Editing Vanuatu rain forests (section)

==Fauna==
Bats are the only native mammals in the ecoregion. There are twelve species – four [[megabat]]s and eight [[microbat]]s – five of which are endemic. The four megabats – [[Vanuatu flying fox]] (''Pteropus anetianus''), [[Temotu flying fox]] (''Pteropus nitendiensis''), [[Vanikoro flying fox]] (''Pteropus tuberculatus''), and [[Banks flying fox]] (''Pteropus fundatus'') – are endemic. Native [[microchiroptera]] include the [[Fijian blossom bat]] (''Notopteris macdonaldi''), [[Fijian mastiff bat]] (''Chaerephon bregullae''), [[Pacific sheath-tailed bat]] (''Emballonura semicaudata''), [[large-footed bat]] (''Myotis adversus''), [[little bent-wing bat]] (''Miniopterus australis''), [[great bent-winged bat]] (''Miniopterus tristis''), [[Temminck's trident bat]] (''Aselliscus tricuspidatus''), and [[fawn leaf-nosed bat]] (''Hipposideros cervinus''). The endemic [[Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat]] (''Nyctimene sanctacrucis'') is presumed extinct.<ref name = wwf/>

The [[Pacific boa]] (''Candoia bibroni''), also known as Bibron’s bevel-headed boa, the Solomon Islands boa, or the Pacific ground boa (among several other names), is native to the island and surrounding region. It is unique among [[Boidae]] snakes for its “bevel” or “spade”-shaped snout, used for digging; perhaps the closest comparable species would be the [[Kenyan sand boa]], which spends much of its time burrowing, where it will lie in wait to ambush its passing prey above.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

There are 79 native bird species in Vanuatu. Fifteen species are [[endemism|endemic]] – [[Vanuatu scrubfowl]] (''Megapodius layardi''), [[Santa Cruz ground-dove]] (''Gallicolumba sanctaecrucis''), [[Tanna ground-dove]] (''Gallicolumba ferruginea''), [[Tanna fruit-dove]] (''Ptilinopus tannensis''), [[Baker's imperial pigeon]] (''Ducula bakeri''), [[palm lorikeet]] (''Charmosyna palmarum''), [[chestnut-bellied kingfisher]] (''Todirhamphus farquhari''), [[Vanikoro monarch]] (''Mayrornis schistaceus''), [[buff-bellied monarch]] (''Neolalage banksiana''), [[black-throated shrikebill]] (''Clytorhynchus nigrogularis''), [[Vanikoro flycatcher]] (''Myiagra vanikorensis''), [[Santa Cruz white-eye]] (''Zosterops santaecrucis''), [[yellow-fronted white-eye]] (''Zosterops flavifrons''), [[Sanford's white-eye]] (''Woodfordia lacertosa''), 
[[New Hebrides honeyeater]] (''Phylidonyris notabilis''), [[royal parrotfinch]] (''Erythrura regia''), [[Polynesian starling]] (''Aplonis tabuensis''), [[rusty-winged starling]] (''Aplonis zelandica''), and [[Mountain starling]] (''Aplonis santovestris'').<ref name = wwf/> The ecoregion corresponds to the '''Vanuatu and Temotu''' [[endemic bird area]].<ref>BirdLife International (2020) Endemic Bird Areas factsheet: Vanuatu and Temotu. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/06/2020.</ref>