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Introduced and invasive animals in Aruba

35 animal species are listed as introduced in Aruba by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 32 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Aruba

Introduced species: 35
Flagged invasive: 32

Which invasive animals are in Aruba?

Species the checklist flags as invasive, most looked-up first.

All introduced animals in Aruba

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Wild boar	Sus scrofa	Suidae	Least Concern	Invasive
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	Passeridae	Least Concern	Invasive
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	Apidae	Data Deficient	Invasive
Western cattle egret	Ardea ibis	Ardeidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Guppy	Poecilia reticulata	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Red-tailed boa	Boa constrictor	Boidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Cane toad	Rhinella marina	Bufonidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Green swordtail	Xiphophorus hellerii	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Corn snake	Pantherophis guttatus	Colubridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Mozambique tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus	Cichlidae	Vulnerable	Invasive
Slider	Trachemys scripta	Emydidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Shiny cowbird	Molothrus bonariensis	Icteridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Saffron finch	Sicalis flaveola	Thraupidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Carib grackle	Quiscalus lugubris	Icteridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Mimic	Hypolimnas misippus	Nymphalidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mabouya	Hemidactylus mabouia	Gekkonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ghost ant	Tapinoma melanocephalum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cuban green anole	Anolis porcatus	Anolidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Antilles coquí	Eleutherodactylus johnstonei	Eleutherodactylidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Crazy ant	Paratrechina longicornis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Streak lizard	Gonatodes vittatus	Sphaerodactylidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Rainbow lizard	Cnemidophorus arenivagus	Teiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Antilles gecko	Gonatodes antillensis	Sphaerodactylidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Destroyer ant	Trichomyrmex destructor	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Red coral	Tubastraea coccinea	Dendrophylliidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ass	Equus asinus	Equidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cat	Felis catus	Felidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Overgrowing mat tunicate	Trididemnum solidum	Didemnidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Kid	Capra hircus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Red lionfish	Pterois volitans	Scorpaenidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Lionfish	Pterois miles	Scorpaenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ram	Ovis aries	Bovidae	Not recorded	Introduced

A species is on this list when the country's checklist in the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species records it as introduced by people and present. It is marked invasive when the checklist records an impact on native wildlife or habitats. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another, and checklists are revised as countries report, so the list is not final. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0). See the sources.