Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island. It lies roughly 1000 miles of the nearest coast of Florida. It should be noted, that Puerto Rican civilians do not have the same rights as other USA citizens.
Never-the-less, from a wildlife point of view, not being on the USA mainland means that there are a range of wildlife which you would not encounter elsewhere in the USA. This includes animals like toucans and parrots, and even Boa Constrictors (while these have become pests in Florida in recent decades, they are native to Puerto Rico.
Species Watch: Cross river gorilla and western lowland gorilla
The cross River gorilla (picture above) is a critically endangered subspecies of the Western lowland gorilla species. The cross River gorilla are scattered in at least 11 groups across the lowland montane forests and rainforests of Cameroon and Nigeria, an area of 3,000 square miles, or a little smaller than Puerto Rico. There are only …...
