How did Puerto Rico get monkeys?

The island, known locally as Monkey Island, first became home to these unlikely inhabitants in the late 1930s, when primatologist Clarence Carpenter brought about 450 of the monkeys by ship from India to the 38-acre island to study their social and sexual behaviors.



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When you think of a rainforest, you might imagine wildlife such as jaguars and monkeys, but you won't find those among El Yunque's animals. The island of Puerto Rico was formed from an underground volcano, so while the island boasts a lot of aquatic wildlife, birds, and amphibians, it doesn't have many endemic mammals.

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As iconic as the islands' pristine beaches and tropical forests, the 60,000-plus green monkeys of St. Kitts and Nevis are a quintessential part of the Caribbean experience for many visitors. But while these photogenic mischief-makers might charm tourists, they pose serious threats to the twin-island Federation.

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There are also 9 mangrove areas in Puerto Rico and the list of reptiles in PR does not include alligators or crocodiles (although I found some conflicting news reports). I see that Charlie has already shown that there may be a few cypress swamps that don't have alligators if you go far enough north and inland.

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The inside story of how Puerto Rico lost its only elephant Mundi the African elephant was the pride of Puerto Rico's only zoo. But her fate became entangled in the island's recent struggles with natural disasters and a debilitating debt crisis.

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Answer and Explanation: There are no monkeys in Hawaii. Hawaii's indigenous animals, those that are native to the island, include the hoary bat, the Hawaiian state bird, the nene, which is a type of goose, the endangered Hawksbill sea turtle, and Hawaiian monk seals. There are also numerous kinds of native sea-birds.

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