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In 1963 an eradication program was started to remove nutria but has shown little to no success. Nutria are still present in Japan and there is a restriction on importing, transporting and obtaining nutria per the Invasive Alien Species Act established in 2004. [87]
Numerous non-native plants have been introduced to Texas in the United States and many of them have become invasive species. The following is a list of some non-native invasive plant species established in Texas. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Invasive species include nutria or coypu (Myocastor coypus), house mouse (Mus musculus), roof rat (Rattus rattus), and Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus). Feral house cats ( Felis catus ) and feral pigs ( Sus scrofa ), are of conservation concerns and pose serious threats to native fauna.
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Feb. 26—COLLEGE STATION — Invasive species cause many negative impacts to the Texas landscape, from the displacement of native trees to potentially wiping out entire species.
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The economic impacts of invasive species can be difficult to estimate especially when an invasive species does not affect economically important native species. This is partly because of the difficulty in determining the non-use value of native habitats damaged by invasive species and incomplete knowledge of the effects of all of the invasive species present in the U.S. Estimates for the ...
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