CA Fish & Game Code § 2118 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals|ARTICLE 1 - Generally|Section 2118.

2118.  It is unlawful to import, transport, possess, or release alive into this state, except under a revocable, nontransferable permit as provided in this chapter and the regulations pertaining thereto, any wild animal of the following species: (a)Class Aves: (birds)Family Cuculidae (cuckoos)All Species.Family Alaudidae (larks)Skylark, Alauda arvensisFamily Corvidae (crows, jays, magpies)All species.Family Turdidae (thrushes)European blackbird, Turdus merulaMissel (or mistle), thrush, Turdus viscivorusFamily Sturnidae (starlings and mynas or mynahs)All species of the family, except hill myna (orhill mynah),Gracula religiosa (sometimes referred to asEulabes religiosa)Family Ploceidae (weavers)The following species:Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensisItalian sparrow, Passer italiaeEuropean tree sparrow, Passer montanusCape sparrow, Passer capensisMadagascar weaver, Foudia madagascariensisBaya weaver, Ploceus bayaHawaiian rice bird, Munia nisoriaRed-billed quelea, Quelea queleaRed-headed quelea, Quelea erythropsFamily Fringillidae (sparrows, finches, buntings)Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella(b)Class Mammalia (mammals)Order PrimatesAll species except those in family HominidaeOrder Edentata (sloths, anteaters, armadillos, etc.)All species.Order Marsupialia (marsupials or pouched mammals)All species.Order Insectivora (shrews, moles, hedgehogs, etc.)All species.Order Dermoptera (gliding lemurs)All species.Order Chiroptera (bats)All species.Order Monotremata (spiny anteaters, platypuses)All species.Order Pholidota (pangolins, scaly anteaters)All species.Order Lagomorpha (pikas, rabbits, hares)All species, except domesticated races of rabbits.Order Rodentia (rodents)All species, except domesticated goldenhamsters, also known as Syrian hamster,Mesocricetus auratus; domesticated races ofrats or mice (white or albino; trained,dancing or spinning, laboratory-reared);and domestic strains of guinea pig (Caviaporcellus).Order Carnivora (carnivores)All species, except domestic dogs (Canisfamiliaris) and domestic cats (Felis catus).Order Tubulidentata (aardvarks)All species.Order Proboscidea (elephants)All species.Order Hyracoidea (hyraxes)All species.Order Sirenia (dugongs, manatees)All species.Order Perissodactyla (horses, zebras, tapirs,rhinoceroses, etc.)All species except those of the family Equidae.Order Artiodactyla (swine, peccaries, camels,deer, elk, except elk (genus Cervus) which aresubject to Section 2118.2, moose, antelopes,cattle, goats, sheep, etc.)All species except: domestic swine of the familySuidae; American bison, and domestic cattle,sheep and goats of the family Bovidae; racesof big-horned sheep (Ovis canadensis) nowor formerly indigenous to this state. Mammals of the orders Primates, Edentata, Dermoptera, Monotremata, Pholidota, Tubulidentata, Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Hyracoidea, Sirenia and  Carnivora are restricted for the welfare of the animals, except animals of the families Viverridae and Mustelidae in the order Carnivora are restricted because such animals are undesirable and a menace to native wildlife, the agricultural interests of the state, or to the public health or safety.(c)Class amphibia (frogs, toads, salamanders)Family Bufonidae (toads)Giant toad or marine toad, Bufo marinus(d)Class Monorhina (lampreys)All species.(e)Class Osteichthyes (bony fishes)Family Serranidae (bass)White perch, Morone or Roccus americanaFamily Clupeidae (herring)Gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianumFamily Sciaenidae (croakers)Freshwater sheepshead, Aplodinotus grunniensFamily Characidae (characins)Banded tetra, Astyanax fasciatusAll species of piranhasFamily Lepisosteidae (gars)All species.Family Amiidae (bowfins)All species.(f)Class Reptilia (snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators)Family CrocodilidaeAll species.(g)Class Crustacea (crustaceans)Genus Cambarus (crayfishes)All species.Genus Astacus (crayfishes)All species.Genus Astacopsis (crayfishes)All species.(h)Class Gastropoda (slugs, snails, clams)All species of slugs.All species of land snails.(i)Other classes, orders, families, genera, and species of wild animals which may be designated by the  commission in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, (1) when the class, order, family, genus, or species is proven to be undesirable and a menace to  native wildlife or the agricultural interests of the state, or(2) to provide for the welfare of wild animals.(j)Except as expressly authorized in this code, any live nonindigenous Atlantic salmon or the roe thereof into the Smith River watershed.(k)Classes, families, genera, and species in addition to those listed in this section may be added to or deleted from the above lists from time to time by commission regulations in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 97. Effective January 1, 2004.)