WILDLIFE SCHEDULES
This provision lists animal species that are prescribed into different wildlife categories, including furbearing mammals, game species, and specially protected species.
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WILDLIFE SCHEDULES
This provision lists animal species that are prescribed into different wildlife categories, including furbearing mammals, game species, and specially protected species.
1. The species listed in Schedule 1 are prescribed as furbearing mammals. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. 2. The species listed in Schedule 2 are prescribed as game mammals. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. 3. The species listed in Schedule 3 are prescribed as game birds. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. 4. The species listed in Schedule 4 are prescribed as game reptiles. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. 5. The species listed in Schedule 5 are prescribed as game amphibians. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. 6. The species listed in Schedule 6 are prescribed as specially protected mammals. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. 7. The species listed in Schedule 7 are prescribed as specially protected raptors. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. 8. The species listed in Schedule 8 are prescribed as specially protected birds. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. 9. The species listed in Schedule 9 are prescribed as specially protected reptiles. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. 10. The species listed in Schedule 10 are prescribed as specially protected amphibians. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. 11. The species listed in Schedule 11 are prescribed as specially protected invertebrates. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1. Schedule 1 FURBEARING MAMMALS Common Name Scientific Name American Badger Taxidea taxus Arctic Fox Vulpes lagopus Beaver Castor canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus Coyote Canis latrans Fisher Pekania pennanti Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus Least Weasel Mustela nivalis Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata Lynx Lynx canadensis Marten Martes americana Mink Neovison vison Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus Opossum Didelphis virginiana Otter Lontra canadensis Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Raccoon Procyon lotor Red Fox (all colour phases) Vulpes vulpes Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Short-tailed Weasel (Ermine) Mustela erminea Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis Wolf Canis lupus Wolverine Gulo gulo O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. Schedule 2 GAME MAMMALS Common Name Scientific Name American Elk (Wapiti) Cervus elaphus Black Bear Ursus americanus Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus European Hare Lepus europaeus Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger Gray (Black) Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Moose Alces alces Snowshoe (Varying) Hare Lepus americanus White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. Schedule 3 GAME BIRDS Common Name Scientific Name Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Gray (Hungarian) Partridge Perdix perdix Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. SCHEDULE 4 GAME REPTILES Common Name Scientific Name Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. Schedule 5 GAME AMPHIBIANS Common Name Scientific Name Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. SCHEDULE 6 SPECIALLY PROTECTED MAMMALS Common Name Scientific Name Arctic Shrew Sorex arcticus Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus Eastern Small-footed Myotis Myotis leibii Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus Least Chipmunk Tamias minimus Least Shrew Cryptotis parva Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus Northern Myotis Myotis septentrionalis Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda Pygmy Shrew Sorex hoyi Red Bat Lasiurus borealis Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans Smoky Shrew Sorex fumeus Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans Tri-colored Bat Perimyotis subflavus Water Shrew Sorex palustris O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. Schedule 7 SPECIALLY PROTECTED RAPTORS Common Name Scientific Name American Kestrel Falco sparverius American Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Barn Owl Tyto alba Barred Owl Strix varia Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Long-eared Owl Asio otus Merlin Falco columbarius Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Osprey Pandion haliaetus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. Schedule 8 SPECIALLY PROTECTED BIRDS Common Name Scientific Name American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis Common Raven Corvus corax Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. Schedule 9 Specially PROTECTED REPTILES Common Name Scientific Name Blanding’s Turtle Emydoidea blandingii Blue Racer Coluber constrictor foxii Butler’s Gartersnake Thamnophis butleri Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus Eastern Foxsnake Pantherophis vulpinus Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Milksnake Lampropeltis triangulum Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus Gray Ratsnake Pantherophis spiloides Lake Erie Watersnake Nerodia sipedon insularum Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus Midland Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta marginata Northern Map Turtle Graptemys geographica Northern Watersnake Nerodia sipedon sipedon Queensnake Regina septemvittata Smooth Greensnake Opheodrys vernalis Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii Wood Turtle Glyptemys insculpta O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. Schedule 10 SPECIALLY PROTECTED AMPHIBIANS Common Name Scientific Name Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander Desmognathus ochrophaeus Blanchard’s Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi Blue-spotted Salamander Ambystoma laterale Eastern Red-backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus Eastern Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum Four-toed Salamander Hemidactylium scutatum Fowler’s Toad Anaxyrus fowleri Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor Jefferson Salamander Ambystoma jeffersonianum Northern Dusky Salamander Desmognathus fuscus Northern Two-lined Salamander Eurycea bislineata Small-mouthed Salamander Ambystoma texanum Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. Schedule 11 specially pROTECTED INVERTEBRATES Common Name Scientific Name Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes Bog Elfin Callophrys lanoraieensis Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis Eastern Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus Frosted Elfin Callophrys irus Karner Blue Plebejus melissa samuelis Monarch Danaus plexippus Mottled Duskywing Erynnis martialis Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus West Virginia White Pieris virginiensis Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2. 2. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation). O. Reg. 669/98, s. 2.
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