Statistics for Top 100 World's Worst Invasive Species

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Type	Scientific Name	Native Location	Animal	% Correct
Mammal	Felis catus	Fertile Crescent	Cat	62%
Insect	Aedes albopictus	Southeast Asia	Tiger Mosquito	61%
Insect	Anopheles quadrimaculatus	North America	Common Malaria Mosquito	60%
Mammal	Rattus rattus	India	Black Rat	58%
Mammal	Mus musculus	South Asia	Field Mouse	53%
Insect	Solenopsis invicta	South America	Fire Ant	45%
Insect	Vespula vulgaris	Temperate Northern Hemisphere	Common Wasp	44%
Fish	Cyprinus carpio	Eurasia	Common Carp	42%
Mammal	Cervus elaphus	Eurasia	Red Deer	42%
Insect	Wasmannia auropunctata	Central / South America	Electric Ant	38%
Mammal	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Iberia	European Rabbit	37%
Insect	Coptotermes formosanus	East Asia	Formosa Termite	34%
Plant	Arundo donax	Middle East	Giant Reed	34%
Fish	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Pacific Ocean	Rainbow Trout	29%
Fish	Salmo trutta	Eurasia	Brown Trout	28%
Bird	Sturnus vulgaris	Eurasia	European Starling	28%
Mammal	Sciurus carolinensis	Eastern United States	Gray Squirrel	27%
Mammal	Vulpes vulpes	Northern Hemisphere	Red Fox	27%
Fish	Clarias batrachus	Southeast Asia	Walking Catfish	26%
Mollusc	Dreissena polymorpha	Eastern Europpe	Zebra Mussel	26%
Mammal	Capra hircus	Middle East	Goat	24%
Mammal	Mustela erminea	Eurasia & North America	Stoat	24%
Amphibian	Rhinella marina	Central / South America	Cane Toad	22%
Plant	Imperata cylindrica	Afro-Eurasia	Cogongrass	20%
Vine	Pueraria montana var. lobata	East Asia	Kudzu	20%
Insect	Anoplophora glabripennis	East Asia	Asian Long-horned Beetle	19%
Insect	Trogoderma granarium	South Asia	Khapra Beetle	17%
Mammal	Herpestes javanicus	Southeast Asia	Javan Mongoose	16%
Fish	Micropterus salmoides	Eastern United States	Largemouth Bass	16%
Amphibian	Lithobates catesbeianus	Eastern United States	American Bullfrog	13%
Insect	Lymantria dispar	Western Europe	Gypsy Moth	13%
Amphibian	Eleutherodactylus coqui	Puerto Rico	Common Coquí	12%
Bird	Acridotheres tristis	Asia	Common Myna	12%
Mollusk	Achatina fulica	East Africa	Giant African Land Snail	12%
Mollusk	Mytilus galloprovincialis	Europe	Mediterranean Mussel	12%
Mammal	Sus scrofa	Eurasia/North Africa	Wild Boar	12%
Mammal	Trichosurus vulpecula	Australia	Brushtail Possum	11%
Plant	Polygonum cuspidatum	East Asia	Japanese Knotweed	11%
Mammal	Myocastor coypus	South America	Coypu	10%
Alga	Caulerpa taxifolia	Pacific & Caribbean Sea	Killer Alga	10%
Echinoderm	Asterias amurensis	North Pacific	North Pacific Seastar	9%
Plant	Lantana camara	Central / South America	Common Lantana	8%
Plant	Sphagneticola trilobata	Central America	Creeping-oxeye	8%
Fish	Lates niloticus	Central Africa	Nile Perch	8%
Kelp	Undaria pinnatifida	Northwest Pacific	Wakame	8%
Plant	Acacia mearnsii	Australia	Black Wattle	7%
Mammal	Macaca fascicularis	Southeast Asia	Crab-eating Macaque	7%
Fish	Oreochromis mossambicus	Southern Africa	Mozambique Tilapia	7%
Reptile	Trachemys scripta elegans	Eastern US/Northern Mexico	Red-eared Slider	7%
Reptile	Boiga irregularis	Oceania	Brown Tree Snake	6%
Crustacean	Eriocheir sinensis	East Asia	Chinese Mitten Crab	5%
Crustacean	Carcinus maenas	Northern Europe	European Green Crab	5%
Fish	Gambusia affinis	North America	Mosquitofish	5%
Insect	Anoplolepis gracilipes	Southeast Asia	Yellow Crazy Ant	5%
Protozoan	Plasmodium relictum	Most of the World	Avian Malaria	4%
Plant	Opuntia stricta	America	Erect Prickly Pear	4%
Bird	Pycnonotus cafer	India	Red-vented Bulbul	4%
Marine Invertebrate	Mnemiopsis leidyi	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Walnut	4%
Plant	Eichhornia crassipes	South America	Water Hyacinth	4%
Insect	Linepithema humile	South America	Argentine Ant	3%
Fungus	Cryphonectria parasitica	Asia	Chestnut Blight	3%
Mold	Aphanomyces astaci	Unknown	Crayfish Plague	3%
Fungus	Ophiostoma ulmi sensu lato	Asia	Dutch Elm Disease	3%
Crustacean	Cercopagis pengoi	Black & Caspian Seas	Fishhook Waterflea	3%
Tree	Miconia calvescens	Central / South America	Velvet Tree	3%
Fungus	Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	Africa	Amphibian chytrid fungus (Bd)	2%
Insect	Pheidole megacephala	Africa	Big-headed Ant	2%
Vine	Mikania micrantha	America	Bitter Vine	2%
Mollusk	Euglandina rosea	Southeastern United States	Cannibal Snail	2%
Insect	Bemisia tabaci	South Asia	Cotton Whitefly	2%
Plant	Rubus ellipticus	Asia	Golden Evergreen Raspberry	2%
Plant	Euphorbia esula	Eurasia	Green Spurge	2%
Invertebrate	Platydemus manokwari	New Guinea	New Guinea Flatworm	2%
Plant	Lythrum salicaria	Afro-Eurasia	Purple Loosestrife	2%
Plant	Cinchona pubescens	Central / South America	Red Cinchona	2%
Shrub	Tamarix ramosissima	Eurasia	Salt Cedar	2%
Plant	Chromolaena odorata	America	Siam Weed / Christmas Bush	2%
Shrub	Ligustrum robustum	South Asia	Tree Privet	2%
Mollusk	Potamocorbula amurensis	North Pacific	Asian Clam	1%
Tree	Melaleuca quinquenervia	Oceania	Broad-leaved Paperbark	1%
Tree	Ardisia elliptica	South Asia	Coralberry	1%
Insect	Cinara cupressi	Middle East	Cypress Aphid	1%
Plant	Morella faya	Macaronesia	Firetree	1%
Plant	Salvinia molesta	Brazil	Giant Salvinia	1%
Mollusk	Pomacea canaliculata	South America	Golden Apple Snail	1%
Plant	Ulex europaeus	Western Europe	Gorse	1%
Plant	Hedychium gardnerianum	Himalayas	Kahili Ginger	1%
Tree	Pinus pinaster	Mediterranean Region	Maritime Pine	1%
Tree	Cecropia peltata	Central / South America	Snakewood Tree	1%
Plant	Clidemia hirta	Central / South America	Soapbush	1%
Plant	Leucaena leucocephala	Central America	White Leadtree	1%
Tree	Spathodea campanulata	Africa	African Tulip Tree	0%
Tree	Schinus terebinthifolius	South America	Brazilian Peppertree	0%
Plant	Spartina anglica	England	Common Cordgrass	0%
Shrub	Mimosa pigra	Central / South America	Giant Sensitive Tree	0%
Plant	Hiptage benghalensis	South Asia	Hiptage	0%
Shrub	Prosopis glandulosa	North America	Honey Mesquite	0%
Tree	Psidium cattleianum	Brazil	Strawberry Guava	0%