It is unlawful to import, transport, possess, or release alive into this state, except under a revocable, nontransferable permit as provided in this chapter and the regulations pertaining thereto, any wild animal of the following species:
(a) | Class Aves: (birds) |
Family Cuculidae (cuckoos) | |
All Species. | |
Family Alaudidae (larks) | |
Skylark, Alauda arvensis | |
Family Corvidae (crows, jays, magpies) | |
All species. | |
Family Turdidae (thrushes) | |
European blackbird, Turdus merula | |
Missel (or mistle), thrush, Turdus viscivorus | |
Family Sturnidae (starlings and mynas or mynahs) | |
All species of the family, except hill myna (or | |
hill mynah), | |
Gracula religiosa (sometimes referred to as | |
Eulabes religiosa) | |
Family Ploceidae (weavers) | |
The following species: | |
Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis | |
Italian sparrow, Passer italiae | |
European tree sparrow, Passer montanus | |
Cape sparrow, Passer capensis | |
Madagascar weaver, Foudia madagascariensis | |
Baya weaver, Ploceus baya | |
Hawaiian rice bird, Munia nisoria | |
Red-billed quelea, Quelea quelea | |
Red-headed quelea, Quelea erythrops | |
Family Fringillidae (sparrows, finches, buntings) | |
Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella | |
(b) | Class Mammalia (mammals) |
Order Primates | |
All species except those in family Hominidae | |
Order Edentata (sloths, anteaters, armadillos, etc.) | |
All species. | |
Order Marsupialia (marsupials or pouched mammals) | |
All species. | |
Order Insectivora (shrews, moles, hedgehogs, etc.) | |
All species. | |
Order Dermoptera (gliding lemurs) | |
All species. | |
Order Chiroptera (bats) | |
All species. | |
Order Monotremata (spiny anteaters, platypuses) | |
All species. | |
Order Pholidota (pangolins, scaly anteaters) | |
All species. | |
Order Lagomorpha (pikas, rabbits, hares) | |
All species, except domesticated races of rabbits. | |
Order Rodentia (rodents) | |
All species, except domesticated golden | |
hamsters, also known as Syrian hamster, | |
Mesocricetus auratus; domesticated races of | |
rats or mice (white or albino; trained, | |
dancing or spinning, laboratory-reared); | |
and domestic strains of guinea pig (Cavia | |
porcellus). | |
Order Carnivora (carnivores) | |
All species, except domestic dogs (Canis | |
familiaris) and domestic cats (Felis catus). | |
Order Tubulidentata (aardvarks) | |
All species. | |
Order Proboscidea (elephants) | |
All species. | |
Order Hyracoidea (hyraxes) | |
All species. | |
Order Sirenia (dugongs, manatees) | |
All species. | |
Order Perissodactyla (horses, zebras, tapirs, | |
rhinoceroses, etc.) | |
All species except those of the family Equidae. | |
Order Artiodactyla (swine, peccaries, camels, | |
deer, elk, except elk (genus Cervus) which are | |
subject to Section 2118.2, moose, antelopes, | |
cattle, goats, sheep, etc.) | |
All species except: domestic swine of the family | |
Suidae; American bison, and domestic cattle, | |
sheep and goats of the family Bovidae; races | |
of big-horned sheep (Ovis canadensis) now | |
or formerly indigenous to this state. | |
Mammals of the orders Primates, Edentata, | |
(c) | Class amphibia (frogs, toads, salamanders) |
Family Bufonidae (toads) | |
Giant toad or marine toad, Bufo marinus | |
(d) | Class Monorhina (lampreys) |
All species. | |
(e) | Class Osteichthyes (bony fishes) |
Family Serranidae (bass) | |
White perch, Morone or Roccus americana | |
Family Clupeidae (herring) | |
Gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum | |
Family Sciaenidae (croakers) | |
Freshwater sheepshead, Aplodinotus grunniens | |
Family Characidae (characins) | |
Banded tetra, Astyanax fasciatus | |
All species of piranhas | |
Family Lepisosteidae (gars) | |
All species. | |
Family Amiidae (bowfins) | |
All species. | |
(f) | Class Reptilia (snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators) |
Family Crocodilidae | |
All species. | |
(g) | Class Crustacea (crustaceans) |
Genus Cambarus (crayfishes) | |
All species. | |
Genus Astacus (crayfishes) | |
All species. | |
Genus Astacopsis (crayfishes) | |
All species. | |
(h) | Class Gastropoda (slugs, snails, clams) |
All species of slugs. | |
All species of land snails. | |
(i)Other classes, orders, families, genera, and species |
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 97. Effective January 1, 2004.)