🇱🇻Animals recorded in Latvia

Which animals have been recorded in Latvia? 15,780 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Temora longicornis, Centropages hamatus, Pseudocalanus elongatus.

• 15,780 records
• 1,200+ species
• 24 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Temora longicornis, Centropages hamatus, Pseudocalanus elongatus. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Latvia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Temora longicornis	Copepoda Temoridae	1,166
	Centropages hamatus	Copepoda Centropagidae	934
	Pseudocalanus elongatus	Copepoda Clausocalanidae	569
	Eurytemora affinis	Copepoda Temoridae	469
	Acartia longiremis	Copepoda Acartiidae	431
	Actinocyclus octonarius	Gastropoda Actinocyclidae	296
	Acartia bifilosa	Copepoda Acartiidae	277
	Water flea Bosmina coregoni	Branchiopoda Bosminidae	267
	Nothorhina punctata	Insecta Cerambycidae	214
	Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	Aves Accipitridae	176
	Keratella quadrata	Eurotatoria Brachionidae	131
	water flea Evadne nordmanni	Branchiopoda Podonidae	128
	Acartia tonsa	Copepoda Acartiidae	112
	water flea Pleopis polyphemoides	Branchiopoda Podonidae	85
	Tragosoma depsarium	Insecta Cerambycidae	75
	Rhagium mordax	Insecta Cerambycidae	58
	Stictoleptura rubra	Insecta Cerambycidae	54
	Leptura quadrifasciata	Insecta Cerambycidae	49
	Round goby Neogobius melanostomus	— Gobiidae	48
	Stenurella melanura	Insecta Cerambycidae	48
	Marenzelleria viridis	Polychaeta Spionidae	47
	Boros schneideri	Insecta Boridae	42
	Necydalis major	Insecta Cerambycidae	40
	Baltic Tellin Macoma balthica	Bivalvia Tellinidae	36
	Bay barnacle Amphibalanus improvisus	Maxillopoda Balanidae	33
	Ribbed Pine Borer Rhagium inquisitor	Insecta Cerambycidae	33
	Paracorymbia maculicornis	Insecta Cerambycidae	32
	Depressed Aquatic Leaf Beetle Donacia marginata	Insecta Chrysomelidae	32
	Synchaeta baltica	Eurotatoria Synchaetidae	30
	Synchaeta monopus	Eurotatoria Synchaetidae	30
	Dinoptera collaris	Insecta Cerambycidae	29
	Bylgides sarsi	Polychaeta Polynoidae	29
	Podon leuckarti	Branchiopoda Podonidae	29
	plain reed beetle Donacia simplex	Insecta Chrysomelidae	28
	Keratella cruciformis	Eurotatoria Brachionidae	27
	Keratella cochlearis	Eurotatoria Brachionidae	26
	tobacco-coloured longhorn beetle Alosterna tabacicolor	Insecta Cerambycidae	25
	Einhornia crustulenta	Gymnolaemata Electridae	24
	New Zealand Mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum	Gastropoda Tateidae	24
	Roman Snail Helix pomatia	Gastropoda Helicidae	23
	Xylotrechus rusticus	Insecta Cerambycidae	23
	mud shrimp Corophium volutator	Malacostraca Corophiidae	22
	Atlantic ditch shrimp Palaemon varians	Malacostraca Palaemonidae	22
	Freshwater hydroid Cordylophora caspia	Hydrozoa Cordylophoridae	22
	Brown Lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis	Gastropoda Helicidae	22
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	22
	Black Longicorn Beetle Spondylis buprestoides	Insecta Cerambycidae	22
	Sand Gaper Mya arenaria	Bivalvia Myidae	22
	Manayunkia aestuarina	Polychaeta Fabriciidae	21
	Common Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca	Insecta Lampyridae	21
	Gaurotes virginea	Insecta Cerambycidae	21
	Rust Pine Borer Arhopalus rusticus	Insecta Cerambycidae	20
	Pseudovadonia livida	Insecta Cerambycidae	20
	Spionid worm Boccardiella ligerica	Polychaeta Spionidae	19
	Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Aves Corvidae	19
	Musk Beetle Aromia moschata	Insecta Cerambycidae	19
	Pine Sawyer Lamia textor	Insecta Cerambycidae	19
	Grey Sailor Beetle Cantharis nigricans	Insecta Cantharidae	18
	Spiny pipefish Syngnathus phlegon	— Syngnathidae	18
	White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis	Gastropoda Helicidae	17