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Introduced and invasive animals in Vanuatu

60 animal species are listed as introduced in Vanuatu by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 21 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Vanuatu

Introduced species: 60
Flagged invasive: 21

Which invasive animals are in Vanuatu?

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

Longlegged ant

Anoplolepis gracilipes

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All introduced animals in Vanuatu

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
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
Polynesian rat	Rattus exulans	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Mozambique tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus	Cichlidae	Vulnerable	Invasive
Longlegged ant	Anoplolepis gracilipes	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Electric ant	Wasmannia auropunctata	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cannibal snail	Euglandina rosea	Spiraxidae	Not recorded	Invasive
New Guinea flatworm	Platydemus manokwari	Geoplanidae	Not recorded	Invasive
African giant snail	Lissachatina fulica	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cat	Felis catus	Felidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Erythrina gall wasp	Quadrastichus erythrinae	Eulophidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Domestic cattle	Bos taurus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Kid	Capra hircus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Adoretus versutus	Adoretus versutus	Scarabaeidae	Not recorded	Invasive
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	Passeridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Western swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio	Rallidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Dengue fever mosquito	Aedes aegypti	Culicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Nile tilapia	Oreochromis niloticus	Cichlidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Tricoloured munia	Lonchura malacca	Estrildidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Chichak	Hemidactylus frenatus	Gekkonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Common waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Estrildidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Chestnut-breasted mannikin	Lonchura castaneothorax	Estrildidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Tobacco whitefly	Bemisia tabaci	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Worm snake	Indotyphlops braminus	Typhlopidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Southern house mosquito	Culex quinquefasciatus	Culicidae	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
Tropical fire ant	Solenopsis geminata	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Striped barnacle	Amphibalanus amphitrite	Balanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Brown bugula	Bugula neritina	Bugulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tropical leatherleaf	Laevicaulis alte	Veronicellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Asian trampsnail	Bradybaena similaris	Camaenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Floral ant	Monomorium floricola	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ram	Ovis aries	Bovidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Macao paper wasp	Polistes olivaceus	Vespidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sarotherodon occidentalis	Sarotherodon occidentalis	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Subulina snail	Subulina octona	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Traveling Tramp	Allopeas gracile	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Red-rust bryozoan	Watersipora subtorquata	Watersiporidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hibiscus mealybug	Maconellicoccus hirsutus	Pseudococcidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Two-tone gulella	Huttonella bicolor	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Bean slug	Sarasinula plebeia	Veronicellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Branching bryozoan	Schizoporella errata	Schizoporellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sea sauerkraut	Amathia verticillata	Vesiculariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Horse	Equus caballus	Equidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Indonesian awlsnail	Paropeas achatinaceum	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Common Opeas	Opeas hannense	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Amathia distans	Amathia distans	Vesiculariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Humpback grouper	Cromileptes altivelis	Epinephelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Miyagi oyster	Magallana gigas	Ostreidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Golden bell frog	Ranoidea aurea	Pelodryadidae	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.