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Introduced and invasive animals in Seychelles

45 animal species are listed as introduced in Seychelles by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 36 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Seychelles

Introduced species: 45
Flagged invasive: 36

Which invasive animals are in Seychelles?

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

All introduced animals in Seychelles

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	Passeridae	Least Concern	Invasive
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Western barn owl	Tyto alba	Tytonidae	Least Concern	Invasive
European rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Leporidae	Near Threatened	Invasive
Red junglefowl	Gallus gallus	Phasianidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	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
Asian tiger mosquito	Aedes albopictus	Culicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
House crow	Corvus splendens	Corvidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Zebra dove	Geopelia striata	Columbidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Indian hare	Lepus nigricollis	Leporidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Mozambique tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus	Cichlidae	Vulnerable	Invasive
Tailless tenrec	Tenrec ecaudatus	Tenrecidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Chichak	Hemidactylus frenatus	Gekkonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Longlegged ant	Anoplolepis gracilipes	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Red fody	Foudia madagascariensis	Ploceidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Cabbage moth	Plutella xylostella	Plutellidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Medfly	Ceratitis capitata	Tephritidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Butler's dtella	Gehyra mutilata	Gekkonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cannibal snail	Euglandina rosea	Spiraxidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bigheaded ant	Pheidole megacephala	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
African giant snail	Lissachatina fulica	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Asian trampsnail	Bradybaena similaris	Camaenidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Spiraling whitefly	Aleurodicus dispersus	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Banana root borer	Cosmopolites sordidus	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cat	Felis catus	Felidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Domestic cattle	Bos taurus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Breadfruit scale	Icerya seychellarum	Monophlebidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Giant blonde snail	Lissachatina immaculata	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Kid	Capra hircus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Aleurotrachelus atratus	Aleurotrachelus atratus	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Awl snail	Striosubulina striatella	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Melon fruit fly	Zeugodacus cucurbitae	Tephritidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bombay canary	Periplaneta americana	Blattidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bloodsucker	Calotes versicolor	Agamidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Yellow-fronted canary	Crithagra mozambica	Fringillidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Citrus miner	Phyllocnistis citrella	Gracillariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
White-footed ant	Technomyrmex albipes	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black twig borer	Xylosandrus compactus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Drosophila melanogaster	Drosophila melanogaster	Drosophilidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ericthonius brasiliensis	Ericthonius brasiliensis	Ischyroceridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tayloria quadrilateralis	Tayloria quadrilateralis	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.