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Introduced and invasive animals in Senegal
22 animal species are listed as introduced in Senegal by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 9 of them are flagged as invasive.
- Introduced species
- 22
- Flagged invasive
- 9
Which invasive animals are in Senegal?
Species the checklist flags as invasive, most looked-up first.
Guppy
Poecilia reticulata
Black tiger shrimp
Penaeus monodon
Tobacco whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
Fall armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperda
Mealy scale
Icerya purchasi
Oriental fruit fly
Bactrocera dorsalis
Furniture termite
Cryptotermes brevis
Black twig borer
Xylosandrus compactus
Melon fruit fly
Zeugodacus cucurbitae
All introduced animals in Senegal
Invasive species first.
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | In this country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guppy | Poecilia reticulata | Poeciliidae | Least Concern | Invasive |
| Black tiger shrimp | Penaeus monodon | Penaeidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Tobacco whitefly | Bemisia tabaci | Aleyrodidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Fall armyworm | Spodoptera frugiperda | Noctuidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Mealy scale | Icerya purchasi | Monophlebidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Oriental fruit fly | Bactrocera dorsalis | Tephritidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Furniture termite | Cryptotermes brevis | Kalotermitidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Black twig borer | Xylosandrus compactus | Curculionidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Melon fruit fly | Zeugodacus cucurbitae | Tephritidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| House sparrow | Passer domesticus | Passeridae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus | Muridae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Black rat | Rattus rattus | Muridae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Khapra beetle | Trogoderma granarium | Dermestidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Blue lobster | Macrobrachium rosenbergii | Palaemonidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Worm snake | Indotyphlops braminus | Typhlopidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| South American tomato moth | Tuta absoluta | Gelechiidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Armyworm | Mythimna unipuncta | Noctuidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Black-striped mussel | Mytilopsis sallei | Dreissenidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Scania beetle | Prostephanus truncatus | Bostrichidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Hibiscus mealybug | Maconellicoccus hirsutus | Pseudococcidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Aonidomytilus albus | Aonidomytilus albus | Diaspididae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Bactrocera invadens | Bactrocera invadens | 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.