This Is Only a Guide of Animals That MAY Be Legal in a State. Due to the Extensive Amount of Laws Involved That Are Constantly

CONNECTICUT LEGAL PET GUIDE POSSESSION IMPORT TAKE COMMENTS This is only a guide of animals that MAY be legal in a state. Due to the extensive amount of laws involved that are constantly changing, UAPPEAL and contributors of these guides cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information. Users are responsible for checking all laws BEFORE getting an

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal ARACHNID, CENTIPEDE, MILLIPEDE Spider, Purse Web No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

BATS Brown, Big No No No Native - Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Brown, Little No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Fruit No No NA US Injurious Wildlife - Bans as Category 2 Wild Animal Hoary No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Indiana No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Long-eared, Northern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Longhaired, Eastern No No No Native - Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Pipistrelle, Eastern No No No Native - Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Red No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Silver-haired No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Small-footed, Eastern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Tri-colored No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Unlisted No No No Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets

BEARS Black No No Native species; Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned

Unlisted No No Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned

BIRDS Bittern, American No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Bittern, Least No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Bobolink No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Brant Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Bufflehead Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Bul-bul, red-whiskered No No NA US Injurious Wildlife - Bans as Category 2 Wild Animal Bunting, Indigo No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Canvasback Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source

(c) UAPPEAL CONNECTICUT LEGAL PET GUIDE POSSESSION IMPORT TAKE COMMENTS This is only a guide of animals that MAY be legal in a state. Due to the extensive amount of laws involved that are constantly changing, UAPPEAL and contributors of these guides cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information. Users are responsible for checking all laws BEFORE getting an

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Cassowary Yes No No Yes No Yes NA Ratite - No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag Entry permit Catbird, Gray No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Chat, Yellow-breasted No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Chicken (all) Yes No No Yes No Yes NA Domestic fowl - Import - Ag permit Coot, American No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Cormorant, Great No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Crake, Corn No No No Nongame - Protected - No pets Crane, Sandhill No No No Nongame - Protected - No pets Creeper, Brown No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Crow No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Cuckoo, Black-billed No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Cuckoo, Yellow-billed No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Curlew, Eskimo No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Dioch No No NA US Injurious Wildlife - Bans as Category 2 Wild Animal Dove, Common Ground No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Dove, Eurasian Collared No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Dove, Mourning No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Dove, White-winged No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Duck, American Black Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source Duck, Fulvous whistling- Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Duck, Harlequin Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Duck, Labrador Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Duck, Long-tailed Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source Duck, Ring-necked Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Duck, Ruddy Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Duck, Tufted Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Duck, Wood Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Eagle, Bald No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Egret, Great No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Egret, Snowy No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Eider, Common Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Eider, King Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Emu Yes No No Yes No Yes NA Ratite - No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag Entry permit Falcon, Peregrin No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Finch, Purple No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Flicker, Northern No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Flycatcher, Acadian No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Flycatcher, Alder No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Flycatcher, Great Crested No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Flycatcher, Least No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Flycatcher, Olive-sided No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Flycatcher, Willow No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Gadwall Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Gallinule, Common No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Gallinule, Purple No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Goldeneye, Barrow's Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Goldeneye, Common Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Goose, Barnacle Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Goose, Cackling Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Goose, Canada Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Goose, Graylag Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Goose, Greater White-fronted Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Goose, Pink-footed Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Goose, Ross's Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Goose, Snow Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Goshawk, Northern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Grebe, Horned No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Grebe, Pie-billed No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Grebe, Red-necked No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Grosbeak, Rose-breasted Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source Grouse, Ruffed Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source Harrier, Northern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Hawk, Broadwinged No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Hawk, Cooper’s No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Hawk, Red-shouldered No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Hawk, Roughlegged No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Hawk, Sharp-shinned No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Heron, Back-Crowned Night No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Heron, Great Blue No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Heron, Green No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Heron, Little Blue No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Heron, Yellow-crowned Night No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Hummingbird, Ruby-throated No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Ibis, Glossy No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Junco, Dark-eyed No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Junglefowl (all) Yes No No Yes No Yes No Domestic fowl - Import - Ag permit Kestrel, American No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Kingbird, Eastern No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Kingfisher, Belted No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Kinglet, Golden-crowned No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Kiwi Yes No No Yes No Yes NA Ratite - No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag Entry permit Lark, Horned No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Loon, Common No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Loon, Red-throated No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Mallard Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Martin, Purple No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Meadowlark, Eastern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Merganser, Common Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source Merganser, Hooded No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Merganser, Red-breasted Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Moorhen, Common No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Night-heron, Yellow-crowned No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Nighthawk, Common No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Nuthatch, Red-breasted No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Oriole, Baltimore No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Oriole, Orchard No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Osprey No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Ostrich Yes No No Yes No Yes NA Ratite - No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag Entry permit Ovenbird No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Owl, Barn No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Owl, Barred No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Owl, Eastern Screech No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Owl, Great Horned No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Owl, Northern Saw-whet No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Owl, Long-eared No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Owl, Short-eared (Wintering pop.) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Owl, Snowy No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Oystercatcher, American No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Parakeet, Monk No No NA Bans as Category 2 Wild Animal Partridge, Chukar Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Partridge, Hungarian Yes Yes* No Yes No Yes No No DEEP permit needed; Ag Import permit Parula, Northern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Peafowl Yes No No Yes No Yes NA Domestic fowl - Import - Ag permit Pheasant, Blackneck Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Pheasant, Chinese Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Pheasant, English Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Pheasant, Formosan Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Pheasant (melanistic mutant) Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Pheasant, Mongolian Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Pheasant, Ring-necked No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Pheasant (rest) Yes No No Yes No Yes NA Domestic fowl - Import - Ag permit Pigeon, Band-tailed Yes No No Yes No Yes No No DEEP permit needed; Ag Import permit Pigeon, Rock Yes No No Yes No Yes No No DEEP permit needed; Ag Import permit Pigeon, Passenger Yes No No Yes No Yes No No DEEP permit needed; Ag Import permit Pintail, Northern Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Plover, Piping No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Prairie-Chicken, Greater No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Quail, Northern Bobwhite Yes Yes* No Yes No Yes Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; No DEEP import permit needed; Ag Import permit Rail, Black No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Rail, Clapper No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Rail, King No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Rail, Virginia No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Rail, Yellow No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Redhead Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Redstart, American No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Sanderling No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Sandpiper, Semipalmated No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Sandpiper, Spotted No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Sandpiper, Upland No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Scaup, Greater Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Scaup, Lesser Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source Scoter, Black Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source Scoter, Surf Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source Scoter, White-winged Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source Shoveler, Northern Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Skimmer, Black Yes* Yes* No No No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Category 3 Wild Animal - Only allows from legal captive in-state source Snipe, Wilson's No No No Game - permit not issued - No pets Sora No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Sparrow, Field No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Sparrow, Henslow's No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Sparrow, Grasshopper No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Sparrow, Ipswich (Wintering pop.) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Sparrow, Java No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Sparrow, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Sparrow, Savannah No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Sparrow, Seaside No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Sparrow, Vesper No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Starling, Pink No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Swallow, Bank No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Swallow, Cliff No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Swallow, Northern Rough-winged No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Swan, Mute No No No Bans as Category 2 Wild Animal Swan, Trumpeter Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Swan, Tundra Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Swift, Chimney No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Tanager, Scarlet No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Teal, Blue-winged Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Teal, Cinnamon Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Teal, Green-winged Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Tern, Common No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Tern, Least No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Tern, Roseate No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Thrasher, Brown No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Thrush, Gray-cheeked No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Thrush, Hermit No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Thrush, Swainson's No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Thrush, Wood No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Towhee, Eastern No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Turkey (rest) Yes No No Yes No Yes NA Domestic fowl - Import - Ag permit Turkey, Wild Yes Yes* No No No Need game breeder license for 2+; Bans import Turnstone, Ruddy No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Veery No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Vireo, Blue-headed No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Vireo, Warbling No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Vireo, White-eyed No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Vireo, Yellow-throated No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Bay-breasted No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Black-and-White No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Black-throated blue No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Black-throated green No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Blackburnian No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Blue-winged No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Canada No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Cape May No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Cerulean No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Warbler, Chestnut-sided No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Golden-winged No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Warbler, Hooded No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Magnolia No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Prairie No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Warbler, Worm-eating No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Warbler, Yellow-rumped No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Waterthrush, Louisiana No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Waterthrush, Northern No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Whip-por-will No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Wigeon, American Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Wigeon, Eurasian Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - Need game breeder license for 2+; Import - Need DEEP & Ag import permit Willet No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Woodcock, American No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Wood-Pewee, Eastern No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Woodpecker, Pileated No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Woodpecker, Red-headed No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Wren, Marsh No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Wren, Sedge No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Wren, Winter No No No Nongame Category 3 Wild Animal - Protected - No pets Non-game (caged - not federally Yes No No Yes Yes Yes NA Need DEEP Import permit & Ag import permit banned) Wild (rest) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Need DEEP Import permit & Ag import permit Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

CANINES Coyote No No No Game - permit not issued; Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned Dhole No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Raccoon Dog No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Fox, Gray No No No Game - permit not issued; Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned Fox, Red No No No Game - permit not issued; Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned Wolf, Gray No No No Native Species; Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned

Domestic Hybrid No No NA Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned Unlisted No No NA Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned

ELEPHANTS

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal All No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets

FELINES Bengal Yes No No Yes No No NA Exempt from potententially dangerous - Regulated as domestics Bobcat No No No Native species; Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned Cougar, Eastern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Domestic Hybrid (rest) No No NA Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned Unlisted No No NA Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned

FISH Bass, Largemouth No No No Game - No pets Bass, Smallmouth No No No Game - No pets Bass, White No No NA Bans import & possess Bluegill No No No Game - No pets Bowfin No No NA Bans import & possess Bullhead No No No Game - No pets Burbot No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Calbasu No No NA Bans import & possess Carp, Bighead No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Carp, Black No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Carp, Common No No No Game - No pets Carp, Crucian No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Carp, Grass No No NA Bans import & possess Carp, Largescale No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Carp, Prussian No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Carp, Silver No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Catfish, Channel No No No Game - No pets Catfish, Walking No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Catla No No NA Bans import & possess Drum, Freshwater No No NA Bans import & possess Gar No No NA Bans import & possess Herring, Blueback No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Ide No No NA Bans import & possess Lamprey, American Brook No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Minnow, Eurasian No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Moroko, stone No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Mrigal No No NA Bans import & possess Perch, European No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Perch, Nile No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Perch, White No No No Game - No pets Perch, Yellow No No No Game - No pets Pickerel, Chain No No No Game - No pets Pike, Northern No No No Game - No pets Piranha (listed) No No NA Bans import & possess Pumpkinseed No No No Game - No pets Rohu No No NA Bans import & possess Roach No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Rudd No No NA Bans import & possess Salmonids No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Sculpin, Slimy No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Seasnail, Atlantic No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Shad, Gizzard No No NA Bans import & possess Shanny, Radiated No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Shark, Sand Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Shiner, Bridle No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Sleeper, Amur No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Smelt, Rainbow (Anadromous pop.) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Snakehead No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Sturgeon, Atlantic No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Sturgeon, Shortnose No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Sturgeon (rest) No No NA Bans import & possess Sucker, Longnose No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Sunfish, Banded No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Tench No No NA Bans import & possess Trout, Brook No No No Game - No pets Trout, Brown No No No Game - No pets Trout, Rainbow No No No Game - No pets Walleye No No No Game - No pets Zander No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets US Import prohibited species No No NA Bans import & possess Nonnative Rare/Threatened/ No No NA Bans import & possess Endangered Dangerous to humans (rest) No No NA Bans import & possess Uncommon Aquarium species Yes No No Yes Yes* No NA Import - Import Live Fish or Live Fish Eggs Permit Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

HERPTILES Caecilians All Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Crocodilians All No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets

Frogs Bullfrog Yes No* No Yes No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known permit; Unlimited take Green Yes No* No Yes No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known permit; Unlimited take Leopard, Northern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Pickerel Yes No* No Yes No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known permit; Unlimited take Spring Peeper, Northern Yes No* No Yes No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known permit; Unlimited take Treefrog, Gray Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Wood Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Lizards Beaded No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Gila Monster No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Komodo Dragon No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Monitor, Black-throated No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Monitor, Crocodile No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Monitor, Nile No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Monitor, Water No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Monitor, White-throated No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Skink, Five-lined No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Nonnative (unlisted) Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Salamanders Alpine No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Asian (Hynobius) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Blue-spotted (Diploid pop.) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Blue-spotted "complex" No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Clawed (Onychodactylus) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Dusky, Northern Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Fire No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Four-toed Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possess - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Gold-striped No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Jefferson "complex" No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Marbled Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Take & possess 3 adults/season; Import - see Ag Mountain, European (all) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Mudpuppy No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Newt, Black-spotted No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Newt, Crested (all) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Newt, Crocodile (all) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Newt, Eastern Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Newt, Fire Belly (all) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Newt, Marbled (all) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Newt, Pacific (Taricha) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Newt, Red-spotted Yes No No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Unlimited take & possess adults; Import - see Ag Newt, Striped No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Newt, Warty (all) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Redbacked, Northern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Ribbed (Pleurodeles) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Siberian (Salamandrella) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Silvery Yes No No Yes No No No Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Bans take; Import - see Ag Siren No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Slimy, Northern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Small-bodied (Lissotriton) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Spectacled (all) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Spring, Northern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Spotted Yes No No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Take & possess 3 adults/season; Import - see Ag Spotted (Neurergus) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Tremblay's Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Two-lined, Northern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Web-toed (all) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Woodland (all) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Snakes Anaconda, Beni No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Anaconda, DeSchauensee’s No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Anaconda, Bolivian No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Anaconda, Green No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Anaconda, Yellow No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Boomslang No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Brown, Dekay's Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Cat Snake No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Cobra, False Water No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Copperhead, Northern No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Elapidae (all) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Garter, Eastern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Green, Smooth No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Hognose, Eastern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Keelback (all) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Milk, Eastern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Montpelier Snake No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Mussurana (all) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Python, Amethystine No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Python, Burmese No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Python, Northern African No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Python, Reticulated No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Python, Southern African No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Racer, Eastern Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Racer, Green (all) No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Racer, Northern Black Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Rat, Black Yes No Yes Native - Take & possess 1/season Ratsnake, Eastern No No NA Native - Protected Rattlesnake, Timber No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Redbelly, Northern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Ribbonose, Eastern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Ribbon, Common No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Ring-necked, Northern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Snake Eater No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Tree, Brown No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Tree (rest) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Twig Snake No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Viperidae (rest) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Water (Enhydis) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Water, Herrmann's No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Water, Northern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Worm, Eastern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Toads American, Eastern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Fowler's Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Spadefoot, Eastern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Tortoises All Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Turtles Bog No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Box, Eastern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Musk, Common Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Painted, Eastern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Sea, Atlantic Ridley No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Sea, Atlantic Green No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Sea, Leatherback No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Sea, Loggerhead No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Snapping, Common Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Native - take 5 & possess 10/season 13"+ wild-caught; unlimited captive-born; Import - see Ag Spotted Yes Yes No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern; Native - limit 1 - bans take Terrapin, Diamond-backed Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Terrapin, Northern Diamondback No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Wood No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

INSECTS Bee, Ashton’s Cuckoo Bumble No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Bee, Fringed Loosestrife Oil- No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Bee, Macropis Cuckoo No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Bee, Rusty-Patched Bumble No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Bee, Yellow-banded Bumble No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Beetle, American Burying No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Big Sand Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Black Lordithon Rove No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Bombardier (Brachinus No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Cyanipennis) Beetle, Bombardier (Brachinus No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Fumans) Beetle, Bombardier (Brachinus Medius) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern

Beetle, Bombardier (Brachinus No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Ovipennis) Beetle, Bombardier (Brachinus No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Patruelis) Beetle, Dark-bellied Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Beetle, Dune Ghost Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Beetle, Ground (Agonum Darlingtonia) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Ground (Agonum Mutatum) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Ground (Amara Chalcea) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Ground (Badister Transversus) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern

Beetle, Ground (Bembidion Carinula) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Ground (Bembidion No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Lacunarium) Beetle, Ground (Bembidion Planum) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Ground (Bembidion No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Pseudocautum) Beetle, Ground (Bembidion No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Quadratulum)

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Beetle, Ground (Bembidion No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Semicinctum) Beetle, Ground (Bembidion Simplex) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Ground (Carabus Serratus) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Ground (Carabus Vinctus) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Ground (Geopinus Incrassatus) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern

Beetle, Ground (Harpalus Caliginosus) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Ground (Harpalus Erraticus) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Ground (Helluomorphoides No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Praeustus Bicolor) Beetle, Ground (Nebria Lacustris No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Lacustris) Beetle, Ground (Loxandrus Vulneratus) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern

Beetle, Ground (Scaphinotus Viduus) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Hairy-Necked Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Nine-Spotted Lady No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Northeastern Beach Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Puritan Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Beetle, Purple Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Beetle, Saltmarsh Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Blue, Appalachian No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Bluet, Atlantic No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Bluet, Attenuated No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Bluet, Little No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Bluet, Pine Barrens No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Bluet, Scarlet No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Boghaunter, Ringed No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Borer, Aureolaria Seed No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Borer, Columbine No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Borer, Pitcher Plant No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Borer, Seaside Goldenrod Stem No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Brocade, Newman's No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Butterfly, Atlantis Fritillary No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Butterfly, Bog Copper No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Butterfly, Bronze Copper No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Butterfly, Eyed Brown No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Butterfly, Regal Fritillary No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Checkerspot, Harris’ No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Checkerspot, Silvery No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Chocolate, Short-Lined No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Chytonix, Barrens No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Cicada, Little 17-year Periodical No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Cicada, Northern Dusk-singing No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Clubtail, Cobra No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Clubtail, Harpoon No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Clubtail, Midland No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Clubtail, Mustached No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Clubtail, Rapids No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Clubtail, Riverine No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Clubtail, Skillet No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Cutworm, Coastal Heathland No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Dragonfly, Blue Corporal No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Dragonfly, Coppery Emerald No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Dragonfly, Ski-Tailed Emerald No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Duskywing, Columbine No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Duskywing, Horace's No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Duskywing, Mottled No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Duskywing, Persius No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Duskywing, Sleepy No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Elfin, Frosted No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Elfin, Henry's No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Elfin, Hoary No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Fly, Horse No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Fly, Horse (Goniops Chrysocoma) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Fly, Horse (Hybomitra Frosti) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Fly, Horse (Hybomitra Lurida) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Fly, Horse (Hybomitra trepida) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Fly, Horse (Hybomitra typhus) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Fly, Horse (Tabanus fulvicallus) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Fly, Lace-winged Horse No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Fly, Syrphid No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Fly, Tabanid No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Hairstreak, Hessel’s No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Inchworm, New Jersey Tea No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Jewelwing, Sparkling No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Lacewing, Yellow-Horned Beaded No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Leafminer, Labrador Tea Tentiform No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Mayfly (Paraleptophlebia assimilis) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Metalmark, Northern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Moth, Apamea No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Annointed Sallow No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Apinose Flower No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Barrens Buck No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Moth, Barrens Dagger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Barrens Itame No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Barrens Metarranthis No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Bay Underwing No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Black-eyed Zale No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Moth, Blueberry Gray No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Bog Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Moth, Brick-red Borer No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Moth, Brown-bordered Geometer No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Corylus Dagger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Culvers Root Borer No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Drasteria No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Eastern Cactus-Boring No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Equivocal Looper No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Fawn Brown Dart No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Fragile Dagger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Grassland Thaumatopsis No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Gray Spring Zale No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Hop Vine Borer No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Hops-Stalk Borer No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Imperial No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Lanced Phaneta No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Lemmer's Noctuid No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Little Begger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Moth, Maritime Sunflower Borer No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Maroonwing No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Marsh Fern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Morrison’s Mosaic No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Moth, Noctuid No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Moth, Noctuid (Dichagyris Acclivis) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Noctuid (Zanclognatha theralis) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Northern Flower No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Oblique Zale No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Pale Green Pinion No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Phyllira Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Moth, Pine Barrens Zanclognatha No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Pink Prominent No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Pink Sallow No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Pink Star No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Pitcher Plant No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Pointed Dagger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Precious Underwing No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Regal No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Sand Wainscot No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Scribbled Sallow No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Scrub Euchlaena No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Slender Clearwing No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Slender Flower No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Moth, Spartina Borer No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Speyer’s Paint No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Spotted Dart No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Stinging Rose Caterpillar No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Moth, Toothed Apharetra No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Moth, Violet Dart No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Rubyspot, American (damselfly) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Sallow, Waxed No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Sanddragon, Common No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Skipper, Common Roadside No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Skipper, Sedge No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Skipper, Two-spotted No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Spiketail, Tiger No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Sprawler, Tusked (mayfly) No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Sphinx, Southern Pine No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Streak, Pink No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Underwing, False Heather No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Underwing, Herodias No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered White-face, Crimson-ringed No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Threatened Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

INSECTIVORA/EULIPOTYPHLA (Gymnore, Hedgehog, Mole, Moonrat, Shrew) Mole, Eastern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Mole, Star-nosed Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Shrew, Least No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Shrew, Masked Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Shrew, Northern Short-tailed Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Shrew, Smoky Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Shrew, Water Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

INVERTEBRATES (Rest) Clam Asian Yes No No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate - Bans import US Import prohibited species No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Nonnative Rare/Threatened/ No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Endangered Nonnative (rest) Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Crabs Crab, Mitten No No NA US Injurious Wildlife - Bans as Category 2 Wild Animal; Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal US Import prohibited species No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Nonnative Rare/Threatened/ No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Endangered Nonnative (rest) Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Crayfish Common No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Rusty Yes No No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate - Bans import Yabby, Common No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets US Import prohibited species No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Nonnative Rare/Threatened/ No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Endangered Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Lobster Native Yes No No Yes No No Yes Possess - No known DEEP permit; Personal Use Lobster License for take - 10 pots US Import prohibited species No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Nonnative Rare/Threatened/ No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Endangered Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Mussels Floater, Brook No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Lampmussel, Yellow No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Mucket, Tidewater No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Pearlshell, Eastern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Pondmussel, Eastern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Quagga No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Wedgemussel, Dwarf No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered Zebra No No NA US Injurious Wildlife - Bans as Category 2 Wild Animal; Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate US Import prohibited species No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Nonnative Rare/Threatened/ No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Endangered Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal

Shrimp Claim No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Fairy No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Endangered US Import prohibited species No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Nonnative Rare/Threatened/ No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Endangered Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Snails Fossaria, Boreal No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Gyro, Disk No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Lymnaid No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Mud, New Zealand No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Pondsnail, Woodland No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Turret No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Turret, Boreal No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Walker, Slender No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern US Import prohibited species No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Nonnative Rare/Threatened/ No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Endangered Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Other Amphipod, Coastal Pond No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Amphipod, Mystic Valley No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Amphipod, Piedmont Groundwater No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern US Import prohibited species No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Nonnative Rare/Threatened/ No No NA Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrate Endangered Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

MARINE MAMMALS (Dolphin, Dugong, Manatee, Porpoise, Sea Lion, Seal, Walrus, Whale) Manatee, Florida No No No Native Porpoise, Harbor No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Seal, Harbor Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Nonnative (rest) Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

MARSUPIALS Hare-Wallaby (all) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Kangaroo, Antilopine No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Kangaroo, Eastern Grey No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Kangaroo, Red No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Kangaroo, Tree (Dendrolagus - all) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Kangaroo, Western Grey No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Opossum, Virginia No No No Game - Does not issue game permits - No pets Pademelon No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Possum, Brushtailed No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Quokka No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Rock-Wallaby (all) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Wallaby, Bridled Nail-tail No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Wallaby, Forest (all) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Wallaby, Northern Nail-tail No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Wallaby, Swamp No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Wallaroo, Common No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Unlisted Yes No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

MUSTELIDS Fisher Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Marten Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Mink Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Otter, Northern River Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit; Game - game breeder license for 2+ Weasel, Long-tailed Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Weasel, Short-tailed Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Wolverine No No No Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Woodchuck Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit Unlisted Yes* Yes No No NA Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit

PRIMATES Chimpanzee No No NA Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned Gorilla No No NA Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned Orangutan No No NA Category 1 (potentially dangerous) Wild Animal - Banned Unlisted No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets; grandfathers ones under 35# before 10/1/10

PROCYONIDS Raccoon No No No Native - Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Unlisted No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets

animal.

Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal RODENTS Beaver, American Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - DEEP Import permit; Game - game breeder license for 2+ Cavy, Patagonian Yes No No Yes No No NA Exempt Category 2 wild animal - No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag Chinchilla, Chilean or Long-tail Yes No No Yes No No NA Exempt Category 2 wild animal - No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag Chipmunk, Eastern Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Gerbil, Mongolian Yes No No Yes No No NA Exempt Category 2 wild animal - No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag Guinea Pig Yes No No Yes No No NA Exempt Category 2 wild animal - No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag Hamster, Dwarf Yes No No Yes No No NA Exempt Category 2 wild animal - No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag Hamster, Golden Yes No No Yes No No NA Exempt Category 2 wild animal - No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag Lemming, Southern Bog No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Mouse, Deer Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Mouse, House Yes No No Yes No No NA Exempt Category 2 wild animal - No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag Mouse, Meadow Jumping Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Mouse, Multimammate No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Mouse, White-footed Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Mouse, Woodland Jumping Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Muskrat Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Nutria Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Porcupine, North American Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Rat, Black Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Rat, Multimammate No No NA US Injurious Wildlife/Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Rat, Norway Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Squirrel, Eastern Gray No No No Game - Does not issue game permits - No pets Squirrel, Red Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag

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Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Squirrel, Southern Flying Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Vole, Meadow Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Vole, Southern Red-backed Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Vole, Woodland Yes No* No Yes No No Yes Nongame - Possession - No known DEEP permit; Unlimited take; Import - see Ag Woodchuck No No No Game - Does not issue game permits - No pets Woodrat, Eastern No No No Category 4 Wild Animal - Special Concern Unlisted No No NA Bans as Category 2 Wild Animal

UNGULATES Artiodactyla Bovidae (Wild cattle, goats, sheep) All Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes NA DEEP Import permit to possess/import; Ag import permit

Cervid (Deer family) Deer, Sika Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit; Game - game breeder license for 2+ Deer, White-tailed Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit; Game - game breeder license for 2+ Moose Yes* Yes No No No Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit; Game - game breeder license for 2+ Unlisted Yes Yes No No NA Category 3 - Only allowed if from legal captive in-state source - Possess - DEEP Import permit

Suina (Wild pigs & peccary) Domestic Yes No No Yes No Yes NA No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag import permit Wild No No No Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets

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Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Others Alpaca Yes No No Yes No Yes NA No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag import permit Camel Yes No No Yes No Yes NA No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag import permit Guanaco Yes No No Yes No Yes NA No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag import permit Hippopotamus No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Llama Yes No No Yes No Yes NA No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag import permit Vicuna Yes No No Yes No Yes NA No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag import permit Unlisted Yes* No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

Perissodactyla Equidae Yes No No Yes No Yes NA No known DEEP laws; Import - Ag import permit Rhinoceros No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Unlisted Yes* No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

VIVERRIDS All No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets

XENARTHRA/EDENTATA (Anteater, Armadillo, Sloth) Armadillo, Long-nosed (all) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Unlisted Yes* No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

OTHER MAMMALS Aardwolf No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Hare, Snowshoe Yes Yes* No Yes *Yes Yes No Game - need license for 2+; Import - DEEP import permit except New England states or Quebec; Ag Import permit Hare (wild) Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes NA Game - need license for 2+; need DEEP & Ag import permit Hyena No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Meerkat No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Mongoose No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Rabbit, Eastern Cottontail Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - need game breeders license for 2+; Import - DEEP & Ag import permit Rabbit, New England Cottontail Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - need game breeders license for 2+; Import - DEEP & Ag import permit Rabbit (domestic) Yes No No Yes No Yes NA Domestic - No known DNR laws; Import - Ag Import permit

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Legal as Pets as Legal Permit DEEP Register Pets for Legal Permit DEEP Permit Ag Pets for Legal Rabbit (wild) Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes No Game - need game breeders license for 2+; Import - DEEP & Ag import permit Skunk, Striped No No No Native - Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Skunk (rest) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Stink Badger (all) No No NA Category 2 Wild Animal - No pets Unlisted Yes* No No Yes No No NA No known DEEP laws; Import - see Ag

SUMMMARY: DEEP Import permit means Permit to Import, Possess, or Liberate Wild Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates. Connecticut classifies many species into Category 1, Category 2, Category 3 and Category 4. Category 1 and 2 are prohibited as pets. Category 3 is banned to import, export and take and are only allowed with a DEEP Import Permit if legally found in the state in captivity. Category 4 is endangered/threatened and requires a DEEP Import Permit if allowed. Certain game are allowed, but require a game breeders license for 2 or more. Nongame birds are protected and banned. Other species, native and exotic, are generally allowed.

Sources: 1 Import Conn. Gen. Stat. §26-55-2 2 Potentially Dangerous Animal Conn. Gen. Stat. §26-40a 3 Wild Animals Conn. Admin. Code §26-55-6 4 Game Breeder Conn. Gen. Stat. §26-40 5 Salamanders & Turtles Conn. Admin. Code §26-55-3 6 Nuisance Aquatic Invertebrates Conn. Admin. Code §26-55-5 7 Reptile Take Conn. Admin. Code §26-66-14 8 Amphibian Take Conn. Admin. Code §26-66-13 9 Endangered/Threatened Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Species 2015

DISCLAIMERS: * The laws listed above lists whether a species to legal to possess and import according to state laws and then any federally protected species with stricter regulations than the state. Be sure to review all federal laws as some ban certain species as pets or make it legal to possess a species but bans their interstate import in commerce or purchasing across state lines (you can still move with your animals across state lines).

*For states that do allow keeping wild-caught native species as pets, it is usually limited to game birds, game animals, furbearers, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Such taking usually requires some type of hunting or fishing license in addition to any required captive wildlife permits. All laws must be followed, including daily bag and possession limits, seasons, size limits and location specific regulations. * These guides are usually based on state fish & game laws, state agriculture and health import laws, and marine resource laws except when otherwise noted. Check laws for all requirements. Additional state laws may apply, including general animal control and care, livestock, and other health laws.

* Species lists vary on each state page depending on each state's law. While we try to include as many native vertebrate species as possible, we cannot guarantee that all species are covered above.