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Pulu Keeling National Park Management Plan
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Terrestrial Vertebrates
The only terrestrial vertebrates recorded from North Keeling Island are birds, the gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris, and rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus. The gecko is relatively uncommon (Stokes and Cogger 1987), while the rabbit was an early introduction that had disappeared by the 1880s (Guppy 1890). North Keeling Island has never been colonised by rats.