The Indian brown mongoose,yet another invader in Fiji |
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| Authors: | Geraldine Veron Marie-Lilith Patou Daniel Simberloff Patricia A. McLenachan Craig G. Morley |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Unité Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité (OSEB, CNRS UMR 7205), Département Systématique et Evolution,Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle,Paris Cedex 05,France;2.Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,University of Tennessee,Knoxville,USA;3.Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution,Massey University,Palmerston North,New Zealand;4.Department of Conservation,Kauri Coast Area Office,Dargaville,New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | A thriving population of the Indian brown mongoose (Herpestes fuscus), native to southwest India and Sri Lanka, has been discovered on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji. This is the first known introduction of this species and may derive from a pair brought from an unknown source to a private zoo in the late 1970s. They co-occur on Viti Levu with the much smaller small Indian mongoose (H. auropunctatus), and they are probably nocturnally active. No research has been conducted on their activity, diet, or impact on Fiji. |
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