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Introduced and invasive animals in Latvia

155 animal species are listed as introduced in Latvia by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 69 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Latvia

Introduced species: 155
Flagged invasive: 69

Which invasive animals are in Latvia?

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

All introduced animals in Latvia

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus	Cricetidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Colorado potato beetle	Leptinotarsa decemlineata	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Common raccoon dog	Nyctereutes procyonoides	Canidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
American mink	Neogale vison	Mustelidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Mealworm	Tenebrio molitor	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
German cockroach	Blattella germanica	Blattellidae	Not recorded	Invasive
House cricket	Acheta domesticus	Gryllidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chinese mitten crab	Eriocheir sinensis	Varunidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Oriental cockroach	Blatta orientalis	Blattidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Migratory locust	Locusta migratoria	Acrididae	Not recorded	Invasive
Signal crayfish	Pacifastacus leniusculus	Astacidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Zebra mussel	Dreissena polymorpha	Dreissenidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Round goby	Neogobius melanostomus	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bombay canary	Periplaneta americana	Blattidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chinese softshell	Pelodiscus sinensis	Trionychidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Grain weevil	Sitophilus granarius	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Slider	Trachemys scripta	Emydidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Steamer	Mya arenaria	Myidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Rice weevil	Sitophilus oryzae	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Pea beetle	Bruchus pisorum	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Horse-chestnut leafminer	Cameraria ohridella	Gracillariidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bread beetle	Stegobium paniceum	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Amur sleeper	Perccottus glenii	Odontobutidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Pea weevil	Acanthoscelides obtectus	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bran bug	Tribolium castaneum	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Sawtoothed grain beetle	Oryzaephilus surinamensis	Cucujidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cigar beetle	Lasioderma serricorne	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bean beetle	Bruchus rufimanus	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Delcore crayfish	Faxonius limosus	Cambaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Maize weevil	Sitophilus zeamais	Dryophthoridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Lesser mealworm	Alphitobius diaperinus	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Fur beetle	Attagenus pellio	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Peardrop beetle	Cybister lateralimarginalis	Dytiscidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Black carpet beetle	Attagenus unicolor	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Rosemary beetle	Chrysolina americana	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Confused flour beetle	Tribolium confusum	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Fishhook waterflea	Cercopagis pengoi	Cercopagidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Vodka beetle	Attagenus smirnovi	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Driedfruit beetle	Carpophilus hemipterus	Nitidulidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Wheat weevil	Rhyzopertha dominica	Bostrichidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Hydroid	Cordylophora caspia	Cordylophoridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Dark flour	Tribolium destructor	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Dark mealworm	Tenebrio obscurus	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Coffee bean weevil	Araecerus fasciculatus	Anthribidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Flour mill beetle	Cryptolestes turcicus	Cucujidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Merchant beetle	Oryzaephilus mercator	Cucujidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Stockholm beetle	Trogoderma angustum	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Glabrous cabinet beetle	Trogoderma glabrum	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Broadhorned flour beetle	Gnatocerus cornutus	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Small spruce bark beetle	Ips amitinus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Black-headed slug	Krynickillus melanocephalus	Agriolimacidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Wasp nest dermestid	Reesa vespulae	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Warehouse beetle	Trogoderma variabile	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cabinet beetle	Trogoderma versicolor	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Black flour beetle	Tribolium madens	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bay barnacle	Amphibalanus improvisus	Balanidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Eel parasite	Anguillicola crassus	Anguillicolidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Amarygmus morio	Amarygmus morio	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Anthrenus caucasicus	Anthrenus caucasicus	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Corticeus pini	Corticeus pini	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Dermestes ater	Dermestes ater	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Dermestes bicolor	Dermestes bicolor	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Dermestes undulatus	Dermestes undulatus	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Harmonia axyridis	Harmonia axyridis	Coccinellidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Lymantria dispar	Lymantria dispar	Erebidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Marenzelleria neglecta	Marenzelleria neglecta	Spionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Leporidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Great egret	Ardea alba	Ardeidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Ruddy shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Eurasian griffon vulture	Gyps fulvus	Accipitridae	Least Concern	Introduced
European bee-eater	Merops apiaster	Meropidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Great white pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Pelecanidae	Least Concern	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
Canada goose	Branta canadensis	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Bar-headed goose	Anser indicus	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Nutria	Myocastor coypus	Echimyidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Dalmatian pelican	Pelecanus crispus	Pelecanidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Citrine wagtail	Motacilla citreola	Motacillidae	Least Concern	Introduced
African sacred ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Threskiornithidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Sterlet	Acipenser ruthenus	Acipenseridae	Endangered	Introduced
Collared flycatcher	Ficedula albicollis	Muscicapidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Escargot	Helix pomatia	Helicidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Wood duck	Aix sponsa	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Lanner falcon	Falco biarmicus	Falconidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Middle spotted woodpecker	Dendrocoptes medius	Picidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Cyprinidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Prussian carp	Carassius gibelio	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pink salmon	Oncorhynchus gorbuscha	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Arctic char	Salvelinus alpinus	Salmonidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Cyprinidae	Data Deficient	Introduced
Chum salmon	Oncorhynchus keta	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Russian sturgeon	Acipenser gueldenstaedtii	Acipenseridae	Critically Endangered	Introduced
Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	Salmonidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Coho salmon	Oncorhynchus kisutch	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Grove snail	Cepaea nemoralis	Helicidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Black Amur	Mylopharyngodon piceus	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Inconnu	Stenodus leucichthys	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Roccus	Morone saxatilis	Moronidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Leopard slug	Limax maximus	Limacidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Copse snail	Arianta arbustorum	Helicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Red-rim melania	Melanoides tuberculata	Thiaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Milky slug	Deroceras reticulatum	Agriolimacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ashy physa	Physella acuta	Physidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mudsnail	Potamopyrgus antipodarum	Tateidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Beer slug	Limacus flavus	Limacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cadelle	Tenebroides mauritanicus	Trogossitidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Basket longhorn beetle	Gracilia minuta	Cerambycidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Golden spider beetle	Niptus hololeucus	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mimic lymnaea	Pseudosuccinea columella	Lymnaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Darkface slug	Arion distinctus	Arionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Flat grain beetle	Cryptolestes ferrugineus	Cucujidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dark bodied glass snail	Oxychilus draparnaudi	Oxychilidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cellar snail	Oxychilus cellarius	Oxychilidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Heath helicellid	Xerolenta obvia	Geomitridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Seminole ramshorn	Planorbella duryi	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Thistle head weevil	Rhinocyllus conicus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Plaster beetle	Cartodere constricta	Latridiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Caspian mud shrimp	Chelicorophium curvispinum	Corophiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Squarenosed fungus beetle	Latridius minutus	Latridiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Greenhouse camel cricket	Tachycines asynamorus	Rhaphidophoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Herbarium beetle	Dienerella filum	Latridiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Spotted hairy fungus beetle	Mycetophagus quadriguttatus	Mycetophagidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Brown spider beetle	Ptinus clavipes	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Flat ancylid	Pettancylus clessinianus	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Giant sturgeon	Acipenser huso	Acipenseridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Altica ampelophaga	Altica ampelophaga	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Anthelephila pedestris	Anthelephila pedestris	Anthicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Anthrenus olgae	Anthrenus olgae	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aridius nodifer	Aridius nodifer	Latridiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Asaphidion austriacum	Asaphidion austriacum	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aulonothroscus brevicollis	Aulonothroscus brevicollis	Throscidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Blaps lethifera	Blaps lethifera	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Carcinops pumilio	Carcinops pumilio	Histeridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Coraebus elatus	Coraebus elatus	Buprestidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cylindera arenaria	Cylindera arenaria	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Gonotropis dorsalis	Gonotropis dorsalis	Anthribidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Laemostenus terricola	Laemostenus terricola	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Marenzelleria viridis	Marenzelleria viridis	Spionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Monochamus saltuarius	Monochamus saltuarius	Cerambycidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mycetophagus tschitscherini	Mycetophagus tschitscherini	Mycetophagidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Nathrius brevipennis	Nathrius brevipennis	Cerambycidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oberea pupillata	Oberea pupillata	Cerambycidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ocys quinquestriatus	Ocys quinquestriatus	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Otiorhynchus smreczynskii	Otiorhynchus smreczynskii	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Perigona nigriceps	Perigona nigriceps	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Stromatium auratum	Stromatium auratum	Cerambycidae	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.