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Introduced and invasive animals in Estonia

219 animal species are listed as introduced in Estonia by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 19 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Estonia

Introduced species: 219
Flagged invasive: 19

Which invasive animals are in Estonia?

Species the checklist flags as invasive, most looked-up first.

Clothing moth

Tineola bisselliella

TineidaeNo free photo yet

Pharaoh ant

Monomorium pharaonis

FormicidaeNo free photo yet

Cat flea

Ctenocephalides felis

PulicidaeNo free photo yet

Wax moth

Galleria mellonella

PyralidaeNo free photo yet

Horse-chestnut leafminer

Cameraria ohridella

GracillariidaeNo free photo yet

Case-bearing clothes

Tinea pellionella

TineidaeNo free photo yet

Delcore crayfish

Faxonius limosus

CambaridaeNo free photo yet

All introduced animals in Estonia

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Common raccoon dog	Nyctereutes procyonoides	Canidae	Least Concern	Invasive
American mink	Neogale vison	Mustelidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Signal crayfish	Pacifastacus leniusculus	Astacidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Clothing moth	Tineola bisselliella	Tineidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Pharaoh ant	Monomorium pharaonis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cat flea	Ctenocephalides felis	Pulicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Wax moth	Galleria mellonella	Pyralidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Steamer	Mya arenaria	Myidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Horse-chestnut leafminer	Cameraria ohridella	Gracillariidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Case-bearing clothes	Tinea pellionella	Tineidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Delcore crayfish	Faxonius limosus	Cambaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Fishhook waterflea	Cercopagis pengoi	Cercopagidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Slough crayfish	Procambarus fallax	Cambaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Lacustrine scud	Gammarus lacustris	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Aquatic oligochaete worm	Paranais frici	Naididae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bay barnacle	Amphibalanus improvisus	Balanidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Gmelinoides fasciatus	Gmelinoides fasciatus	Micruropodidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Pontogammarus robustoides	Pontogammarus robustoides	Pontogammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Red deer	Cervus elaphus	Cervidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Mute swan	Cygnus olor	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Phasianidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Ruddy shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Eurasian griffon vulture	Gyps fulvus	Accipitridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Great white pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Pelecanidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus	Cricetidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Cinereous vulture	Aegypius monachus	Accipitridae	Near Threatened	Introduced
European fallow deer	Dama dama	Cervidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Black swan	Cygnus atratus	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Mandarin duck	Aix galericulata	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Colorado potato beetle	Leptinotarsa decemlineata	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Canada goose	Branta canadensis	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Bar-headed goose	Anser indicus	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Sika deer	Cervus nippon	Cervidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Snow goose	Anser caerulescens	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
American flamingo	Phoenicopterus ruber	Phoenicopteridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Sterlet	Acipenser ruthenus	Acipenseridae	Endangered	Introduced
Marsh frog	Pelophylax ridibundus	Ranidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Escargot	Helix pomatia	Helicidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Mealworm	Tenebrio molitor	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Prussian carp	Carassius gibelio	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
German cockroach	Blattella germanica	Blattellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Cyprinidae	Data Deficient	Introduced
House cricket	Acheta domesticus	Gryllidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Russian sturgeon	Acipenser gueldenstaedtii	Acipenseridae	Critically Endangered	Introduced
Starry sturgeon	Acipenser stellatus	Acipenseridae	Critically Endangered	Introduced
Chinese mitten crab	Eriocheir sinensis	Varunidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Field cricket	Gryllus campestris	Gryllidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oriental cockroach	Blatta orientalis	Blattidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hylotrupes	Hylotrupes bajulus	Cerambycidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Siberian sturgeon	Acipenser baerii	Acipenseridae	Critically Endangered	Introduced
Grove snail	Cepaea nemoralis	Helicidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Zebra mussel	Dreissena polymorpha	Dreissenidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Round goby	Neogobius melanostomus	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bombay canary	Periplaneta americana	Blattidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Garden snail	Cornu aspersum	Helicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Grain weevil	Sitophilus granarius	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Slider	Trachemys scripta	Emydidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fall webworm	Hyphantria cunea	Erebidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Green peach aphid	Myzus persicae	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Peled	Coregonus peled	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Glasshouse whitefly	Trialeurodes vaporariorum	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Leopard slug	Limax maximus	Limacidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Firebrat	Thermobia domestica	Lepismatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Channel cat	Ictalurus punctatus	Ictaluridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Threadworm	Strongyloides stercoralis	Strongyloididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Waxworm	Plodia interpunctella	Pyralidae	Not recorded	Introduced
House spider	Eratigena atrica	Agelenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Rice weevil	Sitophilus oryzae	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pea beetle	Bruchus pisorum	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bread beetle	Stegobium paniceum	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Corn moth	Nemapogon granella	Tineidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Amur sleeper	Perccottus glenii	Odontobutidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pea weevil	Acanthoscelides obtectus	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bacon beetle	Dermestes lardarius	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bran bug	Tribolium castaneum	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mediterranean flour moth	Ephestia kuehniella	Pyralidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sawtoothed grain beetle	Oryzaephilus surinamensis	Cucujidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cigar beetle	Lasioderma serricorne	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bee-eating beetle	Trichodes apiarius	Cleridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bean beetle	Bruchus rufimanus	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cacao moth	Ephestia elutella	Pyralidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Potato cyst nematode	Globodera rostochiensis	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Vine weevil	Otiorhynchus sulcatus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Grass prawm	Palaemon elegans	Palaemonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mudsnail	Potamopyrgus antipodarum	Tateidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Beer slug	Limacus flavus	Limacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Maize weevil	Sitophilus zeamais	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cadelle	Tenebroides mauritanicus	Trogossitidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lesser mealworm	Alphitobius diaperinus	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fur beetle	Attagenus pellio	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Crazy ant	Paratrechina longicornis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black carpet beetle	Attagenus unicolor	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cherry aphid	Myzus cerasi	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Snake millepede	Blaniulus guttulatus	Blaniulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Beet eelworm	Heterodera schachtii	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Mud crab	Rhithropanopeus harrisii	Panopeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Confused flour beetle	Tribolium confusum	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Onion thrips	Thrips tabaci	Thripidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hawthorn jewel beetle	Agrilus sinuatus	Buprestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black fungus beetle	Alphitobius laevigatus	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Foxglove aphid	Aulacorthum solani	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cypress aphid	Cinara cupressi	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Brown house moth	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Oecophoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Potato aphid	Macrosiphum euphorbiae	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Southern root-knot nematode	Meloidogyne incognita	Meloidogynidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ham beetle	Necrobia rufipes	Cleridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Golden spider beetle	Niptus hololeucus	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hemimysis	Hemimysis anomala	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mealy plum aphid	Hyalopterus pruni	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Varroa mite	Varroa jacobsoni	Varroidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pale spruce gall adelgid	Adelges laricis	Adelgidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Foreign grain beetle	Ahasverus advena	Cucujidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Elder aphid	Aphis sambuci	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hydroid	Cordylophora caspia	Cordylophoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Russian wheat aphid	Diuraphis noxia	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Greenhouse whitefly parasitoid wasp	Encarsia formosa	Aphelinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
White-shouldered moth	Endrosis sarcitrella	Oecophoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Golden nematode	Globodera pallida	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
African giant snail	Lissachatina fulica	Achatinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Australian spider beetle	Ptinus tectus	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dark flour	Tribolium destructor	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hump beetle	Gibbium psylloides	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hop aphid	Phorodon humuli	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dark mealworm	Tenebrio obscurus	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ham beetle	Necrobia ruficollis	Cleridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Merchant beetle	Oryzaephilus mercator	Cucujidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lettuce aphid	Pemphigus bursarius	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Larch sawfly	Pristiphora erichsonii	Tenthredinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Wedge clam	Rangia cuneata	Mactridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Corn sap beetle	Carpophilus dimidiatus	Nitidulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Caspian mud shrimp	Chelicorophium curvispinum	Corophiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Broadhorned flour beetle	Gnatocerus cornutus	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Wasp nest dermestid	Reesa vespulae	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Greenhouse camel cricket	Tachycines asynamorus	Rhaphidophoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bookworm	Trogium pulsatorium	Trogiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chrysanthemum foliar nematode	Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Zig-zag sawfly	Aproceros leucopoda	Argidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Thistle aphid	Brachycaudus cardui	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Duckweed aphid	Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Groove-headed fierce ant	Tetramorium simillimum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Longheaded flour beetle	Latheticus oryzae	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Estuarine jelly	Maeotias marginata	Olindiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pubescent carpet beetle	Megatoma pubescens	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Asian balsam aphid	Impatientinum asiaticum	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Balsam twig aphid	Mindarus abietinus	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Beige snake millipede	Nopoiulus kochii	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Aquatic oligochaete worm	Potamothrix bavaricus	Naididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Brown spider beetle	Ptinus clavipes	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Larch aphid	Cinara laricis	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fresh water shrimps	Cryptorchestia cavimana	Talitridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aquatic oligochaete worm	Potamothrix moldaviensis	Naididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Small larch sawyer	Pristiphora laricis	Tenthredinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aquatic oligochaete worm	Tubifex newaensis	Naididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Caragana aphid	Acyrthosiphon caraganae	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pear-Colt's-foot aphid	Anuraphis farfarae	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pear-hogweed aphid	Anuraphis subterranea	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Giant house spider	Eratigena duellica	Agelenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fletcher scale	Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Coccidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Poplar bark aphid	Pterocomma populeum	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black flour beetle	Tribolium madens	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Larch destroyer	Anoplonyx destructor	Tenthredinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fig cyst nematode	Heterodera fici	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Wesmael’s larch sawyer	Pristiphora wesmaeli	Tenthredinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Silverfish	Lepisma saccharinum	Lepismatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Giant sturgeon	Acipenser huso	Acipenseridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Adelges pectinatae	Adelges pectinatae	Adelgidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Adelges nordmannianae	Adelges nordmannianae	Adelgidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Adelges viridis	Adelges viridis	Adelgidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aleurochiton acerinus	Aleurochiton acerinus	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Anuraphis catonii	Anuraphis catonii	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aphis umbrella	Aphis umbrella	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aridius nodifer	Aridius nodifer	Latridiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Atomaria lewisi	Atomaria lewisi	Cryptophagidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cactodera cacti	Cactodera cacti	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Cercyon laminatus	Cercyon laminatus	Hydrophilidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cinara cuneomaculata	Cinara cuneomaculata	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cryptolestes spartii	Cryptolestes spartii	Cucujidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dermestes ater	Dermestes ater	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dictyocaulus filaria	Dictyocaulus filaria	Metastrongylidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dictyocaulus viviparus	Dictyocaulus viviparus	Metastrongylidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Drepanosiphum aceris	Drepanosiphum aceris	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ectopsocus briggsi	Ectopsocus briggsi	Ectopsocidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Edaphus lederi	Edaphus lederi	Staphylinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Gammarus tigrinus	Gammarus tigrinus	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Isochaetides michaelseni	Isochaetides michaelseni	Naididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Laemophloeus muticus	Laemophloeus muticus	Laemophloeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Liparus tenebriodes	Liparus tenebriodes	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Liposcelis decolor	Liposcelis decolor	Liposcelididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lithocharis nigriceps	Lithocharis nigriceps	Staphylinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Marenzelleria neglecta	Marenzelleria neglecta	Spionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mindarus obliquus	Mindarus obliquus	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Muellerius capillaris	Muellerius capillaris	Metastrongylidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oecobius annulipes	Oecobius annulipes	Oecobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oligota parva	Oligota parva	Staphylinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Opetiopalpus scutellaris	Opetiopalpus scutellaris	Cleridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paramysis intermedia	Paramysis intermedia	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paramysis lacustris	Paramysis lacustris	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pemphigus borealis	Pemphigus borealis	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pemphigus populinigrae	Pemphigus populinigrae	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pemphigus spyrothecae	Pemphigus spyrothecae	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Philonthus rectangulus	Philonthus rectangulus	Staphylinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Phytoseiulus persimilis	Phytoseiulus persimilis	Phytoseiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pineus cembrae	Pineus cembrae	Adelgidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pineus orientalis	Pineus orientalis	Adelgidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Potamothrix heuscheri	Potamothrix heuscheri	Naididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pristiphora angulata	Pristiphora angulata	Tenthredinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Psammoryctides moravicus	Psammoryctides moravicus	Naididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Silpha laevigata	Silpha laevigata	Staphylinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Thecabius affinis	Thecabius affinis	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Thecturota tenuissima	Thecturota tenuissima	Staphylinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tipnus unicolor	Tipnus unicolor	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Valipora campylancristrota	Valipora campylancristrota	Gryporhynchidae	Not recorded	Introduced

A species is on this list when the country's checklist in the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species records it as introduced by people and present. It is marked invasive when the checklist records an impact on native wildlife or habitats. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another, and checklists are revised as countries report, so the list is not final. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0). See the sources.