Kanak people
The earliest history of Europeans arriving on these islands is when Captain Cook of the United Kingdom landed in these islands in 1775 at a time when there were reportedly 70,000 Kanaks living in the archipelago. Cook gave the name "New Caledonia" to these islands, after Caledonia, his Scottish highlands.
List of mammals of New Caledonia
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in New Caledonia. There are 16 mammal species in New Caledonia, of which 0 are critically endangered, 2 are endangered, 4 are vulnerable, and 0 are near-threatened. 1 of the species listed for New Caledonia is considered to be extinct.