List of invasive species in Japan
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.).[1] This is a non-exhaustive list, largely based on data from the National Institute of Environmental Studies.[2]
Animal species
[edit]Mammals
[edit]- Bos taurus (cattle) - Problematic in Tokara Islands [1]
- Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas's squirrel) - Invasive in various areas in Japan.[3][4]
- Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel) - Invasive in Shizuoka prefecture.[5]
- Canis familiaris (dog) [2]
- Capra aegagrus (feral goat) [3]
- Erinaceus amurensis (Amur hedgehog) [4]
- Eutamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk) - Native to Hokkaido, invasive in Honshu.[6][7]
- Felis catus (feral cat) [5]
- Macaca cyclopis (Formosan rock macaque) [6]
- Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque) [7]
- Martes melampus (Japanese marten) Honshu native, invasive in Hokkaido and Sado Island [8]
- Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac) [9]
- Mus musculus (house mouse) - Nationwide.[8]
- Mustela itatsi (Japanese weasel) Honshu native, invasive in Hokkaido [10]
- Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel) [11]
- Myocastor coypus (coypu, nutria) - Western Japan.[9][10]
- Neogale vison (American mink) [12]
- Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog) [13]
- Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat) - Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama.[11]
- Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit) [14]
- Paguma larvata (masked palm civet) [15]
- Procyon lotor (raccoon) [16]
- Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) - Invasive on outlying islands.[12]
- Rattus rattus (black rat) - Invasive in almost all of Japan.[13]
- Sus scrofa (wild boar) on Ototojima and Okinoerabu islands[17]
- Urva auropunctata (small Indian mongoose) - Okinawa and Kagoshima.[14][15]
Reptiles
[edit]- Anolis carolinensis (Carolina anole) [18]
- Chelydra serpentina (common snapping turtle) [19]
- Cuora flavomarginata (Chinese box turtle) [20]
- Gekko hokouensis (Hokou gecko) native to outlying islands, invasive on mainland[21]
- Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko) [22]
- Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko) [23]
- Orthriophis taeniurus (beauty rat snake) [24]
- Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese softshell turtle) [25]
- Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) [26]
- Protobothrops elegans (elegant pitviper) [27]
- Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (brown spotted pit viper) [28]
- Diploderma swinhonis (tree lizard)
Birds
[edit]- Columba livia (feral pigeon)[16]
- Leiothrix lutea (red-billed leiothrix) [29]
- Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) [30]
- Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant) [31]
- Pycnonotus sinensis (light-vented bulbul) [32]
Fish
[edit]- Acheilognathus cyanostigma (striped bitterling) [33]
- Acheilognathus macropterus [34]
- Acheilognathus rhombeus (kanehira) [35]
- Acheilognathus typus (zenitanago) [36]
- Channa argus (northern snakehead) [37]
- Clarias batrachus (walking catfish)[17]
- Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp) [38]
- Cyprinus carpio (common carp) [39]
- Gambusia affinis (mosquitofish) [40]
- Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) [41]
- Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish) [42]
- Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill) [43]
- Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass) [44]
- Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) [45]
- Monopterus albus (Asian swamp eel) [46]
- Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) [47]
- Rhodeus ocellatus (rosy bitterling) [48]
- Salmo trutta (brown trout) [49]
- Silurus asotus (Amur catfish) [50]
- Tridentiger brevispinis (numachichibu) [51]
Invertebrates
[edit]- Aculops lycopersici (tomato russet mite) [52]
- Agriosphodrus dohrni [53]
- Ambigolimax valentianus (threeband gardenslug) [54]
- Amphibalanus amphitrite (striped barnacle) [55]
- Amphibalanus improvisus (bay barnacle) [56]
- Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) [57]
- Aromia bungii (red-necked longhorn) [58]
- Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly) [59]
- Blattella germanica (German cockroach) [60]
- Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee) [61]
- Bugula neritina (brown bryozoan) [62]
- Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wood nematode) [63]
- Cavelerius saccharivorus (oriental chinch bug) [64]
- Chamberlinius hualinensis [65]
- Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite) [66]
- Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam) [67]
- Corythucha ciliata (sycamore lace bug) [68]
- Crangonyx floridanus (Florida crangonyctid) [69]
- Crepidula fornicata (common slipper shell) [70]
- Crepidula onyx (onyx slippersnail) [71]
- Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) [72]
- Delta pyriforme [73]
- Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila) [74]
- Dryocosmus kuriphilus (chestnut gall wasp) [75]
- Epilachna varivestis (Mexican bean beetle) [76]
- Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail) [77]
- Euscepes postfasciatus (West Indian sweetpotato weevil) [78]
- Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) [79]
- Globodera rostochiensis (golden nematode) [80]
- Hydroides elegans [81]
- Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) [82]
- Hypera postica (alfalfa weevil) [83]
- Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) [84]
- Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) [85]
- Latrodectus geometricus (brown widow) [86]
- Latrodectus hasseltii (redback spider) [87]
- Limnoperna fortunei (golden mussel) [88]
- Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) [89]
- Liriomyza sativae (vegetable leaf miner) [90]
- Liriomyza trifolii (serpentine leafminer) [91]
- Lissachatina fulica (giant African snail) [92]
- Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (rice water weevil) [93]
- Monomorium pharaonis (pharaoh ant) [94]
- Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel) [95]
- Nassarius sinarus (Nassarius snail) [96]
- Nealsomyia rufella [97]
- Opisthoplatia orientalis [98]
- Pacifastacus leniusculus (signal crayfish) [99]
- Paraglenea fortunei [100]
- Parasa lepida (nettle caterpillar) [101]
- Perna viridis (Asian green mussel) [102]
- Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant) [103]
- Platydemus manokwari (New Guinea flatworm) [104]
- Polyandrocarpa zorritensis [105]
- Pomacea canaliculata (apple snail)[18]
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand mud snail) [106]
- Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) [107]
- Pyromaia tuberculata (tuberculate pear crab) [108]
- Quadrastichus erythrinae (Erythrina gall wasp) [109]
- Rhabdoscelus obscurus (sugarcane weevil borer) [110]
- Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil) [111]
- Solenopsis geminata (fire ant) [112]
- Thrips palmi (melon thrips) [113]
- Trialeurodes vaporariorum (glasshouse whitefly) [114]
- Unaspis yanonensis (arrowhead snow scale) [115]
- Vespa velutina (Asian predatory wasp) [116]
- Xyleborus volvulus [117]
- Xenostrobus securis (small brown mussel) [118]
Plant species
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "侵入生物とは？[What is an invasive species?]". 侵入生物データベース [Invasive Species Database]. National Institute for Environmental Studies. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "Home". Invasive Species of Japan. National Institute of Environmental Studies.
- ^ Callosciurus erythraeus subspp. National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Brazil, Mark Antics of ‘shadow tail’ lead the great spring show May 16, 2010 Japan Times Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Callosciurus finlaysonii National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Tamias sibiricus subspp. National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
- ^ Hooper, Rowan Siberian chipmunk September 7, 2001 Japan Times Retrieved July 28, 2017
- ^ Mus musculus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Myocastor coypus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Hooper, Rowan Nutria January 27, 2003 Japan Times Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Ondatra zibethicus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Rattus norvegicus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Rattus rattus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Herpestes auropunctatus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Fisher, Cindy Marines defend Camp Gonsalves from encroaching mongoose July 9, 2006 Stars and Stripes Retrieved July 26, 2017
- ^ Rock dove/Feral pigeon National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
- ^ Walking catfish National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
- ^ Apple snail National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
- ^ Desmodium paniculatum National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
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