven away by non–native mammals.
They were driven away by non–native mammals.
Plants and birds would make ocean crossings to the isolated New Zealand islands, mammals could not.
Plants and birds would make ocean crossings to the isolated New Zealand islands, mammals could not.
They were hunted to extinction by the Maori.
They were hunted to extinction by the Maori.
The island habitats were not conducive to mammalian life.