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List of invasive species in Japan

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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.).{{Cite web|title=侵入生物とは？[What is an invasive species?]|url=https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/basics/index.html|access-date=18 March 2021|website=侵入生物データベース [Invasive Species Database]|publisher=National Institute for Environmental Studies}} This is a non-exhaustive list, largely based on data from the National Institute of Environmental Studies.{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/index_en.html|website=Invasive Species of Japan|publisher=National Institute of Environmental Studies}}

Animal species

=Mammals=

  • Bos taurus (cattle) - Problematic in Tokara Islands [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10280e.html]
  • Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas's squirrel) - Invasive in various areas in Japan.[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10060e.html Callosciurus erythraeus subspp.] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017Brazil, Mark [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/05/16/environment/antics-of-shadow-tail-lead-the-great-spring-show/ Antics of ‘shadow tail’ lead the great spring show May 16, 2010] Japan Times Retrieved July 26, 2017
  • Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel) - Invasive in Shizuoka prefecture.[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10540e.html Callosciurus finlaysonii] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
  • Canis familiaris (dog) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10160e.html]
  • Capra aegagrus (feral goat) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10290e.html]
  • Erinaceus amurensis (Amur hedgehog) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10010e.html]
  • Eutamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk) - Native to Hokkaido, invasive in Honshu.[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10080e.html Tamias sibiricus subspp.] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017Hooper, Rowan [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2001/09/07/environment/siberian-chipmunk/ Siberian chipmunk September 7, 2001] Japan Times Retrieved July 28, 2017
  • Felis catus (feral cat) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10220e.html]
  • Macaca cyclopis (Formosan rock macaque) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10030e.html]
  • Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10390e.html]
  • Martes melampus (Japanese marten) Honshu native, invasive in Hokkaido and Sado Island [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10330e.html]
  • Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10250e.html]
  • Mus musculus (house mouse) - Nationwide.[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10130e.html Mus musculus] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
  • Mustela itatsi (Japanese weasel) Honshu native, invasive in Hokkaido [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10320e.html]
  • Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10180e.html]
  • Myocastor coypus (coypu, nutria) - Western Japan.[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10140e.html Myocastor coypus] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017Hooper, Rowan [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/01/27/environment/nutria/ Nutria January 27, 2003] Japan Times Retrieved July 26, 2017
  • Neogale vison (American mink) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10190e.html]
  • Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10310e.html]
  • Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat) - Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama.[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10090e.html Ondatra zibethicus] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
  • Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10040e.html]
  • Paguma larvata (masked palm civet) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10200e.html]
  • Procyon lotor (raccoon) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10150e.html]
  • Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) - Invasive on outlying islands.[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10110e.html Rattus norvegicus] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
  • Rattus rattus (black rat) - Invasive in almost all of Japan.[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10060e.html Rattus rattus] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
  • Sus scrofa (wild boar) on Ototojima and Okinoerabu islands[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10240e.html]
  • Urva auropunctata (small Indian mongoose) - Okinawa and Kagoshima.[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10210e.html Herpestes auropunctatus] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017Fisher, Cindy [https://www.stripes.com/news/marines-defend-camp-gonsalves-from-encroaching-mongoose-1.51360#.WXhAc8aB21s Marines defend Camp Gonsalves from encroaching mongoose July 9, 2006] Stars and Stripes Retrieved July 26, 2017

=Reptiles=

  • Anolis carolinensis (Carolina anole) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/30100e.html]
  • Chelydra serpentina (common snapping turtle) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/30010e.html]
  • Cuora flavomarginata (Chinese box turtle) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/30020e.html]
  • Gekko hokouensis (Hokou gecko) native to outlying islands, invasive on mainland[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/30170e.html]
  • Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/80353]
  • Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/30070e.html]
  • Orthriophis taeniurus (beauty rat snake) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/30120e.html]
  • Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese softshell turtle) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/30060e.html]
  • Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/30050e.html]
  • Protobothrops elegans (elegant pitviper) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/30190e.html]
  • Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (brown spotted pit viper) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/30130e.html]
  • Diploderma swinhonis (tree lizard)

=Birds=

  • Columba livia (feral pigeon)[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/20050e.html Rock dove/Feral pigeon] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
  • Leiothrix lutea (red-billed leiothrix) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/77034]
  • Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/20400e.html]
  • Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/20030e.html]
  • Pycnonotus sinensis (light-vented bulbul) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/20120e.html]

=Fish=

  • Acheilognathus cyanostigma (striped bitterling) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50460e.html]
  • Acheilognathus macropterus [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50010e.html]
  • Acheilognathus rhombeus (kanehira) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50470e.html]
  • Acheilognathus typus (zenitanago) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50500e.html]
  • Channa argus (northern snakehead) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50420e.html]
  • Clarias batrachus (walking catfish)[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/51080e.html Walking catfish] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
  • Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50030e.html]
  • Cyprinus carpio (common carp) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50550e.html]
  • Gambusia affinis (mosquitofish) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50230e.html]
  • Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/82089]
  • Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50120e.html]
  • Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50310e.html]
  • Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50320e.html]
  • Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50330e.html]
  • Monopterus albus (Asian swamp eel) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50280e.html]
  • Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50150e.html]
  • Rhodeus ocellatus (rosy bitterling) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50080e.html]
  • Salmo trutta (brown trout) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50180e.html]
  • Silurus asotus (Amur catfish) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50800e.html]
  • Tridentiger brevispinis (numachichibu) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/50940e.html]

=Invertebrates=

  • Aculops lycopersici (tomato russet mite) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70010e.html]
  • Agriosphodrus dohrni [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60420e.html]
  • Ambigolimax valentianus (threeband gardenslug) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70390e.html]
  • Amphibalanus amphitrite (striped barnacle) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70360e.html]
  • Amphibalanus improvisus (bay barnacle) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/91903]
  • Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/5575]
  • Aromia bungii (red-necked longhorn) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60560e.html]
  • Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60320e.html]
  • Blattella germanica (German cockroach) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60200e.html]
  • Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60080e.html]
  • Bugula neritina (brown bryozoan) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109209]
  • Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wood nematode) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70040e.html]
  • Cavelerius saccharivorus (oriental chinch bug) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60160e.html]
  • Chamberlinius hualinensis [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70490e.html]
  • Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60190e.html]
  • Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70270e.html]
  • Corythucha ciliata (sycamore lace bug) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16264]
  • Crangonyx floridanus (Florida crangonyctid) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70520e.html]
  • Crepidula fornicata (common slipper shell) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/108234]
  • Crepidula onyx (onyx slippersnail) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70340e.html]
  • Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60140e.html]
  • Delta pyriforme [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60480e.html]
  • Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109283]
  • Dryocosmus kuriphilus (chestnut gall wasp) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60540e.html]
  • Epilachna varivestis (Mexican bean beetle) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60150e.html]
  • Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70230e.html]
  • Euscepes postfasciatus (West Indian sweetpotato weevil) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60110e.html]
  • Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60170e.html]
  • Globodera rostochiensis (golden nematode) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70030e.html]
  • Hydroides elegans [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70410e.html]
  • Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/27364]
  • Hypera postica (alfalfa weevil) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60120e.html]
  • Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60010e.html]
  • Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/28432]
  • Latrodectus geometricus (brown widow) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70130e.html]
  • Latrodectus hasseltii (redback spider) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70020e.html]
  • Limnoperna fortunei (golden mussel) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70200e.html]
  • Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60090e.html]
  • Liriomyza sativae (vegetable leaf miner) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60030e.html]
  • Liriomyza trifolii (serpentine leafminer) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60040e.html]
  • Lissachatina fulica (giant African snail) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70250e.html]
  • Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (rice water weevil) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60130e.html]
  • Monomorium pharaonis (pharaoh ant) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/34587]
  • Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70290e.html]
  • Nassarius sinarus (Nassarius snail) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70470e.html]
  • Nealsomyia rufella [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60410e.html]
  • Opisthoplatia orientalis [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60490e.html]
  • Pacifastacus leniusculus (signal crayfish) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70050e.html]
  • Paraglenea fortunei [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60430e.html]
  • Parasa lepida (nettle caterpillar) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60020e.html]
  • Perna viridis (Asian green mussel) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70280e.html]
  • Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/40133]
  • Platydemus manokwari (New Guinea flatworm) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70240e.html]
  • Polyandrocarpa zorritensis [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/108975]
  • Pomacea canaliculata (apple snail)[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70310e.html Apple snail] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
  • Potamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand mud snail) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70260e.html]
  • Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/67878]
  • Pyromaia tuberculata (tuberculate pear crab) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70330e.html]
  • Quadrastichus erythrinae (Erythrina gall wasp) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/46220]
  • Rhabdoscelus obscurus (sugarcane weevil borer) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60100e.html]
  • Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60510e.html]
  • Solenopsis geminata (fire ant) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60390e.html]
  • Thrips palmi (melon thrips) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60180e.html]
  • Trialeurodes vaporariorum (glasshouse whitefly) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60330e.html]
  • Unaspis yanonensis (arrowhead snow scale) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60340e.html]
  • Vespa velutina (Asian predatory wasp) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/60550e.html]
  • Xyleborus volvulus [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57177]
  • Xenostrobus securis (small brown mussel) [https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/70370e.html]

Plant species

  • Desmodium paniculatum[https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/81520e.html Desmodium paniculatum] National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017

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