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DANGEROUS WILD ACT 1976

THE DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS ACT 1976 (MODIFICATION) ORDER 1984 (SI/984 No. 1111)

The following is a list of animals for which, when kept privately, a licence is required under the Act.

MAMMALS

Scientific name of kind Common name or names

Marsupials

Dasyuridaw of the species The Tasmanian Devil Sacrophilus harrisi

Macropodidae of the species Grey kangaroos, the euro, the wallaroo and Macropus fuliginosus, Macropus the red kangaroo giganteus, Macropus robustus and Macropus rufus

Primates

Callitrichidae of the species of Tamarins the genera Leontophithecus and Saguinus

Cebidaw New-world monkeys (including capuchin, howler, saki, spider, squirrel, titi, uakari and woolly monkeys and the night monkey otherwise known as the douroucouli))

Ceropithecidae Old-world monkeys (including baboons, the drill, colobus monkeys the gelada, guenons, langurs, leaf moneys, macaques, the mandrill, mangabeys, the patats and proboscis monkeys and the talapoin)

Indriidae Leaping lemurs (including the indri, sifakas, and the woolly lemur)

Lemuridae, except the species of the Large lemurs (the broad-noised gentle lemur genus Hapalemur and the grey gentle lemur are excepted)

Pongidae Anthropoid apes (including chimpanzees, gibbons, the gorilla and orang-utan)

Edentates

Bradypodidae Sloths

Dasypodidae of the species The giant armadillo Priodontes giganteus (otherwise known as Priodontes maximus)

Myrmecophagidae of the species The giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Rodents

Erithizontidae of the species The North Americal porcupine Erithizon dorsatum

Hydrochoeridae The capybara

Hystricidae of the species of the Crested porcupines genus hystrix

Carnivores

Ailuropodidae () The and

Canidae, except the species of the Jackals, wild , and the general Alopex, Dusicyon, Otocyon, (, the raccoom- and the domestic and and the are excepted) species Familiaris

Felidae, except the species catus The , , cheetach, , , , , , , and all other (the domestic is excepted)

Hyaenidae, except the species (except the ) Proteles cristatus

Mustelidae of the species of the genera (except the Eurasian ), Arctonyx, , Enhyrda, (except (except the European ), and the , Lutra lutra), Melogale, Mydaus, Pteronura , and ratel (otherwise known and Taxidea and of the species Eira as the ) barbara, Gulo gulo, Martes pennanti and Mellivora capensis

Procyonidae , , , olingos, the little coatimundi and the

Ursidae

Viverridae of the species of the genus The African, large-spotted Malay and large and of the species Arcticis Indian , the and the binturong and Cryptoprocta ferox

Pinnipedes

Odobenidae, Otariidae and Phocidae, The , eared seals, except sealions and vitulina and Halichoaerus earless seals (the common and grey seals are grypus excepted)

Elephants

Elephantidae Elephants

Odd-toed ungulates

Equidae, except the species Equus Asses, horses and zebras (the donkey, asinus, Equus caballus and Equus domestic horse and domestic horse and asinus x Equus caballus domestic hybrids are excepted)

Rhinocerotidae Rhinoceroses

Tapiridae Tapirs

Hyraxes

Procaviidae Tree and rock hyraxes

Aardvark

Orycteropidae The aardvark

Even-toed ungulates

Antilocapridae The pronghorn

Bovidae, except any domestic form of Antelopes, bison, buffalo, cattle, gazelles, the genera Bos and Bubalus, of the goats and sheep (domestic cattle, goats and species Capra aegagrus (hircus) and sheep are excepted) the species Ovis aries

Camelidae except the species Lama Camels, the guanaco and the vicugna (the glama and Lama pacos domestic llama and alpaca are excepted)

Cervidae of the species Alces alces The moose or elk and the caribou or reindeer and Rangifer tarandus, except any (the domestic form of the reindeer is excepted) species Rengifer tarandus

Giraffidae The giraffe and the okapi

Hippopotamodae The hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus

Suidae, except any domestic form of the Old-world pigs (including the wild boar and species Sus scrofa the wart hog) (the domestic pig is excepted)

Tayassuidae New-world pigs (otherwise known as peccaries)

Any hybrid of a kind of animal specified Mammalian hybrids with a parent (or parents) in the foregoing provisions of this of a specified kind column where one parent is, or both parents are, of a kind so specified

BIRDS

Cassowaries and emu

Casuariidae Cassowaries

Dromaiidae The emus

Ostrich

Struthionidae The ostrich

REPTILES

Crocodilians

Alligatoridae Alligators and caimans

Crocodylidae Crocodiles and the fales gharial

Gavialidiae The Gharial (otherwise known as the gavial)

Lizards and Snakes

Colubridae of the species of the genera Mole cipers and certain rear-fanged venomous Atractaspis, Malpolon, Psammphis and snakes (including the moila and montpellier Thelatornis and of the species Boiga snakes, sand snakes, twig snakes (otherwise dendrophila, Dispholidus typus, known as the yellow-ringed catsnake), the Rhabdphos subminiatus and boomslang, the red-necked keelback and the Rhabdophis tigrinus yamakagashi (otherwise known as the Japanese tiger-snake))

Elapidae Certain fron-fanged venomous snakes (including cobras, coral snakes, the desert black snake, kraits, mambas, sea snakes and all Australian poisonous snakes (including the death adders))

Helodermatidae The gila front-fanged venomous snakes (including adders, the barba amarilla, the bushmaster, the copperhead, the fer-de-lance, moccasins, rattlesnakes and vipers)

INVERTEBRATES

Spiders

Ctenidae of the species of the genus Wandering spiders Phoneutria

Dipluridae of the species of the genus The Sydney funnel-web spider and its close Atrax relatives

Lycosidae of the species Lycosa raptoria The Brazilian spider

Sicariidae of the species of the genus Brown recluse spiders (otherwise known as Loxosceles violin spiders)

Theridiidae of the species of the genus The black widow spider (otherwise known as Latrodectus the redback spider) and its close relatives

Scorpions

Buthidae Buthis scorpions