Editing Mayotte (section)

=== Terrestrial environment ===
{{main|Comoros forests}}
[[File:Ripisylve Mayotte.jpg|thumb|[[Riparian forest]] with great [[mango tree]]s]]
Mayotte has a great diversity in its plant life: more than 1,300 species are recorded, half of them being endemic, making this island one of the richest in plant diversity in the world compared to its size.<ref name="Naturalistes"/> 15% of the island is classified as natural reserve; however, the primal forest now covers barely 5% of the island due to illegal deforestation.

Just like many volcanic islands, Mayotte shelters quite a limited mammal biodiversity, the only native species being [[flying fox]]es (''[[Pteropus seychellensis]] comorensis''). However, there are 18 species of reptiles, 23 of terrestrial molluscs, 116 butterflies, 38 dragonflies, 50 grasshoppers, and 150 beetles.<ref name="Naturalistes">[https://www.naturalistesmayotte.fr/mayotte/ Découvrons Mayotte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623162645/https://www.naturalistesmayotte.fr/mayotte/ |date=23 June 2019 }}, on naturalistesmayotte.fr.</ref>