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Introduced and invasive animals in Guyana
27 animal species are listed as introduced in Guyana by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 16 of them are flagged as invasive.
- Introduced species
- 27
- Flagged invasive
- 16
Which invasive animals are in Guyana?
Species the checklist flags as invasive, most looked-up first.
Rock dove
Columba livia
Western honey bee
Apis mellifera
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Dengue fever mosquito
Aedes aegypti
Nile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
Walking catfish
Clarias batrachus
Mozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
Blue tilapia
Oreochromis aureus
Mabouya
Hemidactylus mabouia
Ghost ant
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Antilles coquí
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Crazy ant
Paratrechina longicornis
All introduced animals in Guyana
Invasive species first.
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | In this country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock dove | Columba livia | Columbidae | Least Concern | Invasive |
| Western honey bee | Apis mellifera | Apidae | Data Deficient | Invasive |
| Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella | Cyprinidae | Least Concern | Invasive |
| Dengue fever mosquito | Aedes aegypti | Culicidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Nile tilapia | Oreochromis niloticus | Cichlidae | Least Concern | Invasive |
| Walking catfish | Clarias batrachus | Clariidae | Least Concern | Invasive |
| Mozambique tilapia | Oreochromis mossambicus | Cichlidae | Vulnerable | Invasive |
| Blue tilapia | Oreochromis aureus | Cichlidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Mabouya | Hemidactylus mabouia | Gekkonidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Ghost ant | Tapinoma melanocephalum | Formicidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Antilles coquí | Eleutherodactylus johnstonei | Eleutherodactylidae | Least Concern | Invasive |
| Crazy ant | Paratrechina longicornis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Bronze anole | Anolis aeneus | Anolidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| African giant snail | Lissachatina fulica | Achatinidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Floral ant | Monomorium floricola | Formicidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Mongoose | Urva javanica | Herpestidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| House mouse | Mus musculus | Muridae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus | Muridae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Rainbow trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | Salmonidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Black rat | Rattus rattus | Muridae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Freshwater angelfish | Pterophyllum scalare | Cichlidae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Black tiger shrimp | Penaeus monodon | Penaeidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Cachama | Colossoma macropomum | Serrasalmidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Common basilisk | Basiliscus basiliscus | Corytophanidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Blue discus | Symphysodon aequifasciatus | Cichlidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Barbados anole | Anolis extremus | Anolidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Leopard anole | Anolis marmoratus | Anolidae | 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.