Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Division 01 - Legal Division
Rule 002.01.22-114 - R1.03 - Prohibited Captive Wildlife Species List

Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 002.01.22-114

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024

Code Book

The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations, or orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.

R1.03 Prohibited Captive Wildlife Species List

A. The Commission will not issue permits for breeding, sale, or importation of the following species other than in accordance with the exceptions listed in Codes 09.07, 09.10, 09.11, and Addendum F1.03 (possession of some species may be allowed in accordance with Codes 09.02, 09.05, 09.13, and 09.14):
1. Amphibians

* Newts, fire salamanders, etc. (Family Salamandridae) **

2. Birds

* Waterfowl (Family Antidae)

3. Mammals

* Apes

* Aoudad Sheep (Ammotragus lervia) **

* Baboons (Genus Papio)

* Bats (Order Chiroptera)

* Blackbuck Antelope (Antilope cervicapra) *

* Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) *

* Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) **

* Cervids (Family Cervidae)

* Coyotes (Canis latrans) that originate from or have lived in Alaska, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming, or Canada

* Foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Vulpes vulpes) that originate or have lived in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming, or Canada

* Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious) **

* Ibex (Genus Capra) **

* Jaguar (Panthera onca) **

* Kudu (Genus Tragelaphus) **

* Large carnivores

* Leopard (Panthera pardus) **

* Lechwe (Kobus leche) **

* Macaques (Genus Macaca)

* Mountain lion (Puma concolor)

* Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) **

* Oryx (Genus Oryx) **

* Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

* Rhinoceros (Family Rhinocerotidae) **

* Rodents (Order Rodentia) captured in the wild from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, or Wyoming

* Skunks (Genera: Mephitis, Spilogale)

* Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) **

* Warthog (Genus Phacochoerus) **

4. Reptiles

* Anacondas (Genus Eunectes)

* Box turtles (Genus Terrapene)

* Large Asian and African Pythons: Reticulated, Burmese, and Rock Pythons (Malayopython reticulatus, Python bivittatus, P. molurus, P. natalensis, P. sebae) **

* Issuance of Wildlife Importation Permits and Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permits for these species is restricted to only those permittees permitted for these species prior to February 20, 2019.

** Issuance of Wildlife Importation Permits and Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permits for these species is restricted to only those permittees permitted for these species prior to May 21, 2020.

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