Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Division 01 - Legal Division
Rule 002.01.24-074 - R1.03 Prohibited Captive Wildlife Species List
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
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 Addenda F1.03, F1.04 (possession of some species may be allowed in accordance with Codes 09.02, 09.05, 09.08, and 09.14):
* Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)***
* Newts, fire salamanders, etc. (Family Salamandridae) **
* Waterfowl (Family Antidae)
* African Soft Fur Rats (Genus Mastomys)
* 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) **
* Ocelot (Leopardus Pardalis)
* 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) **
* 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) **
B. Species not listed in Addenda R1.01, R1.02, or R1.03 are prohibited until evaluated.
* 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.
*** Legal possession of these species is restricted to only those owned prior to May 16, 2024, that register the animal with the Commission by June 30, 2025.
