Invasion information |
Range in Japan |
Ototojima Is. (Ogasawara), Okinoerabu Is. (Amami). Cross-bred feral pigs are established in a part of Hokkaido. |
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Origin |
Japan |
Date |
Unknown. |
Route |
Deliberate: for sports fishing or hunting, escape of domestic animals. |
Impact |
Hybridization with native populations. Harmful to agriculture. Zoonosis. Native organism(s) affected: Native wild pigs, vegetation, crops, human. |
Regulation in Japan |
No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication. |
Introduced range in other countries |
S Africa, Lesser Sunda, Australia, N America, West Indies, C & S America,a Andaman, Mauritius, Hawaii, Fiji, New Guinea, Solomon, etc. (some of the feral populations are hybrids). |