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Introduced and invasive animals in Belize
27 animal species are listed as introduced in Belize by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 5 of them are flagged as invasive.
- Introduced species
- 27
- Flagged invasive
- 5
Which invasive animals are in Belize?
Species the checklist flags as invasive, most looked-up first.
Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Red lionfish
Pterois volitans
Brown anole
Anolis sagrei
Southern house mosquito
Culex quinquefasciatus
Spiny hands
Charybdis hellerii
All introduced animals in Belize
Invasive species first.
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | In this country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raccoon | Procyon lotor | Procyonidae | Least Concern | Invasive |
| Red lionfish | Pterois volitans | Scorpaenidae | Least Concern | Invasive |
| Brown anole | Anolis sagrei | Anolidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Southern house mosquito | Culex quinquefasciatus | Culicidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Spiny hands | Charybdis hellerii | Portunidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| House sparrow | Passer domesticus | Passeridae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Rock dove | Columba livia | Columbidae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Eurasian collared dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Columbidae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Dengue fever mosquito | Aedes aegypti | Culicidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Asian tiger mosquito | Aedes albopictus | Culicidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Tricoloured munia | Lonchura malacca | Estrildidae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Chichak | Hemidactylus frenatus | Gekkonidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Bass | Micropterus dolomieu | Centrarchidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Red crayfish | Procambarus clarkii | Cambaridae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Green anole | Anolis carolinensis | Anolidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Ghost ant | Tapinoma melanocephalum | Formicidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Crazy ant | Paratrechina longicornis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Floral ant | Monomorium floricola | Formicidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Red coral | Tubastraea coccinea | Dendrophylliidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Hibiscus mealybug | Maconellicoccus hirsutus | Pseudococcidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Crevice ascidian | Ascidia sydneiensis | Ascidiidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Divided tunicate | Styela canopus | Styelidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Botrylloides perspicuus | Botrylloides perspicuus | Styelidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Diaphorina citri | Diaphorina citri | Liviidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Didemnum psammatodes | Didemnum psammatodes | Didemnidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Hippoporina indica | Hippoporina indica | Bitectiporidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Miyagi oyster | Magallana gigas | Ostreidae | 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.