Template:Introduced species category

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. Appropriate article examples for addition to introduced species categories include: List of introduced molluscs of Venezuela or Agapanthus in New Zealand. Inappropriate examples include: molluscs or Agapanthus. For past CfDs on this subject, see here.

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Usage

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Example

See Category:Introduced species

Background

See past categories for discussion (CFDs) on invasive species and similar categories:

• May 2007 CFD Category:Introduced species; deleted, "because nearly all common species have been 'introduced' somewhere"
• June 2009 CFD Category:Invasive species by country; renamed to Category:Lists of invasive species
• January 2014 CFD Category:Introduced saltwater fish of...; deleted
• January 2014 CFD Category:Introduced Species; comments proposing listifying, limiting categorization to articles specifically about introductions or invasiveness
• February 2014 CFD Category:Introduced freshwater fish of...; deleted
• March 2014 CFD Category:Invasive plant species in...; listified and deleted
• December 2020 CFD Category:Invasive fish species in Ukraine; deleted

See also

• Template:Invasive species category

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