Fauna
The island has a free-ranging population of about 950 Rhesus monkeys. The monkeys are the offspring of an original group of 409 monkeys imported from India in 1938 that were used for scientific research. Today, the island serves as a research center for the University of Puerto Rico Caribbean Primate Research Center, the National Institutes of Health, Yale University, and Harvard University. The station accommodates 11 researchers and technicians who take the short boat trip from Humacao on a daily basis and normally don't stay on the island.
Cayo Batata, the second island belonging to Humacao, is located 5.7 km to the southwest.
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