An animal can cause lasting damage to your home and foundation. It can chew up electrical wiring inside your walls, destroy ducts, or damage critical drainage systems. On top of this, wild animals and rodents are frequently carriers of disease and could pose serious health risks. 

Even so, your home does not have the same level of risk from every type of animal. 

Which animals can cause the most damage to your home or foundation? To discover the worst culprits, we rank each animal invader by the potential amount of damage along with the likelihood of damage.