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DWA Mammals List

Marsupials

Family Dasyuridae:

The species Sarcophilus laniarius.

 The Tasmanian devil.

Family Macropodidae:

The species Macropus fuliginosus, Macropus giganteus, Macropus robustus and Macropus rufus.

 The western and eastern grey kangaroos, the wallaroo and the red kangaroo.
Primates

Family Cebidae:

All species except those of the genera Aotus, Callicebus and Saimiri.

New-world monkeys (including capuchin, howler, saki, uacari, spider and woolly monkeys).

Night monkeys (also known as owl monkeys), titi monkeys and squirrel monkeys are excepted.
Family Cercopithecidae: All species. Old-world monkeys (including baboons, the drill, colobus monkeys, the gelada, guenons, langurs, leaf monkeys, macaques, the mandrill, mangabeys, the patas and proboscis monkeys and the talapoin).

Family Hominidae:

All species except those of the genus Homo.

 Anthropoid apes; chimpanzees, bonobos, orang-utans and gorillas.
Family Hylobatidae: All species. Gibbons and Siamangs.

Family Indriidae:

All species of the genera Propithecus and Indri (Avahi laniger is excepted).

 Leaping lemurs (including the indri and sifakas). The woolly lemur is excepted.

Family Lemuridae:

All species except those of the genus Hapalemur.

Large lemurs.

Bamboo or gentle lemurs are excepted.
Edentates

Family Dasypodidae:

The species Priodontes maximus.

 The giant armadillo.

Family Myrmecophagidae:

The species Myrmecophaga tridactyla.

 The giant anteater.
Carnivores

Family Canidae:

All species except those of the genera Alopex, Cerdocyon, Dusicyon, Otocyon, Pseudolopex, Urocyon, Vulpes and Nyctereutes.

The species Canis familiaris, other than the subspecies Canis familiaris dingo, is also excepted.

Wild dogs, wolves, jackals, the maned wolf, the bush dog and the dhole.

Foxes, raccoon dogs and the domestic dog (but not the dingo) are excepted.

Family Felidae:

All except—

(a)

the species Felis silvestris, Otocolobus manul, Leopardus tigrinus, Oncifelis geoffroyi, Oncifelis guigna, Catopuma badia, Felis margarita, Felis nigripes, Prionailurus rubiginosus and Felis silvestris catus;


(b)

a hybrid which is descended exclusively from any one or more species within paragraph (a);


(c)

a hybrid of which—

(i)

one parent is Felis silvestris catus, and


(ii)

the other parent is a first generation hybrid of Felis silvestris catus and any cat not within paragraph (a);


(d)

any cat which is descended exclusively from any one or more hybrids within paragraph (c) (ignoring, for the purpose of determining exclusivity of descent, the parents and remoter ancestors of any hybrid within paragraph (c));


(e)

any cat which is descended exclusively from Felis silvestris catus and any one or more hybrids within paragraph (c) (ignoring, for the purpose of determining exclusivity of descent, the parents and remoter ancestors of any hybrid within paragraph (c)).

All cats including the bobcat, caracal, cheetah, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, ocelot, puma, serval and tiger.

The following are excepted:

(i)

the wild cat, the pallas cat, the little spotted cat, the Geoffroy’s cat, the kodkod, the bay cat, the sand cat, the black-footed cat, the rusty-spotted cat and the domestic cat;


(ii)

a hybrid cat which is descended exclusively from any one or more species within paragraph (a);


(iii)

a hybrid cat having as one parent a domestic cat and as the other parent a first generation hybrid of a domestic cat and any cat not within paragraph (a);


(iv)

any cat which is descended exclusively from any one or more hybrids within paragraph (c);


(v)

any cat which is descended exclusively from a domestic cat and any one or more hybrids within paragraph (c).

Family Hyaenidae:

All except the species Proteles cristatus.

Hyænas. The aardwolf is excepted.

Family Mustelidae:

All species of the genera Amblonyx, Arctonyx, Aonyx, Enhydra, Lontra, Melogale, Mydaus, Pteronura and Taxidea.

The genus Lutra except the species Lutra lutra.

The species Eira barbara, Gulo gulo, Martes pennanti and Mellivora capensis.

 Badgers (except the Eurasian badger), otters (except the European otter) and the tayra, wolverine, fisher and ratel (otherwise known as the honey badger).

Family Ursidae:

All species including the species Ailuropoda melanoleuca and Ailurus fulgens.

 All bears including the giant panda and the red panda.

Family Viverridae:

All of the genus Civettictis.

All of the genus Viverra.

The species Cryptoprocta ferox.

 The African, large-spotted, Malay and Indian civets and the fossa.
Pinnipedes
Family Odobenidae: All species. The walrus.
Family Otariidae: All species. Eared seals.

Family Phocidae:

All species except Phoca vitulina and Halichoerus grypus.

True or earless seals.

The common seal (or harbour seal) and grey seal are excepted.
Elephants
Family Elephantidae: All species. Elephants.
Aardvark

Family Orycteropodidae:

The species Orycteropus afer.

The aardvark.
Odd-toed ungulates

Family Equidae:

All species except Equus asinus and Equus caballus.

Asses, horses and zebras.

The donkey and domestic horse are excepted.
Family Rhinocerotidae: All species. Rhinoceroses.
Family Tapiridae: All species. Tapirs.
Even-toed ungulates

Family Antilocapridae:

The species Antilocapra americana.

The pronghorn.

Family Bovidae:

All species except any domestic form of the genera Bos, Bubalus, Capra and Ovis.

Antelopes, bison, buffalo, gazelles, goats and sheep.

Domestic cattle, buffalo, goats and sheep are excepted.

Family Camelidae:

All species of the genus Camelus.

 Camels.

Family Cervidae:

All species of the genera Alces and Rangifer, except any domestic form of the species Rangifer tarandus.

The moose or elk and the caribou or reindeer.

The domestic reindeer is excepted.
Family Giraffidae: All species The giraffe and the okapi.
Family Hippopotamidae: All species. The hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus.

Family Suidae:

All species except any domestic form of the species Sus scrofa.

Old-world pigs (including the wild boar and the wart hog).

The domestic pig is excepted.
Family Tayassuidae: All species. New-world pigs (otherwise known as peccaries).
Hybrids

Any hybrid of a kind of animal specified (other than by way of exception) in the foregoing provisions of this column where at least one parent is of a kind so specified, and any animal of which at least one parent is such a hybrid.

This does not include an excepted hybrid of the Family Felidae.

Any mammalian hybrids with at least one parent of a specified kind, and any animal of which at least one parent is such a hybrid.

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