Annex D Schedule of Wild Animals Protection Ordinance CAP. 170 Wild Animals Protection SCHEDULE 1 (Repealed 58 of 1980 s.15) SCHEDULE 2 PROTECTED WILD ANIMALS [ss.2 & 22] (Ammended 77 of 1996 s.19) Notes: The protected wild animals are those specified in Column 2. The names given in Column 1, Column 3 are for information only. Column 1 ORDER/Family Column 2 Scientific Name Column 3 Common Name MAMMALIA MAMMALS CHIROPTERA Chiroptera, all species of all genera and all families Bats PRIMATES Primates, all species of all genera and all families except an individual of the family Hominidae(man) Primates(Monkeys) PHOLIDOTA - - Manidae Mains pentadactyla Chinese Pangolin RODEBNTIA - - Hystricidae Hystrix hodgsoni Chinese Porcupine Sciuridae Sciuridae, all species of all genera Squirrels CETACEA Cetacea, all species of all genera and all families Cetaceans (Dolphins, whales, porpoises) CARNIVORA - - Canidae Vulpes vulpes Common Red Fox Viverridae Herpestes, all species Paguma larvata Viverricula indica Viverra zibetha Mongooses Masked Palm Civet Small Indian Civet Large Indian Civet Mustelidae Lutra lutra Melogale moschata Otter Chinese Ferret Badger Felidae Felis bengalensis Leopard Cat SIRENIA - - Dugongidae Dugong, all species Dugong ARTIODACTYLA - - Cervidae Muntiacus reevesi Reeves' Muntjac or Barking Deer AVES BIRDS Aves, all species of all genera, all families and all orders All wild birds REPTILIA REPTILES TESTUDINES Testudines, all species of all genera and all faimilies Chelonians ( Turtles, terrapins, tortoises etc.) SERPENTES - - Boidae Python molurus bivittatus Burmese Python SAURIA - - Varanidae Varanus salvator Water Monitor AMPHIBIA AMPHIBIANS CAUDATA - - Salamandridae Paramesotriton hongkongensis Hong Kong Newt ANURA - - Ranidae Amolops hongkongensis Hong Kong Cascade Frog Rhacophoridae Philautus romeri Romer's Tree Frog INSECTA INSECTS LEPIDOPTERA - - Papilionidae Troides helena Birdwing Butterfly (Replaced L.N. 182 of 1992) CAP. 476 Marine Parks and Marine Reserves Regulation SCHEDULE 1 [Subsidiaries 3, 5 & 18] SPECIAL ZONES SCHEDULE 2 [s. 2] PROTECTED MARINE AND COASTAL SPECIES Dolphins, whales and porpoises. Bats Wild birds. Sea turtles, terrapins, tortoises. Stony corals, true corals and black corals. Marine grasses. Sea horses. Horseshoe crabs. SCHEDULE 3 [s. 4] FISHING OR HUNTING DEVICES Any trawl net including stern trawl, pair trawl or shrimp trawl net. Any spear gun. Any fishing device using high voltage electric charge for the purpose of stunning fish or animals. Cha Tsai Peng (oil processing residue from tea-seeds), rotenone, phenthoate, permethrin or cyanide. Dynamite or other explosives.

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