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List of invasive species in Japan

List of invasive species in Japan is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of invasive species in Japan rather than just read about it. In short: Invasive species include those introduced from overseas, such as the red-eared slider, as well as plants or animals introduced outside their native range within Japan (Siberian chipmunk, etc.). This is a non-exhaustive list, largely based on data from the National Institute of Environmental Studies.

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Reference excerpt

Invasive species include those introduced from overseas, such as the red-eared slider, as well as plants or animals introduced outside their native range within Japan (Siberian chipmunk, etc.). This is a non-exhaustive list, largely based on data from the National Institute of Environmental Studies.

Animal species

Mammals Bos taurus (cattle) - Problematic in Tokara Islands Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas's squirrel) - Invasive in various areas in Japan. Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel) - Invasive in Shizuoka prefecture. Canis familiaris (dog) Capra aegagrus (feral goat) Erinaceus amurensis (Amur hedgehog) Eutamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk) - Native to Hokkaido, invasive in Honshu. Felis catus (feral cat) Macaca cyclopis (Formosan rock macaque) Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque) Martes melampus (Japanese marten) Honshu native, invasive in Hokkaido and Sado Island Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac) Mus musculus (house mouse) - Nationwide. Mustela itatsi (Japanese weasel) Honshu native, invasive in Hokkaido Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel) Myocastor coypus (coypu, nutria) - Western Japan. Neogale vison (American mink) Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog) Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat) - Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama. Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit) Paguma larvata (masked palm civet) Procyon lotor (raccoon) Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) - Invasive on outlying islands. Rattus rattus (black rat) - Invasive in almost all of Japan. Sus scrofa (wild boar) on Ototojima and Okinoerabu islands Urva auropunctata (small Indian mongoose) - Okinawa and Kagoshima.

Reptiles Anolis carolinensis (Carolina anole) Chelydra serpentina (common snapping turtle) Cuora flavomarginata (Chinese box turtle) Gekko hokouensis (Hokou gecko) native to outlying islands, invasive on mainland Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko) Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko) Orthriophis taeniurus (beauty rat snake) Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese softshell turtle) Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) Protobothrops elegans (elegant pitviper) Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (brown spotted pit viper) Diploderma swinhonis (tree lizard)

Birds Columba livia (feral pigeon) Leiothrix lutea (red-billed leiothrix) Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant) Pycnonotus sinensis (light-vented bulbul)

Fish Acheilognathus cyanostigma (striped bitterling) Acheilognathus macropterus Acheilognathus rhombeus (kanehira) Acheilognathus typus (zenitanago) Channa argus (northern snakehead) Clarias batrachus (walking catfish) Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp) Cyprinus carpio (common carp) Gambusia affinis (mosquitofish) Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish) Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill) Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass) Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) Monopterus albus (Asian swamp eel) Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) Rhodeus ocellatus (rosy bitterling) Salmo trutta (brown trout) Silurus asotus (Amur catfish) Tridentiger brevispinis (numachichibu)

Invertebrates Aculops lycopersici (tomato russet mite) Agriosphodrus dohrni Ambigolimax valentianus (threeband gardenslug) Amphibalanus amphitrite (striped barnacle) Amphibalanus improvisus (bay barnacle) Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) Aromia bungii (red-necked longhorn) Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly) Blattella germanica (German cockroach) Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee) Bugula neritina (brown bryozoan) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wood nematode) Cavelerius saccharivorus (oriental chinch bug) Chamberlinius hualinensis Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite) Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam) Corythucha ciliata (sycamore lace bug) Crangonyx floridanus (Florida crangonyctid) Crepidula fornicata (common slipper shell) Crepidula onyx (onyx slippersnail) Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) Delta pyriforme Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila) Dryocosmus kuriphilus (chestnut gall wasp) Epilachna varivestis (Mexican bean beetle) Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail) Euscepes postfasciatus (West Indian sweetpotato weevil) Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) Globodera rostochiensis (golden nematode) Hydroides elegans Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) Hypera postica (alfalfa weevil) Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) Latrodectus geometricus (brown widow) Latrodectus hasseltii (redback spider) Limnoperna fortunei (golden mussel) Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) Liriomyza sativae (vegetable leaf miner) Liriomyza trifolii (serpentine leafminer) Lissachatina fulica (giant African snail) Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (rice water weevil) Monomorium pharaonis (pharaoh ant) Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel) Nassarius sinarus (Nassarius snail) Nealsomyia rufella Opisthoplatia orientalis Pacifastacus leniusculus (signal crayfish) Paraglenea fortunei Parasa lepida (nettle caterpillar) Perna viridis (Asian green mussel) Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant) Platydemus manokwari (New Guinea flatworm) Polyandrocarpa zorritensis Pomacea canaliculata (apple snail) Potamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand mud snail) Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) Pyromaia tuberculata (tuberculate pear crab) Quadrastichus erythrinae (Erythrina gall wasp) Rhabdoscelus obscurus (sugarcane weevil borer) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil) Solenopsis geminata (fire ant) Thrips palmi (melon thrips) Trialeurodes vaporariorum (glasshouse whitefly) Unaspis yanonensis (arrowhead snow scale) Vespa velutina (Asian predatory wasp) Xyleborus volvulus Xenostrobus securis (small brown mussel)

Plant species Desmodium paniculatum

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