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Introduced and invasive animals in Cuba

108 animal species are listed as introduced in Cuba by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 41 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Cuba

Introduced species: 108
Flagged invasive: 41

Which invasive animals are in Cuba?

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

All introduced animals in Cuba

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Wild boar	Sus scrofa	Suidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Water buffalo	Bubalus bubalis	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Guinea pig	Cavia porcellus	Caviidae	Not recorded	Invasive
European wildcat	Felis silvestris	Felidae	Least Concern	Invasive
European rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Leporidae	Near Threatened	Invasive
European fallow deer	Dama dama	Cervidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Blackbuck	Antilope cervicapra	Bovidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Argali	Ovis ammon	Bovidae	Near Threatened	Invasive
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Nilgai	Boselaphus tragocamelus	Bovidae	Least Concern	Invasive
White-tailed deer	Odocoileus virginianus	Cervidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Asian tiger mosquito	Aedes albopictus	Culicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Crab-eating macaque	Macaca fascicularis	Cercopithecidae	Endangered	Invasive
Spectacled caiman	Caiman crocodilus	Alligatoridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Giant eland	Taurotragus derbianus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Stump-tailed macaque	Macaca arctoides	Cercopithecidae	Vulnerable	Invasive
Southern pig-tailed macaque	Macaca nemestrina	Cercopithecidae	Endangered	Invasive
Grivet	Chlorocebus aethiops	Cercopithecidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Barbel	Clarias gariepinus	Clariidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Lowland paca	Cuniculus paca	Cuniculidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Central American agouti	Dasyprocta punctata	Dasyproctidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Red-tailed squirrel	Sciurus granatensis	Sciuridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Mexican agouti	Dasyprocta mexicana	Dasyproctidae	Vulnerable	Invasive
Red-rim melania	Melanoides tuberculata	Thiaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mabouya	Hemidactylus mabouia	Gekkonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bigheaded ant	Pheidole megacephala	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cactus moth	Cactoblastis cactorum	Pyralidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Tropical fire ant	Solenopsis geminata	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Yellow-headed gecko	Gonatodes albogularis	Sphaerodactylidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ocellated gecko	Sphaerodactylus argus	Sphaerodactylidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ram	Ovis aries	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Quilted melania	Tarebia granifera	Thiaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ass	Equus asinus	Equidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Domestic cattle	Bos taurus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Horse	Equus caballus	Equidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mongoose	Urva javanica	Herpestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Kid	Capra hircus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bullfrog	Aquarana catesbeiana	Ranidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Diaphorina citri	Diaphorina citri	Liviidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Capybara	Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris	Caviidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Eurasian collared dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Columbidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Guppy	Poecilia reticulata	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Rose-ringed parakeet	Psittacula krameri	Psittaculidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Dengue fever mosquito	Aedes aegypti	Culicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Arapaima	Arapaima gigas	Arapaimidae	Data Deficient	Introduced
Nile perch	Lates niloticus	Latidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Cyprinidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Red lionfish	Pterois volitans	Scorpaenidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Cyprinidae	Data Deficient	Introduced
Nile tilapia	Oreochromis niloticus	Cichlidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Eastern cottontail	Sylvilagus floridanus	Leporidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Mozambique tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus	Cichlidae	Vulnerable	Introduced
Chichak	Hemidactylus frenatus	Gekkonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Centrarchidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black Amur	Mylopharyngodon piceus	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Seed	Lepomis gibbosus	Centrarchidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cachama	Colossoma macropomum	Serrasalmidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pharaoh ant	Monomorium pharaonis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bull	Lepomis macrochirus	Centrarchidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ricefish	Oryzias latipes	Adrianichthyidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Channel cat	Ictalurus punctatus	Ictaluridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lionfish	Pterois miles	Scorpaenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cachama	Piaractus brachypomus	Serrasalmidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Asian clam	Corbicula fluminea	Cyrenidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Worm snake	Indotyphlops braminus	Typhlopidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Blue tilapia	Oreochromis aureus	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Arrowhead flatworm	Bipalium kewense	Geoplanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aztec cichlid	Parachromis managuensis	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Electric ant	Wasmannia auropunctata	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Blue tilapia	Coptodon rendalli	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Southern house mosquito	Culex quinquefasciatus	Culicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mongrel	Ictiobus cyprinellus	Catostomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ghost ant	Tapinoma melanocephalum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Crazy ant	Paratrechina longicornis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Roger's Crypt ant	Hypoponera punctatissima	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Buoy tender	Ictiobus niger	Catostomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Giant rams-horn	Marisa cornuarietis	Ampullariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Emery's Sneaking ant	Cardiocondyla emeryi	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
African giant snail	Lissachatina fulica	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mystery snail	Pomacea diffusa	Ampullariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Yellow Sneaking ant	Cardiocondyla wroughtonii	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Spiny hands	Charybdis hellerii	Portunidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Floral ant	Monomorium floricola	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Penny ant	Tetramorium bicarinatum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Destroyer ant	Trichomyrmex destructor	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Red coral	Tubastraea coccinea	Dendrophylliidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Larger black Sneaking ant	Cardiocondyla venustula	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Wormlizard	Gymnophthalmus underwoodi	Gymnophthalmidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Agave weevil	Scyphophorus acupunctatus	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tawny crazy ant	Nylanderia fulva	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bare mustache ant	Strumigenys membranifera	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Roger's pygmy snapping ant	Strumigenys rogeri	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Wooly ant	Tetramorium lanuginosum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Groove-headed fierce ant	Tetramorium simillimum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Crevice ascidian	Ascidia sydneiensis	Ascidiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Emma's Dacetine ant	Strumigenys emmae	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Divided tunicate	Styela canopus	Styelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black twig borer	Xylosandrus compactus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Robust crazy ant	Nylanderia bourbonica	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Field crazy ant	Nylanderia vividula	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cardiocondyla nuda	Cardiocondyla nuda	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Monomorium salomonis	Monomorium salomonis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tetramorium lucayanum	Tetramorium lucayanum	Formicidae	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.