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Introduced and invasive animals in Nepal

57 animal species are listed as introduced in Nepal by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 8 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Nepal

Introduced species: 57
Flagged invasive: 8

Which invasive animals are in Nepal?

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

African giant snail

Lissachatina fulica

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All introduced animals in Nepal

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	Apidae	Data Deficient	Invasive
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Crucian carp	Carassius carassius	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Cyprinidae	Near Threatened	Invasive
Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Cyprinidae	Data Deficient	Invasive
Nile tilapia	Oreochromis niloticus	Cichlidae	Least Concern	Invasive
African giant snail	Lissachatina fulica	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Wild boar	Sus scrofa	Suidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common ostrich	Struthio camelus	Struthionidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Water buffalo	Bubalus bubalis	Bovidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Don Hugo	Bombyx mori	Bombycidae	Not recorded	Introduced
European rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Leporidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Alpaca	Vicugna pacos	Camelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Emu	Dromaius novaehollandiae	Dromaiidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Red junglefowl	Gallus gallus	Phasianidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Wild turkey	Meleagris gallopavo	Phasianidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Walking catfish	Clarias batrachus	Clariidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Barbel	Clarias gariepinus	Clariidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Mozambique tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus	Cichlidae	Vulnerable	Introduced
Iridescent shark	Pangasianodon hypophthalmus	Pangasiidae	Endangered	Introduced
Olive fruit fly	Bactrocera oleae	Tephritidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Blue lobster	Macrobrachium rosenbergii	Palaemonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Wooly apple aphid	Eriosoma lanigerum	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mealy scale	Icerya purchasi	Monophlebidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oncorhynchus rhodurus	Oncorhynchus rhodurus	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Java barb	Barbonymus gonionotus	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
South American tomato moth	Tuta absoluta	Gelechiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Trumpet shell	Planorbarius corneus	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Crazy ant	Paratrechina longicornis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Beardless barb	Cyclocheilichthys apogon	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Potato moth	Phthorimaea operculella	Gelechiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Brown slug	Deroceras laeve	Agriolimacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
New Guinea flatworm	Platydemus manokwari	Geoplanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bata labeo	Labeo bata	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Long-spined sand cichlid	Xenotilapia longispinis	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pea leafminer	Liriomyza huidobrensis	Agromyzidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Eupatorium gall fly	Procecidochares utilis	Tephritidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ram	Ovis aries	Bovidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Potato tuber moth encyrtid wasp	Copidosoma koehleri	Encyrtidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Domestic cattle	Bos taurus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Two-tone gulella	Huttonella bicolor	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Potato tuber moth parasitoid wasp	Apanteles subandinus	Braconidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Kid	Capra hircus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Carpomya pardalina	Carpomya pardalina	Tephritidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Carpomya vesuviana	Carpomya vesuviana	Tephritidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ceratovacuna lanigera	Ceratovacuna lanigera	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chinese scale	Comstockaspis perniciosa	Diaspididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dacus ciliatus	Dacus ciliatus	Tephritidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Filopaludina sumatrensis	Filopaludina sumatrensis	Viviparidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Heteropsylla cubana	Heteropsylla cubana	Psyllidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Orgilus lepidus	Orgilus lepidus	Braconidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Zeugodacus caudata	Zeugodacus caudata	Tephritidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Zeugodacus diversa	Zeugodacus diversa	Tephritidae	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.