Last month Japan came out with the country's first official list of invasive species. Problem (for me anyway) was that although there were some English-language articles about the list, there were no sources that actually included the list itself. Thanks to the magic of email and the ugliness of HTML-rendered Excel, I now bring you the official list of invasive species in Japan:
| Mammalia: | Mammals: |
| Macaca cyclopis | Formosan rock macaque |
| Macaca fascicularis | long-tailed macaque |
| Macaca mulatta | rhesus monkey |
| Procyon lotor | Northern raccoon |
| Procyon cancrivorus | crab-eating raccoon |
| Herpestes javanicus | Indian mongoose |
| Callosciurus erythraeus | Pallas squirrel |
| Sciurus carolinensis | Eastern grey squirrel |
| Myocastor coypus | nutria |
| Trichosurus vulpecula | brushtail possum |
| Muntiacus reevesi | Muntjac deer |
| Aves: | Birds: |
| Garrulax canorus | hwamei |
| Garrulax perspicillatus | masked laughingthrush |
| Garrulax sannio | white-browed laughingthrush |
| Leiothrix lutea | red-billed leiothrix |
| Reptilia: | Reptiles: |
| Chelydra serpentina | snapping turtle |
| Anolis carolinensis | green anole |
| Anolis sagrei | brown anole |
| Boiga irregularis | brown tree snake |
| Elaphe taeniura friesi | Taiwan beauty snake |
| Protobothrops mucrosquamatus | Taiwan habu snake |
| Amphibia: | Amphibians: |
| Bufo marinus | cane toad |
| Pisces: | Fish: |
| Micropterus dolomieu | smallmouth bass |
| Lepomis macrochirus | bluegill |
| Ictalurus punctatus | channel catfish |
| Insecta: | Insects: |
| Solenopsis invicta | red imported fire ant |
| Solenopsis geminata | fire ant |
| Linepithema humile | Argentine ant |
| Invertebrata: | Arachnids: |
| Latrodectus hasseltii | redback spider |
| Latrodectus geometricus | brown widow spider |
| Latrodectus tredecimguttatus | black widow spider |
| Latrodectus mactans | black widow spider |
| Loxosceles - 2 species | recluse/violin spiders |
| Dipluridae - 2 genera | giant spiders |
| Buthidae - all species | scorpions |
| Tracheophyta: | Aquatic plants: |
| Alternanthera philoxeroides | alligator weed |
| Hydrocotyle ranunculoides | floating pennywort |
| Gymnocoronis spilanthoides | Senegal tea |
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