User:Rupert Clayton/List of introduced species in the Kerguelen Islands



These tables list non-native species introduced to the Kerguelen Islands. Some introductions were intentional, generally to provide food for crews stationed on Kerguelen. Others were accidental (e.g. rats, house mice and most non-native plant species).

Mammals
Several of the larger outlying islands in the archipelago are free of introduced animals. These include Île Foch 206 sqkm, Île Saint-Lanne Gramont 45.8 sqkm, Île de l'Ouest 33.0 sqkm, and the remote Îles Nuageuses, Îles Leygues and Îles de Boynes.

Insects
Alfred Eaton's 1879 survey of the natural history of Kerguelen notes one species of introduced insect as well as 26 native species.

Plants
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands administration has identified 69 introduced spermatophyte plant species on the Kerguelen Islands, of which 12 are designated invasive.