Current List of Injurious Wildlife
Mammals • Flying fox or fruit bat (genus Pteropus, 60 species) • Mongoose (7 genera – Atilax, Cynictis, Helogale, Herpestes, Ichneumia, Mungos, and Suricata) • European rabbit (genus Oryctolagus – 1 species) • Indian wild dog, red dog, or dhole (genus Cuon – 1 species) • Multimammat rat or mouse (genus Mastomys – 8 species) • Raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) • Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
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)
Fish, Mollusks, Crustaceans • Walking catfish, family Clariidae (13 genera, ~100 species) • Mitten crabs (genus Eriocheir – 3 species) • Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) • Snakehead fish family Channidae; 2 genera (Channa and Parachanna or their generic synonyms of Bostrychoides, Ophicephalus, Ophiocephalus, and Parophiocephalus) totaling ~28 known species • Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) - includes hybrids • Largescale silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys harmandi) - includes hybrids • Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) - includes hybrids • Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) - includes hybrids • Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) - includes hybrids • Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) - includes hybrids • Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) - includes hybrids • Stone moroko (or topmouth gudgeon) (Pseudorasbora parva) - includes hybrids
This document is for informational use only. For complete information on importation, transportation or acquisition of injurious species, see 50 CFR 16.
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Current List of Injurious Wildlife Continued
Fish, Mollusks, Crustaceans (continued) • Roach (Rutilus rutilus) - includes hybrids • Nile perch (Lates niloticus) - includes hybrids • Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) - includes hybrids • European pearch (Perca fluviatilis) - includes hybrids • Zander (Sander lucioperca) - includes hybrids • Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) - includes hybrids • Common yabby (crayfish) (Cherax destructor) - includes hybrids • Salmonids: live or dead whole fish, live fertilized eggs, or gametes, unless with health certificate
Amphibians • Salamanders 20 genera: (Chioglossa, Cynops, Euproctus, Hydromantes, Hynobius, Ichthyosaura, Lissotriton, Neurergus, Notophthalmus, Onychodactylus, Paramesotriton, Plethodon, Pleurodeles, Salamandra, Salamandrella, Salamandrina, Siren, Taricha, Triturus, and Tylototriton) ~ 201 known species.
Reptiles • Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) • Python molurus (which includes Burmese python [Python molurus bivittatus] and Indian python [Python molurus molurus] • Reticulated python (Python reticulatus) • Northern African python (Python sebae) • Southern African python (Python natalensis) • Beni anaconda (Eunectes beniensis) • DeSchauensee’s anaconda (Eunectes deschauenseei) • Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) • Yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus)
This document is for informational use only. For complete information on importation, transportation or acquisition of injurious species, see 50 CFR 16.
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