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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-wild-animals-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2004/1993",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Wild Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-wild-animals-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "KINDS OF DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS",
  "text": "Note: See Article 2(6) for the effect of the second column of this Schedule\nScientific name of kind\nCommon name or names\nMAMMALS\nMarsupials\nFamily Dasyuridae:\nThe species Sarcophilus laniarius\nThe Tasmanian devil.\nFamily Macropodidae:\nThe species Macropus fuliginosus, Macropus giganteus, Macropus robustus and Macropus rufus\nThe western and eastern grey kangaroos, the wallaroo and the red kangaroo.\nPrimates\nFamily Callitrichidae:\nAll species\nTamarins.\nFamily Cebidae:\nAll species\nNew-world monkeys (including capuchin, howler, saki, spider, squirrel, titi, uacari and woolly monkeys and the night monkey (also known as the owl monkey).\nFamily Cercopithecidae:\nAll species\nOld-world monkeys (including baboons,\nthe drill, colobus monkeys, the gelada,\nguenons, langurs, leaf monkeys, macaques, the mandrill, mangabeys, the patas and proboscis monkeys and the talapoin).\nFamily Indriidae:\nAll species\nLeaping lemurs (including the indri, sifakas and the woolly lemur).\nFamily Lemuridae:\nAll species except those of the genus Hapalemur.\nLarge lemurs.\nBamboo or gentle lemurs are excepted.\nFamily Hylobatidae:\nAll species\nGibbons and Siamangs.\nFamily Hominidae:\nAll species except those of the genus Homo.\nAnthropoid apes including chimpanzees, orang-utans and gorillas.\nEdentates\nFamily Bradypodidae:\nAll species\nSloths.\nFamily Dasypodidae:\nThe species Priodontes maximus.\nThe giant armadillo.\nFamily Myrmecophagidae:\nThe species Myrmecophaga tridactyla.\nThe giant anteater.\nRodents\nFamily Erethizontidae:\nThe species Erethizon dorsatum.\nThe North American porcupine.\nFamily Caviidae:\nThe species Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris.\nThe capybara\nFamily Hystricidae:\nThe species of the genus Hystrix\nCrested porcupines\nCarnivores\nFamily Ailuridae:\nThe species Ailurus fulgens\nThe red panda\nFamily Canidae:\nAll 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.\nWild dogs, wolves, jackals, the coyote, the maned wolf, the bush dog and the dhole.\nFoxes and the raccoon dog and the domestic dog (but not the dingo) are excepted.\nFamily Felidae:\nAll except the species Felis catus\nAll cats including the bobcat, caracal, cheetah, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, ocelot, puma, serval and tiger.\nThe domestic cat is excepted.\nFamily Hyaenidae:\nAll except the species Proteles cristatus.\nHyaenas (except the aardwolf).\nFamily Mustelidae:\nAll species of the genera Amblonyx, Arctonyx, Aonyx, Enhydra,Lontra, Melogale, Mydaus, Pteronura and Taxidea.\nThe genus Lutra except the species Lutra lutra.\nThe species Eira barbara, Gulo gulo, Martes pennanti and Mellivora capensis.\nBadgers (except the Eurasian badger),otters (except the European otter) and the tayra, wolverine, fisher and ratel (otherwise known as the honey badger).\nFamily Procyonidae:\nAll species.\nCacomistles, raccoons, coatis, olingos,\nthe little coatimundi and the kinkajou.\nFamily Ursidae:\nAll species including the species Ailuropoda melanoleuca.\nAll bears including the giant panda.\nFamily Viverridae:\nAll of the genus Civettictis and Viverra, and the species Cryptoprocta ferox and Arctictis binturong.\nThe African, Large-spotted, Malay, large Indian civets, the fossa and the binturong.\nPinnipedes\nFamily Odobenidae:\nAll species.\nThe walrus.\nFamily Otariidae:\nAll species\nEared seals and sea lions\nFamily Phocidae:\nAll species except Phoca vitulina and Halichoerus grypus.\nTrue or earless seals.\nThe common seal (or harbour seal) and grey seals are excepted.\nElephants\nFamily Elephantidae:\nAll species\nElephants.\nOdd-toed ungulates\nFamily Equidae:\nAll species except Equus asinus, Equuscaballus and Equus asinus x Equus caballus.\nAsses, horses and zebras.\nThe donkey and domestic horse are excepted.\nFamily Rhinocerotidae:\nAll species\nRhinoceroses.\nFamily Tapiridae:\nAll species\nTapirs.\nAardvark\nFamily Orycteropodidae:\nThe species Orycteropus afer\nThe aardvark.\nHyraxes\nFamily Procaviidae:\nAll species\nTree and rock hyraxes (otherwise\nknown as dassies).\nEven-toed ungulates\nFamily Antilocapridae:\nThe species Antilocapra americana\nThe Pronghorn.\nFamily Bovidae:\nAll species except any domestic form of\nthe genera Bos, Bubalus, Capra and Ovis.\nAntelopes, bison, buffalo, gazelles,\ngoats and sheep.\nDomestic cattle, buffalo, goats and sheep are excepted.\nFamily Camelidae:\nAll species of the genus Camelus.\nAll species of the genus Lama, except the species Lama glama and Lama pacos.\nCamels, the guanaco and the vicugna.\nThe domestic llama and alpaca are excepted.\nFamily Cervidae:\nAll species of the genera Alces and Rangifer, except any domestic form of the species Rangifer tarandus.\nThe moose or elk and the caribou or\nreindeer.\nThe domestic reindeer is excepted.\nFamily Giraffidae:\nAll species\nThe giraffe and the okapi.\nFamily Hippopotamidae:\nAll species\nThe hippopotamus and the pygmy\nhippopotamus.\nFamily Suidae:\nAll species except any domestic form of\nthe species Sus scrofa.\nOld-world pigs (including the wild boar and the wart hog).\nThe domestic pig is excepted.\nFamily Tayassuidae:\nAll species\nNew-world pigs (otherwise known as\npeccaries).\nHybrids\nAny hybrid of a kind of animal specified\nin the foregoing provisions of this\ncolumn where one parent is, or both\nparents are, of a kind so specified.\nMammalian hybrids with a parent (or\nparents) of a specified kind, and any animal of which at least one parent is such a hybrid.\nBIRDS\nCassowaries and emus\nFamily Casuariidae:\nAll species\nCassowaries\nFamily Dromaiidae\nThe Emu\nAll species\nOstrich\nFamily Struthionidae:\nAll species\nThe ostrich.\nREPTILES\nCrocodilians\nFamily Alligatoridae:\nAll species\nAlligators and caimans.\nFamily Crocodylidae:\nAll species\nCrocodiles and the false gharial.\nFamily Gavialidae:\nAll species\nThe gharial (otherwise known as the\ngavial).\nLizards and snakes\nFamily Atractaspididae:\nAll species of the genus Atractaspis\nFamily Colubridae:\nAll species of the genera Malpolon and Thelotornis.\nThe species Dispholidus typus, Rhabdophis subminiatus, Rhabdophis tigrinus, Elapomorphus lemniscatus, Philodryas olfersii, Tachymenis peruviana, Xenodon severus, Psammophis, Boiga dendrophila.\nBurrowing asps, also known as mole or\nburrowing vipers and stiletto snakes.\nCertain rear-fanged venomous snakes,\nMontpellier snakes and African vine snakes (otherwise known as African twig or bird snakes)\nThe 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.\nFamily Elapidae:\nAll species\nCertain front-fanged venomous snakes\nincluding cobras, coral snakes, the\ndesert black snake, kraits, mambas, whipsnakes and all Australian poisonous snakes (including the death adders).\nFamily Helodermatidae:\nAll species\nThe gila monster and the (Mexican)\nbeaded lizard.\nFamily Viperidae:\nAll species\nCertain front-fanged venomous snakes\n(including adders, the barba amarilla,\nthe bushmaster, the copperhead, the\nfer-de-lance, moccasins, rattlesnakes\nand vipers).\nFamily Hydrophiidae:\nAll species\nSea snakes.\nINVERTEBRATES\nSpiders\nFamily Ctenidae:\nThe genus Phoneutria\nWandering spiders.\nFamily Hexathelidae:\nThe genus Atrax\nThe Sydney funnel-web spider and its\nclose relatives.\nFamily Lycosidae:\nThe species Lycosa raptorial\nThe Brazilian wolf spider.\nFamily Sicariidae:\nThe genus Loxosceles\nBrown recluse spiders (otherwise\nknown as violin spiders).\nFamily Theridiidae:\nThe genus Latrodectus\nThe widow spiders and close\nrelatives.\nScorpions\nFamily Buthidae:\nAll species\nButhid scorpions.\nFamily Hemioscorpiidae:\nThe species Hemiscorpius lepturus\nMiddle Eastern thin-tailed scorpion.",
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  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. substituted (22.2.2010) by Dangerous Wild Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (Modification) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/5), art. 2, Sch."
    }
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