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Everywhere except Hawaii: Bats TIL there are mongoose (mongooses? mongeese?) in Puerto Rico.

• tzs 5y ago
  I noticed the mongooses too, and went Googling. Here's why they are there [1]: > The first successful introduction of mongooses to the Caribbean region was back in 1872. They were intentionally brought to the islands to control rats that were destroying sugarcane crop. From Jamaica, they were taken to other islands, between 1877 and 1879, Puerto Rico, St. Cr4iox [sic] and St. John for the same rat-control purpose. In 1883, Jamaican mongooses were imported by sugar growers on the Big Island of Hawaii, and then were later taken to the other Hawaiian Islands. http://stoppinginvasives.com/home/database/herpestes-javanicus http://stoppinginvasives.com/home/database/herpestes-javanic...
  • ghaff 5y ago
    I think Kauai is the only island in the state that doesn't have them which is why you actually see chickens roaming freely there.
    • eganist 5y ago
      I saw wild chickens roaming around in parking lots on O'ahu all the time lol
    • rezonant 5y ago
      Plenty of free roaming chickens on Maui
• dataflow 5y ago
  Yeah, that map looks super misleading without bats [edit: colored] on there. Bats in California (2015): http://www.theanimalcouncil.com/files/RabiesSurveillanceinCAAnnualReport2015.pdf#page=13 http://www.theanimalcouncil.com/files/RabiesSurveillanceinCA...
  • zenexer 5y ago
    It has bats, but it uses lines rather than colors to designate them since that territory overlaps with all the other animals.
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