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Established species of non-native mammals in California

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 2

Established Species of Non-native Mammals in California.

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	SOURCE	FISH & GAME PROVISIONS
Virginia opossum	Didelphis virginiana	e , r	nongame, not protected
European rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	F	not regulated
(Eastern) Gray squirrel	Sciurus carolinensis	r	resident small game
Fox squirrel	Sciurus niger	r	resident small game
Black rat	Rattus rattus	c	not regulated
Norway rat	Rattus norvegicus	c	not regulated
House mouse	Mus musculus	c	not regulated
House cat	Felis catus	F	not regulated, except as nongame on State F&G refuges
Domestic horse	Equus caballus	F	protected
Domestic burro	Equus asinus	F	protected
Burchell's zebra	Equus burchelli	e	not regulated
Wild pig	Sus scrofa	F, r	big game
Fallow deer	Cervus dama	f	nongame, restricted hunting
Sambar	Cervus unicolor	e	nongame, restricted hunting
Axis deer	Cervus axis	e , r	nongame, restricted hunting
Domestic cattle	Bos taurus	F	not regulated
Bison	Bison bison	r	not regulated
Blackbuck	Antilope cervicapra	r	not regulated (not sport hunted)
Barbary sheep	Ammotragus lervia	e	nongame, restricted hunting
Domestic sheep	Ovis aries	F	not regulated
Himalayan tahr	Hemitragus jemlahicus	e	nongame, restricted hunting
Domestic goat	Capra hircus	F	nongame, restricted hunting
Formerly established:
Nutria (eradicated)	Myocastor coypus	e , r

SOURCE:  c- commensal rodent, e - escaped from captivity; F- feral domestic; r - released from captivity or imported and released

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.