Interesting/Little Known introduced populations

Wisconsin's Sika population is no more.

I'm honestly surprised to find so little info on the net on this subject, which is relatively well-known to hunters and naturalists in the area.

Wisconsin's white deer population creating a dilemma - Outdoornews

Even though this article uses the word "speculate" there is A LOT of evidence. White deer, the now extirpated Fallow Deer population, and frequent hunting ranch escapes all point toward this conclusion. Especially when you consider the areas with former Fallow populations and escapees are spots were a few years later the deer look odd.

 

Especially when you consider the vast range of hoofstock that have produced white individuals, from Blackbuck to Bison, from Muntjac to Red Deer.

 

I would think Fallow x Whitetailed Deer would be infertile, if it was even possible, as parent species are not related in any way. Sika is more closely related to Red deer/Wapiti so can hybridise and hybrids would probably be fertile too.

 

I can offer an alternative reason why white White-tailed deer( not hybrids), may be appearing more frequently. It is a simple recessive genetic trait so needs either two white animals, or two normal coloured carriers of the gene, to mate to produce (possibly) another white animal. If these white animals are being protected, the chances of them breeding together or with normal -coloured carriers of the gene becomes increasingly great, as selection is working in their favour, resulting in more and more white deer appearing. Nothing to do with Fallow deer.

 

I have plans to visit Sheboygan Indian Mound Park soon, where a resident pair of Great Tits are found (and nest every year). I will try to take and upload photos.

 

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) observed by firebike on December 14, 2018 · iNaturalist.org

 

That's disheartening...not to see the animal eating it, but for reasons hard to explain.

 

Article about introduced amphibians and reptilians on Taiwan :

A check list and population trends of invasive amphibians and reptiles in Taiwan

 

Interesting report. Many of the species are common invasives, though the potential of Alligator Snapping Turtle surprised me.

 

American Crows ad Northern Cardinals are both introduced in Bermuda, but the most interesting introduced bird in Bermuda is the Great Kiskadee, introduced in 1951 in an attempt to control anoles.

 

An invasive leaf-beetle on Malta :

Colaphellus palaestinus Achard, a new leaf-beetle for Europe (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae) | MIFSUD | Zootaxa

 

Lake goby in Iran :

Range extension and a new locality for the lake goby Rhinogobius lindbergi Berg, 1933 in the upper Tigris River drainage, Iran | MOUSAVI-SABET | FishTaxa

 

What about Eurasian Skylarks in Canada and American Beavers in Finland?

 

Just found out about Salmon-Crested Cockatoos on Oahu.

 

...and Ring-Tailed Lemurs in Texas!

 

Plains Zebra in California and Gemsbok in New Mexico.

Also, the iNat US checklist lists Scimitar-Horned Oryx as Introduced! (Scimitar-horned Oryx (Oryx dammah) on Mammals of the United States · iNaturalist.org).
Any info?