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maui vacation rentals site Written by Maui Best Team July 31, 2018

What are mongoose?

Mongoose are a weasel-looking animal with a slender body and brown reddish short hair. They have a long tail and short legs. The species found in Hawaii is the small Indian mongoose or Herpestes javanicus. Mongoose were introduced to Hawaii over a hundred years ago by sugar cane farmers to kill rats in the field. It...
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