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Introduced and invasive animals in Madagascar

30 animal species are listed as introduced in Madagascar by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 22 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Madagascar

Introduced species: 30
Flagged invasive: 22

Which invasive animals are in Madagascar?

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

Platy

Xiphophorus maculatus

PoeciliidaeNo free photo yet

Giant gourami

Osphronemus goramy

OsphronemidaeNo free photo yet

Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)

All introduced animals in Madagascar

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	Passeridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Guppy	Poecilia reticulata	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Common myna	Acridotheres tristis	Sturnidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
House crow	Corvus splendens	Corvidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Green swordtail	Xiphophorus hellerii	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Nile tilapia	Oreochromis niloticus	Cichlidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Mozambique tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus	Cichlidae	Vulnerable	Invasive
Platy	Xiphophorus maculatus	Poeciliidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Giant gourami	Osphronemus goramy	Osphronemidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Asian common toad	Duttaphrynus melanostictus	Bufonidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Gambies	Gambusia holbrooki	Poeciliidae	Not recorded	Invasive
No name	Heterotis niloticus	Arapaimidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Marbled crayfish	Procambarus virginalis	Cambaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Snakehead	Channa maculata	Channidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Blue tilapia	Coptodon rendalli	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Banded bream	Tilapia sparrmanii	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mango fish	Coptodon zillii	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Orange ctenopoma	Microctenopoma ansorgii	Anabantidae	Not recorded	Invasive
White-footed ant	Technomyrmex albipes	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Sabaki tilapia	Oreochromis spilurus	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European wildcat	Felis silvestris	Felidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paradise fish	Macropodus opercularis	Osphronemidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Centrarchidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black tiger shrimp	Penaeus monodon	Penaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
African giant snail	Lissachatina fulica	Achatinidae	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.