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Introduced and invasive animals in Uruguay

40 animal species are listed as introduced in Uruguay by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 25 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Uruguay

Introduced species: 40
Flagged invasive: 25

Which invasive animals are in Uruguay?

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

All introduced animals in Uruguay

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Wild boar	Sus scrofa	Suidae	Least Concern	Invasive
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Common starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Sturnidae	Least Concern	Invasive
European goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Fringillidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Invasive
European hare	Lepus europaeus	Leporidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Chital	Axis axis	Cervidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Dengue fever mosquito	Aedes aegypti	Culicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Common waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Estrildidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Asian clam	Corbicula fluminea	Cyrenidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Rapana venosa	Rapana venosa	Muricidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Horn fly	Haematobia irritans	Muscidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Wharf louse	Ligia exotica	Ligiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Eastern subterranean termite	Reticulitermes flavipes	Heterotermitidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Tube worm	Ficopomatus enigmaticus	Serpulidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Golden mussel	Limnoperna fortunei	Modiolidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bronze bug	Thaumastocoris peregrinus	Thaumastocoridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Club tunicate	Styela plicata	Styelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bullfrog	Aquarana catesbeiana	Ranidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Lutzomyia longipalpis	Lutzomyia longipalpis	Psychodidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Membraniporopsis tubigera	Membraniporopsis tubigera	Sinoflustridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Neomysis americana	Neomysis americana	Mysidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Triatoma infestans	Triatoma infestans	Reduviidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Siberian sturgeon	Acipenser baerii	Acipenseridae	Critically Endangered	Introduced
Blue lobster	Macrobrachium rosenbergii	Palaemonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Decollate snail	Rumina decollata	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sirex woodwasp	Sirex noctilio	Siricidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black gloss	Zonitoides nitidus	Gastrodontidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bark snail	Zonitoides arboreus	Gastrodontidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Grey house spider	Badumna longinqua	Desidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lovely vallonia	Vallonia pulchella	Valloniidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pinhead spot	Paralaoma servilis	Punctidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Traveling Tramp	Allopeas gracile	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Common Opeas	Opeas hannense	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Manayunkia speciosa	Manayunkia speciosa	Fabriciidae	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.