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Humans have introduced more different species to new environments than any single document can record. This list is generally for established species with truly wild populations— not kept domestically, that have been seen numerous times, and have breeding populations. While most introduced species can cause a negative impact to new ...
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally. Non-native species ...
This list of introduced mammal species includes all the species of mammal introduced to an area without regard to that territory being or not being their native area of occupation or the success of that re-introduction or introduction to the area. This practice has been harmful in many areas, although some introductions are made with the aim of ...
This category is for list articles about introduced species This category is for articles about introduced species . Please do not add this category to general articles about single organisms, unless it is an article specifically about that species' introduction outside of its native range.
The term "invasive species" can also refer to feral species or introduced diseases. Some introduced species, such as the dandelion, do not cause significant economic or ecologic damage and are not widely considered as invasive. Economic damages associated with invasive species' effects and control costs are estimated at $120 billion per year.
An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment. [2] Invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage. The term can also be used for native species that become harmful to their native environment after human alterations to its food web. Since the ...
Lists of introduced species (1 C, 8 P) I. Introduced animals (6 C, 2 P) Invasive species (7 C, 26 P) N. Biota naturalised in Australia (2 C, 1 P)
Introduced fish species (3 P) H. Introduced animals of Hawaii (2 P) I. Introduced mammals of Australia (1 C, 16 P) Invasive animal species (4 C, 9 P)