List of invasive species in Asia

This is a list of invasive species in Asia. A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location, directly threatening agriculture and/or the local biodiversity.

The term invasive species refers to a subset of those species defined as introduced species. If a species has been introduced but remains local, and is not problematic to agriculture or to the local biodiversity, then it cannot be considered to be an invasive species and does not belong on this list.

Plants

Animals

Amphibians
  • Bufo marinus (Cane toad)
  • Rana catesbeiana (American bullfrog)[1][2]

Birds
  • Acridotheres tristis (common myna)
  • Columba livia (rock dove)
  • Corvus splendens (house crow)
  • Garrulax canorus (Chinese hwamei)
  • Leiothrix lutea (red-billed leiothrix)
  • Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl)
  • Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant)
  • Psittacula krameri (rose-ringed parakeet)
  • Pycnonotus sinensis (light-vented bulbul)
  • Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian collared dove)

Fish
  • Abbottina rivularis (Chinese false gudgeon)
  • Acheilognathus cyanostigma (striped bitterling)
  • Acheilognathus macropterus
  • Acheilognathus rhombeus (kanehira)
  • Acheilognathus typus (zenitanago)
  • Channa argus (northern snakehead)
  • Clarias batrachus (Walking catfish)[1][2]
  • Clarias gariepinus (African catfish)[3]
  • Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp)
  • Cyprinus carpio (common carp)
  • Gambusia affinis (Mosquitofish)[4]
  • Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish)
  • Hemibarbus maculatus (spotted steed)
  • Hemiculter leucisculus (sharpbelly)
  • Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish)
  • Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill)
  • Mayaheros urophthalmus (Mayan cichlid)
  • Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass)
  • Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass)
  • Monopterus albus (Asian swamp eel)
  • Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout)
  • Poecilia reticulata (Guppy)[2]
  • Pseudorasbora parva (stone moroko)
  • Rhodeus ocellatus (rosy bitterling)
  • Salmo trutta (brown trout)
  • Silurus asotus (Amur catfish)
  • Tridentiger brevispinis (numachichibu)
  • Xiphophorus hellerii (green swordtail)

Mammals
  • Bos taurus (cattle)
  • Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas's squirrel)
  • Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel)
  • Canis lupus (dog)
  • Capra aegagrus (feral goat)
  • Equus africanus asinus (donkey)
  • Erinaceus amurensis (Amur hedgehog)
  • Eutamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk)
  • Felis silvestris catus (Feral cats)
  • Herpestes javanicus (small Asian mongoose)
  • Macaca cyclopis (Formosan rock macaque)
  • Macaca fascicularis (crab-eating macaque)
  • Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque)
  • Martes melampus (Japanese marten)
  • Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac)
  • Mus musculus (house mouse)
  • Mustela itatsi (Japanese weasel)
  • Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel)
  • Myocastor coypus (coypu)
  • Neovison vison (American mink)
  • Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog)
  • Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)
  • Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit)
  • Ovis aries (sheep)
  • Paguma larvata (masked palm civet)
  • Procyon lotor (raccoon)
  • Rattus norvegicus (Brown rat)[1]
  • Rattus rattus (black rat)
  • Sus scrofa (wild boar)
  • Delilah (Ellie Davis dog)

Reptiles

Insects

Molluscs

Gastropods

Other Animals

Country-specific Invasive Lists

List of Invasive Plant Species in Sri Lanka

References
  1. Invasive alien species in Southeast Asia Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine. MacKinnon, John R. Asean Biodiversity, October–December 2002. Retrieved on 2008-11-28.
  2. Alien species recognized to be established in Japan or found in the Japanese wild. Japan Ministry of the Environment. 2004-10-27. Retrieved on 2008-11-28.
  3. The Status of Alien Invasive Species in Bangladeshand their Impact on the Ecosystems. World Conservation Union. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
  4. "Gambusia affinis alien range. Global Invasive Species Database. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.



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