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Introduced and invasive animals in Lithuania

62 animal species are listed as introduced in Lithuania by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 23 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Lithuania

Introduced species: 62
Flagged invasive: 23

Which invasive animals are in Lithuania?

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

Round goby

Neogobius melanostomus

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

Pea weevil

Acanthoscelides obtectus

ChrysomelidaeNo free photo yet

Delcore crayfish

Faxonius limosus

CambaridaeNo free photo yet

All introduced animals in Lithuania

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Great cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	Phalacrocoracidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Colorado potato beetle	Leptinotarsa decemlineata	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Common raccoon dog	Nyctereutes procyonoides	Canidae	Least Concern	Invasive
American mink	Neogale vison	Mustelidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Prussian carp	Carassius gibelio	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	Salmonidae	Least Concern	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
Pea weevil	Acanthoscelides obtectus	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Delcore crayfish	Faxonius limosus	Cambaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Lesser mealworm	Alphitobius diaperinus	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Fishhook waterflea	Cercopagis pengoi	Cercopagidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Driedfruit beetle	Carpophilus hemipterus	Nitidulidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Hydroid	Cordylophora caspia	Cordylophoridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Dark flour	Tribolium destructor	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Waste grain beetle	Alphitophagus bifasciatus	Tenebrionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cabinet beetle	Trogoderma versicolor	Dermestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bay barnacle	Amphibalanus improvisus	Balanidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Eel parasite	Anguillicola crassus	Anguillicolidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Gronops inaequalis	Gronops inaequalis	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Marenzelleria viridis	Marenzelleria viridis	Spionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Leporidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Common pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Phasianidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Eurasian collared dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Columbidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus	Cricetidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European fallow deer	Dama dama	Cervidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Canada goose	Branta canadensis	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Sika deer	Cervus nippon	Cervidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Chital	Axis axis	Cervidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Cyprinidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Cyprinidae	Data Deficient	Introduced
Chinese mitten crab	Eriocheir sinensis	Varunidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Siberian sturgeon	Acipenser baerii	Acipenseridae	Critically Endangered	Introduced
Roccus	Morone saxatilis	Moronidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Peled	Coregonus peled	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Channel cat	Ictalurus punctatus	Ictaluridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Muksun	Coregonus muksun	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Steamer	Mya arenaria	Myidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Amur sleeper	Perccottus glenii	Odontobutidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mudsnail	Potamopyrgus antipodarum	Tateidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mud crab	Rhithropanopeus harrisii	Panopeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hemimysis	Hemimysis anomala	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ram	Ovis aries	Bovidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Gravel snail	Lithoglyphus naticoides	Lithoglyphidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Wedge clam	Rangia cuneata	Mactridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Caspian mud shrimp	Chelicorophium curvispinum	Corophiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chaetogammarus ischnus	Chaetogammarus ischnus	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chaetogammarus warpachowskyi	Chaetogammarus warpachowskyi	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Freshwater polyp	Craspedacusta sowerbii	Olindiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Gammarus tigrinus	Gammarus tigrinus	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Limnomysis benedeni	Limnomysis benedeni	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Marenzelleria neglecta	Marenzelleria neglecta	Spionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Obesogammarus crassus	Obesogammarus crassus	Pontogammaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paramysis lacustris	Paramysis lacustris	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Polypodium hydriforme	Polypodium hydriforme	Polypodiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pontogammarus robustoides	Pontogammarus robustoides	Pontogammaridae	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.