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Established populations of escaped pets/ornamental animals

Introduction	Table of Content	Ferret Bibliography	Population Estimates
Ferret Survey	Biology and Uses	Ferret in the Wild	World Distribution
California's Concerns	Native Carnivores	Other Mustelidae	Tables

Table 3

Species that were imported mainly for pet keeping, private menageries, or park/ornamental use and that subsequently formed breeding populations in the wild in California following escape or release*

Amphibians	Birds
African clawed frog	Mute swan
	Egyptian goose
Reptiles	Common peafowl
Snapping turtle	Ringed turtle-dove (formerly)
Painted turtle	Spotted dove
Slider	Eurasian collared-dove
Diamond-backed water snake	Rose-ringed parakeet
	Canary-winged parakeet
Mammals	Monk parakeet (eradicated)
House cat	Red-crowned parrot
Eastern gray squirrel	Lilac-crowned parrot
Fox squirrel	Yellow-headed parrot
Burchell's zebra	Blue-crowned parakeet
Fallow deer	Black-hooded parakeet
Sambar	Mitered parakeet
Axis deer	Red-masked parakeet
Himalayan tahr	Yellow-chevroned parakeet
	Northern red bishop
	Nutmeg mannikin
	Red-whiskered bulbul

*This list excludes species that breed in the wild only occasionally (e.g., budgerigars).

Table 1. Relative sizes of carnivores.
Table 2. Established species of non-native mammals in California.
Table 3. Established populations of escaped pets/ornamental animals.
Table 4. Restricted domestic animals.
Table 5. Restricted and exempted domestic animals.
Table 6. Illegal pets in California.