Environmental agents of the Cabildo de Lanzarote and the Intervention Team of RedEXOS have captured in Playa Honda, municipality of San Bartolomé (Lanzarote) a specimen of moruna squirrel, a species considered exotic invasive in the Canary Islands. The animal would have arrived in Lanzarote accidentally, hidden in the body of a rental car that was moved from Fuerteventura by a couple of tourists.
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Environmental agents of the Cabildo de Lanzarote and the Intervention Team of RedEXOS have captured in Playa Honda, municipality of San Bartolomé (Lanzarote) a specimen of moruna squirrel, a species considered exotic invasive in the Canary Islands. The animal would have arrived in Lanzarote accidentally, hidden in the body of a rental car that was moved from Fuerteventura by a couple of tourists.