Formosan may refer to various things associated with the island of Taiwan (formerly called Formosa): *

Taiwanese people Taiwanese people are the Taiwanese nationality law, citizens and nationals of the Republic of China (ROC) and those who reside in an Overseas Taiwanese, overseas diaspora from the entire Taiwan Area. The term also refers to natives or inhabitan ...

who lived on the island before 1945, and their descendants *

Taiwanese indigenous peoples Taiwanese indigenous peoples, formerly called Taiwanese aborigines, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 600,303 or 3% of the Geography of Taiwan, island's population. This total is incr ...

, descendants of inhabitants of the island before Chinese settlement *

Formosan languages The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping comprising the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, all of which are Austronesian. They do not form a single subfamily of Austronesian but rather up to nine separate primary subfamili ...

, the languages of the indigenous people of the island *

Formosan black bear The Formosan Black Bear (, ''Ursus thibetanus formosanus''), also known as the Taiwanese black bear or white-throated bear, is a subspecies of the Asiatic black bear. It was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864. Formosan black bears are ...

, a species endemic to the island *

Formosan Mountain Dog The Taiwan Dog () is a breed of small or medium dog indigenous to Taiwan. These dogs are also known as the Formosan Mountain Dog. Taiwan Dogs have been genetically traced back between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago, making them one of the oldest an ...

, a breed of dog commonly referred to as Formosan

See also