Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
Division 10 - Conservation Commission
Chapter 4 - Wildlife Code: General Provisions
Section 3 CSR 10-4.117 - Prohibited Species
Universal Citation: 3 MO Code of State Regs 10-4.117
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes a list of species that may not be possessed in Missouri.
(1) Prohibited species may not be imported, exported, transported, sold, purchased or possessed alive in Missouri without written approval of the director.
(2) For the purpose of this rule, prohibited species of wildlife shall include the following:
(A) Mammals: Any species of flying fox or
fruit bat of the genus Pteropus; any species of mongoose or
meerkat of the genera Atilax, Cynictis, Helogale, Herpestes, Ichneumia,
Mungos, or Suricata; any species of the Indian wild
dog, red dog, or dhole of the genus Cuon; any species of the
multimammat rat or mouse of the genus Mastomys; raccoon dog,
Nyctereutes procyonoides; brushtail possum,
Trichosurus vulpecula;
(B) Birds: pink starling or rosy pastor,
Sturnus roseus; species of dioch (including the subspecies
black-fronted, red-billed, or Sudan dioch), Quelea quelea;
Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora; red whiskered bul-bul,
Pycnonotus jocosus;
(C) Fishes: Live fish or viable eggs of black
carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus); round goby (Neogobius
melanostomus); tubenose goby (Proterorhinus
semilunaris); snakehead fish of the genera Channa or
Parachanna (or the generic synonyms of Bostrychoides,
Ophicephalus, Ophiocephalus, and Parophiocephalus);
walking catfish of the family Clariidae;
(D) Invertebrates: New Zealand mudsnail,
Potamopyrgus antipodarum; rusty crayfish, Faxonius
rusticus; marbled crayfish, Procambarus virginalis;
crayfish of the genus Cherax; electric blue crayfish,
Procambarus alleni; mitten crabs of the genus
Eriocheir; zebra mussels, Dreissena
polymorpha; quagga mussels, Dreissena rostriformis;
mystery snails of the genus Cipangopaludina; and
(E) Reptiles: Italian wall lizard,
Podarcis siculus; common wall lizard, Podarcis
muralis.
*Original authority: 252.240, RSMo 1972, amended 1984.
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