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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

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PART IAnimals which are established in the wild

Common nameScientific name
Bass, Large-mouthed BlackMicropterus salmoides
Bass, RockAmbloplites rupestris
BitteriingRhode us sericeus
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
CoypuMyocastor coypus
Dormouse, FatGlis glis
Duck, Carolina WoodAix sponsa
Duck, MandarinAix galericulata
Duck, RuddyOxyura jamaicensis
Eagle, White-tailedHaliaetus albicilla
Frog, EdibleRana esculenta
Frog, European Tree (otherwise known as Common tree frog)Hyla arborea
Frog, MarshRana ridibunda
Gerbil, MongolianMeriones unguiculatus
Goose, CanadaBranta canadensis
Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiacus
Heron, NightNycticorax nycticorax
Lizard, Common WallPodarcis muralis
Marmot, Prairie (otherwise known as Prairie dog)Cynomys
Mink, AmericanMustela vison
Newt, AlpineTriturus alpestris
Parakeet, Ring-neckedPsittacula krameri
Partridge, ChukarAlectoris chukar
Partridge, RockAlectoris graeca
Pheasant, GoldenChrysolophus pictus
Pheasant, Lady Amherst'sChrysolophus amherstiae
Pheasant, Reeves'Syrmaticus reevesii
Pheasant, SilverLophura nycthemera
Porcupine, CrestedHystrix cristata
Porcupine, HimalayanHystrix hodgsonii
Pumpkinseed (otherwise known as Sun-fish or Pond-perch)Lepomis gibbosus
Quail, BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Rat, BlackRattus rattus
Squirrel, GreySciurus carolinensis
Terrapin, European PondEmys orbicularis
Toad, African ClawedXenopus laevis
Toad, MidwifeAlytes obstetricans
Toad, Yellow-belliedBombina variegata
Wallaby, Red-neckedMacropus rufogriseus
Wels (otherwise known as European catfish)Silurus glanis
ZanderStizostedion lucioperca

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