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

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### Mammals

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Desmodium paniculatum[19]

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "Home". Invasive Species of Japan. National Institute of Environmental Studies.
3. ^ Callosciurus erythraeus subspp. National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
4. ^ Brazil, Mark Antics of ‘shadow tail’ lead the great spring show May 16, 2010 Japan Times Retrieved July 26, 2017
5. ^ Callosciurus finlaysonii National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
6. ^ Tamias sibiricus subspp. National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
7. ^ Hooper, Rowan Siberian chipmunk September 7, 2001 Japan Times Retrieved July 28, 2017
8. ^ Mus musculus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
9. ^ Myocastor coypus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
10. ^ Hooper, Rowan Nutria January 27, 2003 Japan Times Retrieved July 26, 2017
11. ^ Ondatra zibethicus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
12. ^ Rattus norvegicus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
13. ^ Rattus rattus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
14. ^ Herpestes auropunctatus National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 26, 2017
15. ^ Fisher, Cindy Marines defend Camp Gonsalves from encroaching mongoose July 9, 2006 Stars and Stripes Retrieved July 26, 2017
16. ^ Rock dove/Feral pigeon National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
17. ^ Walking catfish National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
18. ^ Apple snail National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017
19. ^ Desmodium paniculatum National Institute for environmental studies Retrieved July 24, 2017

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