(1) The
Commission hereby establishes the following categories of wildlife including
their taxonomic successors and subspecies thereof:
(a) Class I:
1. Chimpanzees (genus
Pan)
2. Gorillas
(genus Gorilla)
3.
Gibbons and Siamangs (family Hylobatidae)
4. Drills and mandrills (genus
Mandrillus)
5. Orangutans
(genus Pongo)
6.
Baboons (genus Papio)
7. Gelada baboons (genus
Theropithecus)
8. Snow
leopards (Panthera uncia)
9. Leopards (Panthera
pardus)
10. Jaguars
(Panthera onca)
11. Tigers (Panthera
tigris)
12. Lions
(Panthera leo)
13.
Bears (family Ursidae)
14.
Rhinoceros (family Rhinocerotidae)
15. Elephants (family Elephantidae)
16. Hippopotamuses (family
Hippopotamidae)
17. Cape buffalos
and Gaur (family Bovidae)
18.
Crocodiles (except dwarf and Congo) (family Crocodylidae)
19. Gavials (family Gavialidae)
20. Black caimans (Melanosuchus
niger)
21. Komodo dragons
(Varanus komodoensis)
22. Hyenas and Aardwolf (family
Hyaenidae)
23.
Cougars, panthers (Puma concolor)
24. Cheetahs (Acinonyx
jabatus)
(b)
Class II:
1. Howler monkeys (genus
Alouatta)
2. Uakaris
(genus Cacajao)
3.
Mangabeys (genus Cercocebus)
4. Guenons (genus
Cercopithecus)
5. Patas
monkeys (genus Erythrocebus)
6. Vervet, Grivet or Green monkeys (genus
Chlorocebus)
7.
Sakis (genus Chiropotes and
Pithecea)
8.
Guereza monkeys (genus Colobus)
9. Idris (genus
Indri)
10. Macaques and
Celebes black apes (genus Macaca)
11. Langurs (genus
Presbytis)
12. Douc
langurs (genus Pygathrix)
13. Snub-nosed langurs (genus
Phinopithecus)
14.
Proboscis monkeys (genus Nasalis)
15. Servals (Leptailurus
serval)
16. European and
Canadian lynx (Lynx lynx)
17. Bobcats (Lynx
rufus)
18. Caracals
(Caracal caracal)
19. African golden cats (Profelis
aurata)
20. Temminck's
golden cats (Profelis temmincki)
21. Fishing cats (Prionailurus
viverrina)
22. Ocelots
(Leopardus pardalis)
23. Clouded leopards (Neofelis
nebulosa)
24. Wolves,
coyotes, jackals (family Canidae)
25. Indian dholes (Cuon
alpinus)
26. African
hunting dogs (Lycaon pictus)
27. Wolverines (Gulo
gulo)
28. Honey badgers
(Mellivora capensis)
29. American badgers (Taxides
taxus)
30. Old World
badgers (Meles meles)
31. Binturongs (Arctictis
binturong)
32. Dwarf
crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
33. Alligators, caimans (family
Alligatoridae)
34. Ostrich
(Struthio camelus)
35. Cassowary (Casuarius
spp.)
36. Giraffe and
Okapi (family Giraffidae)
37. Tapir
(family Tapiridae)
38. Wild cattle;
forest, woodland and aridland antelope; and similar species of non-native
hoofstock (family
Bovidae).
Such non-native hoofstock to include: Forest buffalo,
Banteng, Anoa, Waterbuck, Wildebeest, Hartebeest, Eland, Kudu, Nilgai, Bongo,
lechwe, Roan and Sable antelope, Sitatunga, Bontebok, Blesbok, Topi, Kob,
Addax, Oryx, Gemsbok, and other wild species of the family Bovidae which are of
similar size, habits and nature.
(c) Class III: All other wildlife not listed
herein, except those for which a permit is not required pursuant to Rule
68A-6.003, F.A.C.
(d) Hybrids resulting from the cross between
wildlife and domestic animal, which are substantially similar in size,
characteristics and behavior so as to be indistinguishable from the wild animal
shall be regulated as wildlife at the higher and more restricted class of the
wild parent.
