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Introduced and invasive animals in Spain

207 animal species are listed as introduced in Spain by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 20 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Spain

Introduced species: 207
Flagged invasive: 20

Which invasive animals are in Spain?

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

Bass

Micropterus salmoides

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Seed

Lepomis gibbosus

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All introduced animals in Spain

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Northern pike	Esox lucius	Esocidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Wels catfish	Silurus glanis	Siluridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
American mink	Neogale vison	Mustelidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Common rudd	Scardinius erythrophthalmus	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Monk parakeet	Myiopsitta monachus	Psittacidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Centrarchidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Seed	Lepomis gibbosus	Centrarchidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Red crayfish	Procambarus clarkii	Cambaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Horned pout	Ameiurus melas	Ictaluridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Gambies	Gambusia holbrooki	Poeciliidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Painted frog	Discoglossus pictus	Alytidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Chameleon cichlid	Australoheros facetus	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ram	Ovis aries	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mono brine shrimp	Artemia monica	Artemiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Kid	Capra hircus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Raccoon	Procyon lotor	Procyonidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European wildcat	Felis silvestris	Felidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Eurasian tree sparrow	Passer montanus	Passeridae	Least Concern	Introduced
European rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Leporidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Housefly	Musca domestica	Muscidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Common pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Phasianidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Budgerigar	Melopsittacus undulatus	Psittaculidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus	Cricetidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European fallow deer	Dama dama	Cervidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common raccoon dog	Nyctereutes procyonoides	Canidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Canada goose	Branta canadensis	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Guppy	Poecilia reticulata	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common bream	Abramis brama	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European perch	Perca fluviatilis	Percidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Nutria	Myocastor coypus	Echimyidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common roach	Rutilus rutilus	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
African sacred ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Threskiornithidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Rose-ringed parakeet	Psittacula krameri	Psittaculidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Muscovy duck	Cairina moschata	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Zander	Sander lucioperca	Percidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Asian tiger mosquito	Aedes albopictus	Culicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Common bleak	Alburnus alburnus	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Barbary sheep	Ammotragus lervia	Bovidae	Vulnerable	Introduced
Alpine marmot	Marmota marmota	Sciuridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Etruscan shrew	Suncus etruscus	Soricidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Japanese quail	Coturnix japonica	Phasianidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Cane toad	Rhinella marina	Bufonidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Ruddy duck	Oxyura jamaicensis	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Red avadavat	Amandava amandava	Estrildidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Prussian carp	Carassius gibelio	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Red-vented bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	Pycnonotidae	Least Concern	Introduced
German cockroach	Blattella germanica	Blattellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Red-whiskered bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	Pycnonotidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Silver bream	Blicca bjoerkna	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Red-billed quelea	Quelea quelea	Ploceidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Long-eared hedgehog	Hemiechinus auritus	Erinaceidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	Salmonidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common shore crab	Carcinus maenas	Carcinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Painted turtle	Chrysemys picta	Emydidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Senegal parrot	Poicephalus senegalus	Psittacidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Chinese mitten crab	Eriocheir sinensis	Varunidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Corn snake	Pantherophis guttatus	Colubridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Egyptian fruit bat	Rousettus aegyptiacus	Pteropodidae	Least Concern	Introduced
African clawed frog	Xenopus laevis	Pipidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Greater white-toothed shrew	Crocidura russula	Soricidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Barbary ground squirrel	Atlantoxerus getulus	Sciuridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Huchen	Hucho hucho	Salmonidae	Vulnerable	Introduced
Signal crayfish	Pacifastacus leniusculus	Astacidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Stone Moroco	Pseudorasbora parva	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Red palm weevil	Rhynchophorus ferrugineus	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
African collared dove	Streptopelia roseogrisea	Columbidae	Least Concern	Introduced
North African hedgehog	Atelerix algirus	Erinaceidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Zebra mussel	Dreissena polymorpha	Dreissenidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Estrildidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Bombay canary	Periplaneta americana	Blattidae	Not recorded	Introduced
House borer	Anobium punctatum	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Four-toed hedgehog	Atelerix albiventris	Erinaceidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Turkish gecko	Hemidactylus turcicus	Gekkonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Red-billed leiothrix	Leiothrix lutea	Leiothrichidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Nanday parakeet	Aratinga nenday	Psittacidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Pillbug	Armadillidium vulgare	Armadillidiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dojo	Misgurnus anguillicaudatus	Cobitidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Glasshouse whitefly	Trialeurodes vaporariorum	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Medfly	Ceratitis capitata	Tephritidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lizard snake	Malpolon monspessulanus	Psammophiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Argentine ant	Linepithema humile	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Channel cat	Ictalurus punctatus	Ictaluridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sheep blow fly	Lucilia sericata	Calliphoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pine seed bug	Leptoglossus occidentalis	Coreidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Apple snail	Pomacea canaliculata	Ampullariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tobacco whitefly	Bemisia tabaci	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Horseshoe snake	Hemorrhois hippocrepis	Colubridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Leidy's comb jelly	Mnemiopsis leidyi	Bolinopsidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mediterranean tree frog	Hyla meridionalis	Hylidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Red-rim melania	Melanoides tuberculata	Thiaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Perez's frog	Pelophylax perezi	Ranidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Bran bug	Tribolium castaneum	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pine Wilt nematode	Bursaphelenchus xylophilus	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Sowbug killer	Dysdera crocata	Dysderidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sawtoothed grain beetle	Oryzaephilus surinamensis	Cucujidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ashy physa	Physella acuta	Physidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Delcore crayfish	Faxonius limosus	Cambaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mummichog	Fundulus heteroclitus	Fundulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Qahog	Mercenaria mercenaria	Veneridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sahara frog	Pelophylax saharicus	Ranidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Mudsnail	Potamopyrgus antipodarum	Tateidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chinese pondmussel	Sinanodonta woodiana	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Italian spined loach	Cobitis bilineata	Cobitidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bigheaded ant	Pheidole megacephala	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ghost ant	Tapinoma melanocephalum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Crazy ant	Paratrechina longicornis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Palm moth	Paysandisia archon	Castniidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Triassic Triop	Triops longicaudatus	Triopsidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Quagga mussel	Dreissena bugensis	Dreissenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tropical fire ant	Solenopsis geminata	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Killer shrimp	Dikerogammarus villosus	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Invasive garden ant	Lasius neglectus	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mud crab	Rhithropanopeus harrisii	Panopeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Confused flour beetle	Tribolium confusum	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Common yabby	Cherax destructor	Parastacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Banded blowfly	Chrysomya albiceps	Calliphoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Boat shell	Crepidula fornicata	Calyptraeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Eucalyptus longhorn borer	Phoracantha semipunctata	Cerambycidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Moorish Sneaking ant	Cardiocondyla mauritanica	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Brackish-water corbula	Potamocorbula amurensis	Corbulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Nomad jelly	Rhopilema nomadica	Rhizostomatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Emery's Sneaking ant	Cardiocondyla emeryi	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oriental blue fly	Chrysomya megacephala	Calliphoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Asian clam	Corbicula fluminalis	Cyrenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
False smooth snake	Macroprotodon mauritanicus	Colubridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Flat crab	Percnon gibbesi	Percnidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Surinam cockroach	Pycnoscelus surinamensis	Blaberidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Woolly whitefly	Aleurothrixus floccosus	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hydroid	Cordylophora caspia	Cordylophoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mud crab	Dyspanopeus sayi	Panopeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tube worm	Ficopomatus enigmaticus	Serpulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
African giant snail	Lissachatina fulica	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dark flour	Tribolium destructor	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aral asp	Leuciscus aspius	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Penny ant	Tetramorium bicarinatum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Destroyer ant	Trichomyrmex destructor	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Spiraling whitefly	Aleurodicus dispersus	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Japanese skeleton shrimp	Caprella mutica	Caprellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Banana root borer	Cosmopolites sordidus	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Atlantic jackknife clam	Ensis directus	Pharidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Languedoc gudgeon	Gobio occitaniae	Gobionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dark falsemussel	Mytilopsis leucophaeata	Dreissenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Merchant beetle	Oryzaephilus mercator	Cucujidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lesser banded pine weevil	Pissodes castaneus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Plum woodlouse	Porcellionides pruinosus	Porcellionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Arboreal Sneaking ant	Cardiocondyla obscurior	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Velvety pillbug	Eluma caelata	Armadillidiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Portuguese millipede	Ommatoiulus moreleti	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Smooth slater	Porcellio laevis	Porcellionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Larger cabinet beetle	Trogoderma inclusum	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pygmy mussel	Xenostrobus securis	Modiolidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chinese ramshorn	Gyraulus chinensis	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cosmopolitan ground beetle	Laemostenus complanatus	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Asian shrimp	Palaemon macrodactylus	Palaemonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bare mustache ant	Strumigenys membranifera	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Terrestrial beach hopper	Talitroides alluaudi	Brevitalitridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Wooly ant	Tetramorium lanuginosum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Least pygmy woodlouse	Trichoniscus pygmaeus	Trichoniscidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Copper-tailed blowfly	Chrysomya chloropyga	Calliphoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Furniture termite	Cryptotermes brevis	Kalotermitidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Shiny marginella	Marginella glabella	Marginellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Greenhouse fierce ant	Tetramorium caldarium	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Japanese jumper	Amynthas corticis	Megascolecidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fragile ancylid	Ferrissia californica	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Asian semele	Theora lubrica	Semelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
White-horned horntail	Urocerus albicornis	Siricidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Palm aphid	Cerataphis brasiliensis	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Two-spotted leafhopper	Sophonia orientalis	Cicadellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chinese jumper	Amynthas gracilis	Megascolecidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black stem borer	Xylosandrus germanus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lesser coconut weevil	Diocalandra frumenti	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mongoose	Urva javanica	Herpestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Green toad	Bufotes viridis	Bufonidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Jägerskiöld's crazy ant	Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Australian cockroach	Validiblatta australasiae	Blattidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Acaudaleyrodes rachipora	Acaudaleyrodes rachipora	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aleurodicus floccissimus	Aleurodicus floccissimus	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aleurotrachelus atratus	Aleurotrachelus atratus	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bullfrog	Aquarana catesbeiana	Ranidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Branchiomma bairdi	Branchiomma bairdi	Sabellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Caprella scaura	Caprella scaura	Caprellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cerataphis lataniae	Cerataphis lataniae	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chiton cumingsii	Chiton cumingsii	Chitonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ctenarytaina eucalypti	Ctenarytaina eucalypti	Aphalaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Encarsia guadeloupae	Encarsia guadeloupae	Aphelinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fabaeformiscandona subacuta	Fabaeformiscandona subacuta	Candonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Haploembia solieri	Haploembia solieri	Oligotomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Haplophthalmus danicus	Haplophthalmus danicus	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Harmonia axyridis	Harmonia axyridis	Coccinellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hebata fabalis	Hebata fabalis	Cicadellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ferret	Mustela furo	Mustelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oculina patagonica	Oculina patagonica	Oculinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paracaprella pusilla	Paracaprella pusilla	Caprellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paraprionospio coora	Paraprionospio coora	Spionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pyroderces badia	Pyroderces badia	Cosmopterigidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tecia solanivora	Tecia solanivora	Gelechiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tritia neritea	Tritia neritea	Nassariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Xyleborus pfeili	Xyleborus pfeili	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ladder snake	Zamenis scalaris	Colubridae	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.