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Most reports claim that the mongoose introduction did not have the desired effect of rat control, either in Hawaii or St. Croix. (This may be because rats are nocturnal and mongooses aren't.) The mongoose hunted birds and bird eggs, threatening many local island species. The mongooses bred prolifically with males becoming sexually mature at 4 months and females producing litters of 2–5 pups a year. On Okinawa, the mongoose is known to carry antimicrobial-resistant strains of E. coli.[15]

Mongooses can carry leptospirosis,[16] and are a major rabies vector in Puerto Rico.[17]

In 2016, the European Commission put the mongoose on the list of invasive alien species in the EU.[18]

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Between 1872 and 1979, the Javan mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) was deliberately introduced to almost 45 islands; including but not limited to, eight islands in the Pacific Ocean, and a continental mainland. Now, this small bodied carnivore roams freely and profoundly on both the mainland and islands of Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Oceania. Cite proquest Contrary to popular belief, the Javan mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) and the Indian mongoose or small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropuntatus) are two separate species. In an experiment examining mitochondrial DNA, this finding was revealed. Previously, it was thought that the Javan and the small Indian mongoose were the same species based on morphological studies. Cite research gate

The western subspecies group is sometimes treated as a separate species, the Indian mongoose or small Indian mongoose (Herpestes palustris). Herpestes auropunctatus https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Geraldine_Veron/publication/26286265_Molecular_phylogeny_of_the_Herpestidae_Mammalia_Carnivora_with_a_special_emphasis_on_the_Asian_Herpestes/links/59df378d45851593bea63279/Molecular-phylogeny-of-the-Herpestidae-Mammalia-Carnivora-with-a-special-emphasis-on-the-Asian-Herpestes.pdf