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Invasive Species: Animals

Below is a species list for invasive animals in Wisconsin. You may view literature reviews and factsheets for those species available by clicking the corresponding icon. You may also sort the table by common or scientific name by clicking the table heading.

Please note all links will open in a new window. Factsheets which are linked by a grayed-out icon indicate the factsheet will exit the DNR website. All literature reviews are PDF files (mouse over icon to view file size).

Common Name Scientific Name Factsheet Literature
Review
Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis Click to view factsheet for this species (exit DNR). Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 100KB]
Asian longhorned beetle Anoplophora glabripennis Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 133KB]
Beech bark disease Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 84KB]
Bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 112KB]
Common carp Cyprinus carpio Click to view factsheet for this species.  
Emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 96KB]
Feral pig Sus scrofa Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 83KB]
Fishhook waterflea Cercopagis pengoi Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 99KB]
Forest tent caterpillar Malacosoma disstria Click to view factsheet for this species.  
Giant snakehead Channa micropeltes Click to view factsheet for this species (exit DNR). Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 107KB]
Gypsy moth Lymantria dispar Click to view factsheet for this species.  
Hemlock wooly adelgid Adelges tsugae Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 105KB]
Mute swan Cygnus olor Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 87KB]
Oak wilt Ceratocystis fagacearum Click to view factsheet for this species.  
Quagga mussels Dreissena bugensis Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 101KB]
Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 109KB]
Round goby Neogobius melanostomus Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 110KB]
Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 107KB]
Rusty crayfish Orconectes rusticus Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 111KB]
Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 112KB]
Silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 109KB]
Spiny waterflea Bythotrephes cederstroemi Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 100KB]
White perch Morone americana Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 108KB]
Wolf/Dog hybrids Canis sp. Click to view factsheet for this species.  
Zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha Click to view factsheet for this species. Click to view literature review for this species. [PDF 106KB]
Last Revised: March 17, 2008