California Fish and Game Code

§ 2118

FGC § 2118 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

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, Dermoptera, Monotremata, Pholidota, Tubulidentata, Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Hyracoidea, Sirenia and Carnivora are restricted for the welfare of the animals, except animals of the families Viverridae and Mustelidae in the order Carnivora are restricted because such animals are undesirable and a menace to native wildlife, the agricultural interests of the state, or to the public health or safety. (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 of wild animals which may be designated by the commission in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, (1) when the class, order, family, genus, or species is proven to be undesirable and a menace to native wildlife or the agricultural interests of the state, or

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 97. Effective January 1, 2004.