Chapter 71P - LIST OF PROHIBITED ANIMALS
Current through April, 2024
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
| INVERTEBRATES | |
| PHYLUM Annelida | |
| CLASS Polychaeta | |
| ORDER Phyllodocida | |
| FAMILY Glyceridae | |
| Glycera americana | bloodworm |
| PHYLUM Arthropoda | |
| CLASS Crustacea | |
| ORDER Decapoda | |
| FAMILY Coenobitidae | |
| Coenobita clypeatus | crab, land hermit |
| FAMILY Potamidae | |
| Potamidae (all species in family) | crabs, freshwater |
| CLASS Insecta | |
| ORDER Hymenoptera | |
| FAMILY Apidae | |
| Apis mellifera | bee, honey (alive or dead) |
| ORDER Lepidoptera | |
| FAMILY Tortricidae | |
| Cydia deshaisiana | moth, Mexican jumping bean |
| PHYLUM Cnidaria | |
| CLASS Cubozoa | |
| ORDER Cubomedusae | |
| FAMILY Chirodropidae | |
| Chirodropidae (all species in family) | jellyfishes |
| PHYLUM Mollusca | |
| CLASS Bivalvia | |
| ORDER Veneroida | |
| FAMILY Corbiculidae | |
| Corbicula fluminea | clam, freshwater (shijimi) |
| CLASS Cephalopoda | |
| ORDER Octopoda | |
| FAMILY Octopobidae | |
| Octopus maculosus | octopus, Australian |
| Octopus maya | octopus |
| AMPHIBIANS | |
| PHYLUM Chordata | |
| CLASS Amphibia | |
| ORDER Caudata | |
| FAMILY Amphiumidae | |
| Amphiuma (all species in genus) | salamanders |
| FAMILY Proteidae | |
| Necturus (all species in genus) | salamanders |
| FAMILY Sirenidae | |
| Pseudobranchus striatus | salamander, dwarf |
| Siren intermedia | siren, lesser |
| Siren lacertina | siren, greater |
| ORDER Salientia (Anura) | |
| FAMILY Dendrobatidae Phyllobates (all species in genus) | frogs |
| FAMILY Hylidae | |
| Hyla septentrionalis | treefrog, Cuban |
FAMILY Pipidae Pipidae (all in family, except the following species for research and exhibition by government agencies: Pipa pipa (toad, surinam) and Xenopus laevis (frog, African clawed)
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
| REPTILES | |
| CLASS Reptilia | |
| ORDER Squamata | |
| Serpentes (all species in suborder, except for two male nonvenomous snakes for exhibition in a government zoo, and for four sterile male brown tree snakes, Boiga irregularis, for research or training of snake detector dogs by the department) | snakes |
| FAMILY Helodermatidae | |
| Heloderma sp. | gila monster |
| FISHE | S |
| CLASS Chonodrichthyes | |
| ORDER Carcharhiniformes | |
| FAMILY Carcharhinidae | |
| Carcharhinus nicaraguensis | shark, Nicaraguan freshwater |
| ORDER Myliobatiformes | |
| FAMILY Dasyatidae | |
| Dasyatidae (all species in family) | stingrays, freshwater |
| ORDER Orectolobiformes | |
| FAMILY Orectolobidae | |
| Orectolobus maculatus | shark, spotted carpet; (shark, wobbegong) |
| Orectolobus ornatus | shark, banded carpet |
| ORDER Petromyzoniformes | |
| FAMILY Petromyzonidae | |
| Petromyzonidae (all species in family) | lampreys |
| CLASS Osteichthyes | |
| ORDER Amiiformes | |
| FAMILY Amiidae | |
| Amiidae (all species in family) | bowfins; dogfishes; mudfishes |
| ORDER Anguilliformes | |
| Anguilliformes (all species in order) | eels |
| ORDER Atheriniformes | |
| FAMILY Atherinidae | |
| Atherinomorus stipes | silversides, hardhead |
| FAMILY Belonidae | |
| Belonidae (all species in family) | needlefishes |
| FAMILY Hemirhamphidae | |
| Hemirhamphidae (all species in family, except Dermogenys pusillus and Nomorhamphus celebensis) | halfbeaks |
| FAMILY Poeciliidae | |
| Belonesox belizanus | top minnow, pike |
| ORDER Cypriniformes | |
| FAMILY Characidae | |
| Acestrorhynchus (all species in genus) | cachorros |
| Catoprion (all species in genus) | piranha |
| Hydrolycus (all species in genus) | characins |
| Pygocentrus (all species in genus) | piranha |
| Serrasalminae (all species in subfamily except the species in the following genera: Colossoma, pacu; Metynnis, silver dollar; Myleus, silver dollar; Myloplus, myloplus; and Mylossoma, pacu) | piranha |
| Serrasalmo (all species in genus) | piranha |
| Serrasalmus (all species in genus) | piranha |
| FAMILY Gymnotidae | |
| Electrophorus electricus | eel, electric |
| ORDER Myctophiformes | |
| FAMILY Synodontidae | |
| Synodus (all species in genus) | lizard fishes |
| ORDER Osteoglossiformes | |
| FAMILY Osteoglossidae | |
| Arapaima gigas | pirarucu |
| ORDER Perciformes | |
| FAMILY Channidae | |
| Channidae; (Ophiocephaloidae) (all species in family, except Ophiocephalus striatus) | snake heads |
| FAMILY Cichlidae | |
| Batrachops (all species in genus) | cichlid, pike |
| Crenicichla (all species in genus) | cichlid, pike |
| FAMILY Eleotrididae | |
| Dormitator maculatus | sleeper, spotted |
| Eleotris (all species in genus) | sleepers |
| Mogurnda mogurnda | gudgeon, purple striped |
| FAMILY Sciaenidae | |
| Pogonias cromis | drum, black |
| Sciaenops ocellatus | drum, red |
| FAMILY Sparidae | |
| Pagrus major | bream, red sea |
| ORDER Polypteriformes | |
| FAMILY Polypteridae | |
| Polypteridae (all species in family) | fishes, bichir |
| ORDER Scorpaeniformes | |
| FAMILY Scorpaenidae | |
| Amblyapistus taenianotus | rouge fish |
| Dendrochirus zebra | lion fish, zebra |
| Inimicus didactylum | sea goblin, popeyed |
| Paracentropogon longispinis | scorpion fish, wispy |
| Pterois (all species in genus) | lion fishes |
| Scorpaena (all species in genus) | scorpion fishes |
| Scorpaenodes (all species in genus) | scorpion fishes |
| Synanceia horrida | stone fish |
| Synanceia verrucosa | stone fish |
| Taenianotus triacanthus | leaf fish, sailfin |
| ORDER Semionotiformes | |
| FAMILY Lepisosteidae | |
| Lepisosteidae (all species in family) | garpikes |
| ORDER Siluriformes | |
| FAMILY Ariidae | |
| Ariidae (all species in family) | catfishes, ariid |
| FAMILY Bagridae | |
| Bagrichthys hypselopterus | catfish, black lancer |
| Clarotes (all species in genus) | catfishes, clarotes |
| FAMILY Clariidae | |
| Clariidae (all species in family, except Clarias fuscus) | catfishes |
| FAMILY Doradidae | |
| Doradidae (all species in family) | catfishes, doradid |
| FAMILY Malapteruridae | |
| Malapterurus electricus | catfish, electric |
| FAMILY Pimelodidae | |
| Phractocephalus hemiliopterus | catfish, redtailed |
| Pseudopimelodus transmontanus | catfish, Peruvian mottled |
| Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum | catfish, tiger shovelnose |
| FAMILY Plotosidae | |
| Plotosidae (all species in family) | eels, catfish |
| FAMILY Siluridae | |
| Wallago attu | catfish, helicopter |
| FAMILY Trichomycteridae | |
| Vandellia cirrhosa | candiru |
| ORDER Synbranchiformes | |
| FAMILY Synbranchidae | |
| Synbranchus afer | moray, freshwater |
| Synbranchus marmoratus | moray, freshwater |
| BIRDS | |
| (Taxonomy after Sibley and Monroe 1990) | |
| CLASS Aves | |
| ORDER Apodiformes | |
| FAMILY Trochilidae | |
| Trochilidae (all species in family, except sexually dimorphic males for exhibition in government zoos only) | hummingbirds |
| ORDER Columbiformes | |
| FAMILY Columbidae | |
| Alectroenas (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
| Cryptophaps (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
| Drepanopila (all species in genus) | doves, fruit |
| Gymnophaps (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
| Hemiphaga (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
| Lopholaimus (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
| Phapitreron (all species in genus) | doves, fruit brown |
| Sphenurus (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
| Treron (all species in genus) | pigeons, green fruit |
| ORDER Galliformes | |
| FAMILY Cracidae | |
| Crax alector | curassow, crested |
| Crax rubra | curassow, greater (Mexican) |
| FAMILY Tetraonidae | |
| Bonasa umbellus umbellus | grouse, ruffed |
| ORDER Passeriformes | |
| FAMILY Coerebidae | |
| Coerebidae (all species in family) | honeycreepers |
| FAMILY Corvidae | |
| Corvus brachyrhynchos | crow, common |
| Corvus cornix | crow, hooded |
| Corvus corone | crow, carrion |
| Corvus frugilegus | crow, rook |
| Pica (all species in genus) | magpies |
| FAMILY Dicaeidae | |
| Dicaeum (all species in genus) | flowerpeckers |
| FAMILY Emberizidae | |
| Emberiza citrinella | bunting, yellow (yellow hammer) |
| FAMILY Estrildidae | |
| Aegintha temporalis | finch, Sydney waxbill (redbrowed) |
| Chloropsis hardwickii | chloropsis, Hardwick's (orangebellied) |
| Estrilda subflava subflava (Females only) | finch, goldbreasted (orangebreasted) |
| Lagonosticta rara | finch (waxbill), blackbellied fire |
| Lonchura castaneothorax | finch, chestnut breasted |
| Lonchura striata | mannikin, striated; (munia, white back) |
| Mandingoa nitidula | finch, greenbacked twinspot |
| Padda oryzivora | sparrow, Java (white and gray) |
| Poephila cincta cincta | finch, parson blackthroated |
| Poephila personata | finch, masked |
| Spermophaga haematina | finch, bluebill |
| Steganopleura guttata | finch, diamond; (sparrow, diamond) |
| FAMILY Fringillidae | |
| Cardinalis phoeniceus | cardinal, vermilion |
| Carduelis chloris | greenfinch European |
| Fringilla coelebs | chaffinch |
| Pyrenestes sanguineus | finch, seedcracker (crimson) |
| Pyrrhula pyrrhula (=europosa) | bullfinch, common |
| Sporophila torqueola | finch, whitecollared seedeater |
| Zonaeginthus bellus | finch, firetail |
| FAMILY Ibididae | |
| Hesperiphona (all species in genus) | sugarbirds |
| FAMILY Icteridae | |
| Turdus merula | black bird, European |
| Turdus viscivorus | thrush, mistle |
| FAMILY Meliphagidae | |
| Meliphagidae (all species in family) | honeyeaters |
| FAMILY Nectariniidae | |
| Nectariniidae (all species in family) | sunbirds |
| FAMILY Oriolidae | |
| Gymnomystax melanicterus | oriole, northern South American |
| FAMILY Ploceidae | |
| Foudia madagascariensis | weaver, Madagascar fody |
| Passer domesticus | sparrow, house |
| Ploceus philippinus | weaver baya |
| FAMILY Pycnonotidae | |
| Pycnonotus (all species in genus) | bulbuls |
| Hysipetes (all species in genus) | bulbuls |
| FAMILY Sturnidae | |
| Acridotheres (all species in genus) | mynas |
| Gracupica nigricollis | myna, blacknecked (blackheaded) |
| Sturnus (all species in genus, except the following one species for exhibition in government zoos only: Sturnus nigricollis (starling, black collared) | starlings |
| FAMILY Thraupidae | |
| Thraupidae (all species in family, except males only of the following three species for exhibition in government zoos only: Piranga olivacea (tanager, scarlet); Ramphocelus dimidiatus (tanager, | tanagers |
| crimson-backed); Thraupis episcopus (tanager, blue-grey)) | |
| FAMILY Zosteropidae | |
| Zosterops erythropleura | white eye, chestnutflanked |
ORDER Piciformes
FAMILY Rhamphastidae
Rhamphastidae (all in family, except the following nine species for exhibition in government zoos only: Pteroglossus beauharnaesii (aracari, curlcrested); Rhamphastos ambiguus swainsonii (toucan, bicolor); Ramphastos toco cuvieri (toucan, Cuvier's); Ramphastos discolorus (toucan, redbreasted); Ramphastos sulfuratus sulfuratus (toucan, sulfurbreasted); Ramphastos toco toco (toucan, toco); Ramphastos vitellinus ariel (toucan, ariel); Ramphastos vitellinus vitellinus (toucan, sulphur and white breasted); and Selenider maculirostris (toucanet, spot-billed)
ORDER Psittaciformes
FAMILY Loriidae
Loriidae (all in family, except the following nine species for exhibition in government zoos only: Chalcopsitta sintillata (lory, streaked); Eos bornea (lory, red); Eos squamata (lory, velvetnecked); Charmosyna papou golinthina (lory, Stella's); Lorius lory (lory, blackcapped); Trichoglossus haematodus (lory, rainbow); Trichoglossus johnstoniae (lorikeet, Johnstone's); Trichoglossus ribiginosus (lory, Ponape); and Vini peruviana (lory, Tahitian))
| FAMILY Psittacidae | |
| Aratinga nana astec | parrot, Aztec dwarf; (conure, Aztec) |
| Bolbopsittacus lunulatus | parakeet, guaiabero |
| Brotogeris chrysopterus | parakeet, goldenwinged |
| Brotogeris pyrrhopterus | parakeet, greycheeked |
| Brotogeris sanctithomae | parrot, bee bee; (Tui) |
| Brotogeris versicolorus | parakeet, canarywinged |
| Forpus (all species in genus) | parrolets; (dwarf, parrot) |
Loriculus (all in genus, except the following two species for exihibition in government zoos only: Loriculus galgulus (parrot, bluecrowned); and Loriculus philippensis (parrot, Philippine hanging))
| Micropsitta (all species in genus) | parrots, pygmy; (dwarf, parrot) |
| Myiopsitta monachus | parakeet, monk (quaker) |
| Opopsitta (all species in genus) | parrots, fig |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
| Pionites leucogaster | caique, whitebellied |
| Pionites melanocephala | caique, blackheaded |
| MAMMAL | S |
| PHYLUM Chordata (crosses with prohibited species) | animals, hybrid; (all hybrid-crosses where one or both parents are prohibited) |
| Canis familiaris crossed with wolf, coyote, dingo, jackal, fox, dhole, African wild dog, racoon dog, bush dog, etc. | dog, hybrid; (all hybrid-crosses where one or both parents are prohibited or restricted) |
| Felis catus crossed with lynx, ocelot, margay, puma, jaguarandi, bobcat, leopard cat, wild cat, etc. | cat, hybrid; (all hybrid-crosses where one or both parents are prohibited or restricted) |
| CLASS Mammalia | |
| ORDER Chiroptera | |
| Chiroptera (all species in order) | bats |
| FAMILY Pteropodidae | |
| Pteropus (all species in genus) | foxes, flying |
| ORDER Lagomorpha | |
| FAMILY Leporidae | |
| Lepus (all species in genus) | hares, wild |
ORDER Rodentia
FAMILY Cricetidae Cricetidae (all in family, except the following five species for research by government agencies only: Cricetulus griseus (mouse, Chinese); Gerbillus gerbillus (gerbil); Mesocricetus auratus (hamster); Meriones unguiculatus (gerbil); and Sigmondon hispidus (rat, cotton))
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
| FAMILY Erethizontidae | |
| Chaetomys subspinosus | porcupine, thin-spined |
| Coendou (all species in genus) | porcupines, prehensile-tailed |
| Echinoprocta rufescens | porcupine |
| FAMILY Hystricidae | |
| Atherurus (all species in genus) | porcupines, brush-tailed |
| Hystrix (all in genus, except follow government zoos only: Hystrix cristata crested)) | ing species for exhibition in (porcupine, African |
| Thecurus (all species in genus) | porcupines |
| Trichys (all species in genus) | porcupines, long-tailed |
FAMILY Sciuridae Sciuridae (all in family, except the following two species for exhibition in government zoos only: Callosciurus prevosti (squirrel, prevost's) and Sciurus variegatoides (squirrel, variegated) and except all species in the genus Marmota for research in government universities only)