2023 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 arvensis
Family Corvidae (crows, jays, magpies)
All species.
Family Turdidae (thrushes)
European blackbird, Turdus merula
Missel (or mistle), thrush, Turdus viscivorus
Family Sturnidae (starlings and mynas or mynahs)
All species of the family, except hill myna (or
hill mynah),
Gracula religiosa (sometimes referred to as
Eulabes religiosa)
Family Ploceidae (weavers)
The following species:
Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis
Italian sparrow, Passer italiae
European tree sparrow, Passer montanus
Cape sparrow, Passer capensis
Madagascar weaver, Foudia madagascariensis
Baya weaver, Ploceus baya
Hawaiian rice bird, Munia nisoria
Red-billed quelea, Quelea quelea
Red-headed quelea, Quelea erythrops
Family Fringillidae (sparrows, finches, buntings)
Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella
(b)
Class Mammalia (mammals)
Order Primates
All species except those in family Hominidae
Order 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 golden
hamsters, also known as Syrian hamster,
Mesocricetus auratus; domesticated races of
rats or mice (white or albino; trained,
dancing or spinning, laboratory-reared);
and domestic strains of guinea pig (Cavia
porcellus).
Order Carnivora (carnivores)
All species, except domestic dogs (Canis
familiaris) 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 are
subject to Section 2118.2, moose, antelopes,
cattle, goats, sheep, etc.)
All species except: domestic swine of the family
Suidae; American bison, and domestic cattle,
sheep and goats of the family Bovidae; races
of big-horned sheep (Ovis canadensis) now
or 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 americana
Family Clupeidae (herring)
Gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum
Family Sciaenidae (croakers)
Freshwater sheepshead, Aplodinotus grunniens
Family Characidae (characins)
Banded tetra, Astyanax fasciatus
All species of piranhas
Family Lepisosteidae (gars)
All species.
Family Amiidae (bowfins)
All species.
(f)
Class Reptilia (snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators)
Family Crocodilidae
All 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.)