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First year: 1938 Extirpated year: Established status: Populations are confirmed breeding and apparently self-sustaining for 10 or more consecutive years. Estimated Florida range: 1 county At least 10 years Statewide trend: Unknown status Threats to natives: Effects on native species is unknown. Species Account: Native of Mexico introduced on Elliot Key in Biscayne Bay in 1938, Dade County, where it still persists despite the impact of Hurricane Andrew. Was formerly also on nearby Adams Key and Sand Key, but its status there is not known.
References Layne, J. 1997. Nonindigenous Mammals. Pages 157-186 in Strangers in Paradise: impact and management of nonindigenous species in Florida (Simberloff,D., D. Schmitz, and T. Brown, eds.). Island Press, Washington, D. C. |
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