
Map of the West Indies, showing the distribution of raccoons on islands throughout the region. The North American raccoon (Procyon lotor) occurs throughout the mainland of North and Central America and has been introduced in the Bahamas (New Providence, Grand Bahama, and Abaco), St. Martin, Guadeloupe and surrounding islands, Martinique, and formerly Barbados and perhaps Jamaica. Jamaica joined the Universal Postal Union in 1877. There is a fortnightly mail service to and from England direct, also one via New York, a weekly service to the United States. There are 160 post and 64 telegraph offices in the island