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Pest animals in New Zealand

A guide to animal pests in New Zealand. This guide is restricted to introduced animals that are wild or feral and doesn't include pesky native critters.

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Rainbow Lorikeet 1
Trichoglossus haematodus
Black Rat (Ship Rat) 2
Rattus rattus
Brown Rat (Norway Rat) 3
Rattus norvegicus
Cat (feral) 4
Felis catus
Fallow Deer 1
Dama dama
Ferret 5
Mustela furo
Goat (feral) 6
Capra hircus
Hedgehog 7
Erinaceus europaeus
Mouse 8
Mus musculus
Possum 9
Trichosurus vulpecula
Rabbit 10
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Red Deer 11
Cervus elaphus elaphus
Rusa Deer, Javan 12
Rusa timorensis
Sika Deer 13
Cervus nippon
Stoat 14
Mustela erminea
Tahr, Himalayan 15
Hemitragus jemlahicus
Wallaby (various species) 16
Marsupialia
Wapiti 17
Cervus elaphus nelsoni
Weasel 18
Mustela
White-tailed Deer 19
Odocoileus virginianus
Rainbow Skink 20
Lampropholis delicata
Brown Bullhead Catfish 21
Ameiurus nebulosus
Common Carp 22
Cyprinus carpio
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Western Mosquitofish 23
Gambusia affinis
Argentine Ant 24
Linepithema humile
Large White Butterfly 25
Pieris brassicae
Wasps (Common and German) 26
Vespa
Sidymella trapezia 27

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