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The Dangerous Wild Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (Modification) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010

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Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Article 2

SCHEDULEKINDS OF DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS

Note: See Article 2(6) for the effect of the second column of this Schedule

Scientific name of kindCommon name or names
MAMMALS
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 Callitrichidae:

All species

Tamarins.

Family Cebidae:

All species

New-world monkeys (including capuchin, howler, saki, spider, squirrel, titi, uacari and woolly monkeys and the night monkey (also known as the owl monkey).

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 Indriidae:

All species

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

Family Lemuridae:

All species except those of the genus Hapalemur.

Large lemurs.

Bamboo or gentle lemurs are excepted.

Family Hylobatidae:

All species

Gibbons and Siamangs.

Family Hominidae:

All species except those of the genus Homo.

Anthropoid apes including chimpanzees, orang-utans and gorillas.

Edentates

Family Bradypodidae:

All species

Sloths.

Family Dasypodidae:

The species Priodontes maximus.

The giant armadillo.

Family Myrmecophagidae:

The species Myrmecophaga tridactyla.

The giant anteater.

Rodents

Family Erethizontidae:

The species Erethizon dorsatum.

The North American porcupine.

Family Caviidae:

The species Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris.

The capybara

Family Hystricidae:

The species of the genus Hystrix

Crested porcupines

Carnivores

Family Ailuridae:

The species Ailurus fulgens

The red panda

Family Canidae:

All species except those of the genera Alopex,Cerdocyon,Pseudalopex,Urocyon, Dusicyon, Otocyon, Nyctereutes and Vulpes. The species Canis familiaris, other than the subspecies Canis familiaris dingo, is also excepted.

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

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

Family Felidae:

All except the species Felis catus

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

The domestic cat is excepted.

Family Hyaenidae:

All except the species Proteles cristatus.

Hyaenas (except the aardwolf).

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 Procyonidae:

All species.

Cacomistles, raccoons, coatis, olingos,

the little coatimundi and the kinkajou.

Family Ursidae:

All species including the species Ailuropoda melanoleuca.

All bears including the giant panda.

Family Viverridae:

All of the genus Civettictis and Viverra, and the species Cryptoprocta ferox and Arctictis binturong.

The African, Large-spotted, Malay, large Indian civets, the fossa and the binturong.

Pinnipedes

Family Odobenidae:

All species.

The walrus.

Family Otariidae:

All species

Eared seals and sea lions

Family Phocidae:

All species except Phoca vitulina and Halichoerus grypus.

True or earless seals.

The common seal (or harbour seal) and grey seals are excepted.

Elephants

Family Elephantidae:

All species

Elephants.

Odd-toed ungulates

Family Equidae:

All species except Equus asinus, Equuscaballus and Equus asinus x Equus caballus.

Asses, horses and zebras.

The donkey and domestic horse are excepted.

Family Rhinocerotidae:

All species

Rhinoceroses.

Family Tapiridae:

All species

Tapirs.

Aardvark

Family Orycteropodidae:

The species Orycteropus afer

The aardvark.

Hyraxes

Family Procaviidae:

All species

Tree and rock hyraxes (otherwise

known as dassies).

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.

All species of the genus Lama, except the species Lama glama and Lama pacos.

Camels, the guanaco and the vicugna.

The domestic llama and alpaca are excepted.

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

in the foregoing provisions of this

column where one parent is, or both

parents are, of a kind so specified.

Mammalian hybrids with a parent (or

parents) of a specified kind, and any animal of which at least one parent is such a hybrid.

BIRDS

Cassowaries and emus

Family Casuariidae:

All species

Cassowaries
Family DromaiidaeThe Emu

All species

Ostrich

Family Struthionidae:

All species

The ostrich.

REPTILES

Crocodilians

Family Alligatoridae:

All species

Alligators and caimans.

Family Crocodylidae:

All species

Crocodiles and the false gharial.

Family Gavialidae:

All species

The gharial (otherwise known as the

gavial).

Lizards and snakes

Family Atractaspididae:

All species of the genus Atractaspis

Family Colubridae:

All species of the genera Malpolon and Thelotornis.

The species Dispholidus typus, Rhabdophis subminiatus, Rhabdophis tigrinus, Elapomorphus lemniscatus, Philodryas olfersii, Tachymenis peruviana, Xenodon severus, Psammophis, Boiga dendrophila.

Burrowing asps, also known as mole or

burrowing vipers and stiletto snakes.

Certain rear-fanged venomous snakes,

Montpellier snakes and African vine snakes (otherwise known as African twig or bird snakes)

The boomslang, the red-necked keelback, the yamakagashi (other-wise known as the Japanese tiger-snake), the Argentine black-headed snake, the South American green racer, the Peruvian racer, the Amazon false viper, Sand snakes and the Mangrove snake.

Family Elapidae:

All species

Certain front-fanged venomous snakes

including cobras, coral snakes, the

desert black snake, kraits, mambas, whipsnakes and all Australian poisonous snakes (including the death adders).

Family Helodermatidae:

All species

The gila monster and the (Mexican)

beaded lizard.

Family Viperidae:

All species

Certain front-fanged venomous snakes

(including adders, the barba amarilla,

the bushmaster, the copperhead, the

fer-de-lance, moccasins, rattlesnakes

and vipers).

Family Hydrophiidae:

All species

Sea snakes.

INVERTEBRATES

Spiders

Family Ctenidae:

The genus Phoneutria

Wandering spiders.

Family Hexathelidae:

The genus Atrax

The Sydney funnel-web spider and its

close relatives.

Family Lycosidae:

The species Lycosa raptorial

The Brazilian wolf spider.

Family Sicariidae:

The genus Loxosceles

Brown recluse spiders (otherwise

known as violin spiders).

Family Theridiidae:

The genus Latrodectus

The widow spiders and close

relatives.

Scorpions

Family Buthidae:

All species

Buthid scorpions.

Family Hemioscorpiidae:

The species Hemiscorpius lepturus

Middle Eastern thin-tailed scorpion.

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