Falkland Islands British military garrison is stationed on the islands, and the Falkland Islands government funds an additional company-sized light infantry Falkland Islands Defence Force. The Falklands claim an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extending from its coastal baselines, based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; this zone overlaps with the EEZ of Argentina. The United Kingdom and Argentina both claim the Falkland Islands. The UK bases its position on its continuous administration of the islands since 1833 and the islanders' "right to self-determination as set out in the UN Charter". Argentina's position is that it acquired the
Falkland Islands wolf Falkland Islands wolf The Falkland Islands wolf ("Dusicyon australis"), also known as the warrah ( or ) and occasionally as the Falkland Islands dog, Falkland Islands fox, or Antarctic wolf, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands. This endemic canid became extinct in 1876, the first known canid to have become extinct in historical times. It was the only modern species in the genus "Dusicyon". Traditionally it had been supposed that the most closely related genus was "Lycalopex", including the culpeo, which has been introduced to the Falkland Islands in modern times. However, in 2009, a cladistic