Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Smithsonian Institution Archives.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
R.D. Kirkpatrick
1965
Felis domestica
Pacific
Feb: Howland, Baker, Hull and Enderbury
all had feral cats until they were
killed off by Project personnel.
A Hull specimen skull was
collected as RDK #556.
Enderbury may still have a few
cats on it since 2 bird carcasses
appeared to have been fed on by a
cat.
Tokelan Islands
Feb: Thompson observed one cat on an
26 island across the lagoon from the
village on Fakafo Atoll.
Feb: Our native guides on Fakafo say
27 that there are many cats in the village
and on other islands of the atoll. They
are kept to kill rats and as pets.
They are not eaten and are fed fish.
Nukunono Atoll, Tokelan Islands
Feb: Cats were observed in the village and
28 2 cats were seen on an uninhabited
island 8 miles from the village.