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The Pacific is biologically unique, as its isolated islands provide ideal conditions for the evolution of new species. Thus, Pacific islands have high numbers of "endemic"species - species that are restricted to only one or a few islands and found no

On several Caribbean islands in the late 1800s, Indian mongoose Herpestes auropunctatus were introduced to control black rats Rattus rattus. They have subsequently had a detrimental impact on native flora and fauna. Trials were initiated in January 1