Nonnative Mammals

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Common Name	Scientific name	Year first observed	Length of time breeding	Method of Introduction
Statewide established populations
Hog	Sus scrofa	1500s	At least 10 years	Introduced
House Mouse	Mus musculus	Unknown	At least 10 years	Introduced
Black Rat	Rattus rattus	late 1700s	At least 10 years	Introduced
Norway Rat	Rattus norvegicus	early 1800s	At least 10 years	Introduced
Nine-banded Armadillo	Dasypus novemcinctus	1920s	At least 10 years	Introduced and natural range expansion
Coyote	Canis latrans	1925	At least 10 years	Introduced and natural range expansion
Red Fox	Vulpes vulpes	1950s	At least 10 years	Introduced and natural range expansion
Locally established populations
Sambar Deer	Cervus unicolor	1908	At least 10 years	Introduced (St. Vincents Island, Franklin County)
Pallas's Mastiff Bat	Molossus molossus tropidorhynchus	1929	At least 10 years	Natural range expansion (Florida Keys)
Rhesus Macaque	Macaca mulatta	1930	At least 10 years	Escaped from tourist attraction (Marion, Lake, Seminole Counties)
Mexican Red-bellied Squirrel	Sciurus aureogaster	1938	At least 10 years	Released by owner (Elliott, Sand Key, Miami-Dade County)
Vervet Monkey	Chlorocebus aethiops	1950s	At least 10 years	Escaped from exhibitor and tourist attraction (Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach Counties)
Squirrel Monkey	Saimiri sciureus	1960's	At least 10 years	Escaped from tourist attraction (Broward, Lee Counties)
Elk	Cervus elaphus	1967	At least 10 years	Introduced (Highlands County)
Nutria	Myocastor coypus		At least 10 years	Range expansion from introduced populations outside Florida (Hillsborough, Duval Counties)
Observed species (not established)
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat	Artibeus jamaicensis	1983	Not reported breeding	Natural range expansion (Florida Keys)
Capybara	Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris	1990s	Reported breeding	Escaped from research facility (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Duval Counties)
Crab-eating Macaque	Macaca fascicularis	1990s	Not reported breeding	Escaped from research facility (Miami-Dade County)
Potentially extirpated species
Prairie Dog	Cynomys ludovicianus	1970s	At least 10 years (extirpated 2009)	Escaped from owners (Gilchrist County)
Gambian Pouch Rat	Cricetomys gambianus	2002	Less than 10 years	Escaped from breeder (Monroe County)