California Fish and Game Code 2118 – It is unlawful to import, transport, possess, or release alive into …
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:
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Class Aves: (birds) Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 2118
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Family Cuculidae (cuckoos) |
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All Species. |
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Family Alaudidae (larks) |
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Skylark, Alauda arvensis |
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Family Corvidae (crows, jays, magpies) |
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All species. |
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Family Turdidae (thrushes) |
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European blackbird, Turdus merula |
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Missel (or mistle), thrush, Turdus viscivorus |
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Family Sturnidae (starlings and mynas or mynahs) |
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All species of the family, except hill myna (or |
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hill mynah), |
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Gracula religiosa (sometimes referred to as |
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Eulabes religiosa) |
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Family Ploceidae (weavers) |
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The following species: |
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Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis |
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Italian sparrow, Passer italiae |
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European tree sparrow, Passer montanus |
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Cape sparrow, Passer capensis |
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Madagascar weaver, Foudia madagascariensis |
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Baya weaver, Ploceus baya |
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Hawaiian rice bird, Munia nisoria |
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Red-billed quelea, Quelea quelea |
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Red-headed quelea, Quelea erythrops |
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Family Fringillidae (sparrows, finches, buntings) |
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Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella |
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Class Mammalia (mammals) |
Order Primates |
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All species except those in family Hominidae |
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Order Edentata (sloths, anteaters, armadillos, etc.) |
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All species. |
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Order Marsupialia (marsupials or pouched mammals) |
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All species. |
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Order Insectivora (shrews, moles, hedgehogs, etc.) |
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All species. |
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Order Dermoptera (gliding lemurs) |
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All species. |
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Order Chiroptera (bats) |
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All species. |
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Order Monotremata (spiny anteaters, platypuses) |
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All species. |
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Order Pholidota (pangolins, scaly anteaters) |
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All species. |
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Order Lagomorpha (pikas, rabbits, hares) |
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All species, except domesticated races of rabbits. |
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Order Rodentia (rodents) |
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All species, except domesticated golden |
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hamsters, also known as Syrian hamster, |
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Mesocricetus auratus; domesticated races of |
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rats or mice (white or albino; trained, |
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dancing or spinning, laboratory-reared); |
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and domestic strains of guinea pig (Cavia |
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porcellus). |
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Order Carnivora (carnivores) |
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All species, except domestic dogs (Canis |
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familiaris) and domestic cats (Felis catus). |
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Order Tubulidentata (aardvarks) |
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All species. |
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Order Proboscidea (elephants) |
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All species. |
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Order Hyracoidea (hyraxes) |
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All species. |
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Order Sirenia (dugongs, manatees) |
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All species. |
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Order Perissodactyla (horses, zebras, tapirs, |
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rhinoceroses, etc.) |
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All species except those of the family Equidae. |
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Order Artiodactyla (swine, peccaries, camels, |
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deer, elk, except elk (genus Cervus) which are |
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subject to Section 2118.2, moose, antelopes, |
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cattle, goats, sheep, etc.) |
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All species except: domestic swine of the family |
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Suidae; American bison, and domestic cattle, |
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sheep and goats of the family Bovidae; races |
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of big-horned sheep (Ovis canadensis) now |
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or formerly indigenous to this state. |
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Mammals of the orders Primates, Edentata, |
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(c) |
Class amphibia (frogs, toads, salamanders) |
Family Bufonidae (toads) |
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Giant toad or marine toad, Bufo marinus |
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Class Monorhina (lampreys) |
All species. |
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Class Osteichthyes (bony fishes) |
Family Serranidae (bass) |
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White perch, Morone or Roccus americana |
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Family Clupeidae (herring) |
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Gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum |
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Family Sciaenidae (croakers) |
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Freshwater sheepshead, Aplodinotus grunniens |
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Family Characidae (characins) |
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Banded tetra, Astyanax fasciatus |
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All species of piranhas |
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Family Lepisosteidae (gars) |
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All species. |
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Family Amiidae (bowfins) |
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All species. |
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Class Reptilia (snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators) |
Family Crocodilidae |
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All species. |
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Class Crustacea (crustaceans) |
Genus Cambarus (crayfishes) |
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All species. |
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Genus Astacus (crayfishes) |
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All species. |
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Genus Astacopsis (crayfishes) |
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All species. |
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Class Gastropoda (slugs, snails, clams) |
All species of slugs. |
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All species of land snails. |
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(i)Other classes, orders, families, genera, and species |
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 97. Effective January 1, 2004.)