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Introduced and invasive animals in French Polynesia

69 animal species are listed as introduced in French Polynesia by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 23 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in French Polynesia

Introduced species: 69
Flagged invasive: 23

Which invasive animals are in French Polynesia?

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

Longlegged ant

Anoplolepis gracilipes

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All introduced animals in French Polynesia

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Wild boar	Sus scrofa	Suidae	Least Concern	Invasive
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Common myna	Acridotheres tristis	Sturnidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Dengue fever mosquito	Aedes aegypti	Culicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Polynesian rat	Rattus exulans	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Great horned owl	Bubo virginianus	Strigidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Red-vented bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	Pycnonotidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Mozambique tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus	Cichlidae	Vulnerable	Invasive
Swamp harrier	Circus approximans	Accipitridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Longlegged ant	Anoplolepis gracilipes	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Electric ant	Wasmannia auropunctata	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cannibal snail	Euglandina rosea	Spiraxidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ghost ant	Tapinoma melanocephalum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Crazy ant	Paratrechina longicornis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Tropical fire ant	Solenopsis geminata	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Glassy-winged sharpshooter	Homalodisca vitripennis	Cicadellidae	Not recorded	Invasive
African giant snail	Lissachatina fulica	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ram	Ovis aries	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cat	Felis catus	Felidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Domestic cattle	Bos taurus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Kid	Capra hircus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Phasianidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Red junglefowl	Gallus gallus	Phasianidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Guppy	Poecilia reticulata	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Cane toad	Rhinella marina	Bufonidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Green swordtail	Xiphophorus hellerii	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Barramundi	Lates calcarifer	Latidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common wasp	Vespula vulgaris	Vespidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Molly	Poecilia sphenops	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Zebra dove	Geopelia striata	Columbidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Chichak	Hemidactylus frenatus	Gekkonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis	Zosteropidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Estrildidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Slider	Trachemys scripta	Emydidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chestnut-breasted mannikin	Lonchura castaneothorax	Estrildidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Black-headed weaver	Ploceus melanocephalus	Ploceidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Red-browed finch	Neochmia temporalis	Estrildidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Gold dust day gecko	Phelsuma laticauda	Gekkonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Crimson-backed tanager	Ramphocelus dimidiatus	Thraupidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Red-rim melania	Melanoides tuberculata	Thiaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ashy physa	Physella acuta	Physidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Worm snake	Indotyphlops braminus	Typhlopidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Arrowhead flatworm	Bipalium kewense	Geoplanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Brown slug	Deroceras laeve	Agriolimacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mimic lymnaea	Pseudosuccinea columella	Lymnaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tropical leatherleaf	Laevicaulis alte	Veronicellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Asian trampsnail	Bradybaena similaris	Camaenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Seminole ramshorn	Planorbella duryi	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Quilted melania	Tarebia granifera	Thiaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Subulina snail	Subulina octona	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Traveling Tramp	Allopeas gracile	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dog	Canis familiaris	Canidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Minute gem	Hawaiia minuscula	Pristilomatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tiny awlsnail	Allopeas micra	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Two-tone gulella	Huttonella bicolor	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Jumping snail	Ovachlamys fulgens	Helicarionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bean slug	Sarasinula plebeia	Veronicellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tropical Tramp	Beckianum beckianum	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Indonesian awlsnail	Paropeas achatinaceum	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Common Opeas	Opeas hannense	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cat liver fluke	Platynosomum fastosum	Dicrocoeliidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Obtuse awlsnail	Geostilbia aperta	Ferussaciidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Indoplanorbis exustus	Indoplanorbis exustus	Bulinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pettancylus noumeensis	Pettancylus noumeensis	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Quickia concisa	Quickia concisa	Succineidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Muses streptaxis	Tomostele musaecola	Not recorded	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.