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

Mammals

• Bos taurus (cattle) - Problematic in Tokara Islands ^[3]
• Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas's squirrel) - Invasive in various areas in Japan. ^{[4] [5]}
• Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel) - Invasive in Shizuoka prefecture. ^[6]
• Canis familiaris (dog) ^[7]
• Capra aegagrus (feral goat) ^[8]
• Erinaceus amurensis (Amur hedgehog) ^[9]
• Eutamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk) - Native to Hokkaido, invasive in Honshu. ^{[10] [11]}
• Felis catus (feral cat) ^[12]
• Macaca cyclopis (Formosan rock macaque) ^[13]
• Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque) ^[14]
• Martes melampus (Japanese marten) Honshu native, invasive in Hokkaido and Sado Island ^[15]
• Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac) ^[16]
• Mus musculus (house mouse) - Nationwide. ^[17]
• Mustela itatsi (Japanese weasel) Honshu native, invasive in Hokkaido ^[18]
• Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel) ^[19]
• Myocastor coypus (coypu, nutria) - Western Japan. ^{[20] [21]}
• Neogale vison (American mink) ^[22]
• Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog) ^[23]
• Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat) - Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama. ^[24]
• Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit) ^[25]
• Paguma larvata (masked palm civet) ^[26]
• Procyon lotor (raccoon) ^[27]
• Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) - Invasive on outlying islands. ^[28]
• Rattus rattus (black rat) - Invasive in almost all of Japan. ^[29]
• Sus scrofa (wild boar) on Ototojima and Okinoerabu islands ^[30]
• Urva auropunctata (small Indian mongoose) - Okinawa and Kagoshima. ^{[31] [32]}

Reptiles

• Anolis carolinensis (Carolina anole) ^[33]
• Chelydra serpentina (common snapping turtle) ^[34]
• Cuora flavomarginata (Chinese box turtle) ^[35]
• Gekko hokouensis (Hokou gecko) native to outlying islands, invasive on mainland ^[36]
• Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko) ^[37]
• Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko) ^[38]
• Orthriophis taeniurus (beauty rat snake) ^[39]
• Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese softshell turtle) ^[40]
• Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) ^[41]
• Protobothrops elegans (elegant pitviper) ^[42]
• Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (brown spotted pit viper) ^[43]
• Diploderma swinhonis (tree lizard)

Birds

• Columba livia (feral pigeon) ^[44]
• Leiothrix lutea (red-billed leiothrix) ^[45]
• Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) ^[46]
• Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant) ^[47]
• Pycnonotus sinensis (light-vented bulbul) ^[48]

Fish

• Acheilognathus cyanostigma (striped bitterling) ^[49]
• Acheilognathus macropterus ^[50]
• Acheilognathus rhombeus (kanehira) ^[51]
• Acheilognathus typus (zenitanago) ^[52]
• Channa argus (northern snakehead) ^[53]
• Clarias batrachus (walking catfish) ^[54]
• Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp) ^[55]
• Cyprinus carpio (common carp) ^[56]
• Gambusia affinis (mosquitofish) ^[57]
• Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) ^[58]
• Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish) ^[59]
• Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill) ^[60]
• Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass) ^[61]
• Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) ^[62]
• Monopterus albus (Asian swamp eel) ^[63]
• Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) ^[64]
• Rhodeus ocellatus (rosy bitterling) ^[65]
• Salmo trutta (brown trout) ^[66]
• Silurus asotus (Amur catfish) ^[67]
• Tridentiger brevispinis (numachichibu) ^[68]

Invertebrates

• Aculops lycopersici (tomato russet mite) ^[69]
• Agriosphodrus dohrni ^[70]
• Ambigolimax valentianus (threeband gardenslug) ^[71]
• Amphibalanus amphitrite (striped barnacle) ^[72]
• Amphibalanus improvisus (bay barnacle) ^[73]
• Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) ^[74]
• Aromia bungii (red-necked longhorn) ^[75]
• Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly) ^[76]
• Blattella germanica (German cockroach) ^[77]
• Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee) ^[78]
• Bugula neritina (brown bryozoan) ^[79]
• Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wood nematode) ^[80]
• Cavelerius saccharivorus (oriental chinch bug) ^[81]
• Chamberlinius hualinensis ^[82]
• Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite) ^[83]
• Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam) ^[84]
• Corythucha ciliata (sycamore lace bug) ^[85]
• Crangonyx floridanus (Florida crangonyctid) ^[86]
• Crepidula fornicata (common slipper shell) ^[87]
• Crepidula onyx (onyx slippersnail) ^[88]
• Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) ^[89]
• Delta pyriforme ^[90]
• Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila) ^[91]
• Dryocosmus kuriphilus (chestnut gall wasp) ^[92]
• Epilachna varivestis (Mexican bean beetle) ^[93]
• Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail) ^[94]
• Euscepes postfasciatus (West Indian sweetpotato weevil) ^[95]
• Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) ^[96]
• Globodera rostochiensis (golden nematode) ^[97]
• Hydroides elegans ^[98]
• Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) ^[99]
• Hypera postica (alfalfa weevil) ^[100]
• Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) ^[101]
• Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) ^[102]
• Latrodectus geometricus (brown widow) ^[103]
• Latrodectus hasseltii (redback spider) ^[104]
• Limnoperna fortunei (golden mussel) ^[105]
• Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) ^[106]
• Liriomyza sativae (vegetable leaf miner) ^[107]
• Liriomyza trifolii (serpentine leafminer) ^[108]
• Lissachatina fulica (giant African snail) ^[109]
• Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (rice water weevil) ^[110]
• Monomorium pharaonis (pharaoh ant) ^[111]
• Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel) ^[112]
• Nassarius sinarus (Nassarius snail) ^[113]
• Nealsomyia rufella ^[114]
• Opisthoplatia orientalis ^[115]
• Pacifastacus leniusculus (signal crayfish) ^[116]
• Paraglenea fortunei ^[117]
• Parasa lepida (nettle caterpillar) ^[118]
• Perna viridis (Asian green mussel) ^[119]
• Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant) ^[120]
• Platydemus manokwari (New Guinea flatworm) ^[121]
• Polyandrocarpa zorritensis ^[122]
• Pomacea canaliculata (apple snail) ^[123]
• Potamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand mud snail) ^[124]
• Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) ^[125]
• Pyromaia tuberculata (tuberculate pear crab) ^[126]
• Quadrastichus erythrinae (Erythrina gall wasp) ^[127]
• Rhabdoscelus obscurus (sugarcane weevil borer) ^[128]
• Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil) ^[129]
• Solenopsis geminata (fire ant) ^[130]
• Thrips palmi (melon thrips) ^[131]
• Trialeurodes vaporariorum (glasshouse whitefly) ^[132]
• Unaspis yanonensis (arrowhead snow scale) ^[133]
• Vespa velutina (Asian predatory wasp) ^[134]
• Xyleborus volvulus ^[135]
• Xenostrobus securis (small brown mussel) ^[136]

Plant species

• Desmodium paniculatum ^[137]

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