National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)

Notices

Alien and Invasive Species Lists, 2020

Notice 3 : National List of Invasive Species in terms of section 70(1)(a)

List 3: National List of Invasive Mammal Species
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NO

SPECIES

COMMON NAME

CATEGORY/AREA

SCOPE OF EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 71(3) / PROHIBITION IN TERMS OF SECTION 71A(1)

1.

Addax nasomaculatus (de Blainville, 1816)

Addax

2

2.

Aepyceros melampus petersi Bocage, 1879

Black-faced impala

2

3.

Ammotragus lervia (Pallas, 1777)

Barbary sheep

2

4.

Antilope cervicapra (Linneaus, 1758)

Indian blackbuck

2

5.

Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777)

Axis deer (Chital)

2

6.

Axis porcinus (Zimmermann, 1780)

Hog deer

2

7.

Bos frontalis Lambert, 1804

Gaur

2

8.

Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas, 1766)

Nilgai

2

9.

Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758

Feral goat
a.1a for off-shore islands.
b.Not listed elsewhere.

10.

Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758

Red deer

2

11.

Cervus nippon Temminick, 1838

Sika deer

2

12.

Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fallow deer

2

13.

Elaphurus davidianus Milne-Edwards, 1866

Père David's deer

2

14.

Erythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1775)

Patas monkey
a.1a in KwaZulu-Natal.
b.1b elsewhere.
c.2 if bred for export.

15.

Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758

Domestic cat
a.1a for off-shore islands.
b.Not listed elsewhere.

16.

Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (all subspecies with the exception of giraffa)

Giraffe (except the South African giraffe)

2

17.

Hemitragus jemlahicus (C.H. Smith, 1826)

Himalayan tahr

1b

18.

Hippotragus equinus koba (Gray, 1872)

Western roan

2

19.

Hippotragus niger Harris, 1838 (all subspecies except of H. n. niger)

Sable

2

20.

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766)

Capybara

2

Prohibited for Restricted Activity (c): “Growing, breeding or in any other way propagating any specimen of a listed invasive species, or causing it to multiply.”

21.

Kobus Ieche kafuensis Haltenorth, 1963

Kafue lechwe

2

22.

Kobus ellipsiprymnus crawshayi (P. L. Sclater, 1894)

Crawshay's waterbuck (Zambia)

2

23.

Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa (Rüppell, 1835).

Defassa waterbuck (Kenya)

2

24.

Kobus leche leche Gray, 1850

Red lechwe

2

25.

Kobus vardonii (Livingstone, 1857)

Puku

2

26.

Madoqua kirkii Günther, 1880

Damara dik-dik

3

27.

Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821

Crab-eating macaque

2

28.

Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758

House mouse
a.1a for Marion Island
b.1b for off-shore islands.
c.Not listed elsewhere.

29.

Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)

Coypu

2

Prohibited for Restricted Activity (c): “Growing, breeding or in any other way propagating any specimen of a listed invasive species, or causing it to multiply.”

30.

Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

European rabbit
a.1b for off-shore islands.
b.Not listed elsewhere.

31.

Oryx dammah (Cretzschmar, 1827)

Oryx, scimitar-horned

2

32.

Ovis aries musimon Pallas, 1762

Mouflon

2

33.

Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)

Brown rat
a.1b for off-shore islands.
b.Not listed elsewhere.

34.

Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)

House rat
a.1b for off-shore islands.
b.Not listed elsewhere.

35.

Rattus tanezumi Temminck, 1844

Asian house rat
a.1b for off-shore islands.
b.Not listed elsewhere.

36.

Rusa unicolor (Kerr, 1792)

Sambar deer

2

37.

Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788

Grey squirrel
a.1a in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
b.3 elsewhere.

38.

Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758

Wild boar
a.1b
b.Not listed when not feral.

39.

Tragelaphus derbianus (Gray, 1847)

Derby eland

2

40.

Tragelaphus euryceros (Ogilby, 1837)

Bongo

1a

41.

Tragelaphus imberbis (Blyth, 1869)

Lesser kudu

1a

42.

Tragelaphus spekii P.L. Sclater, 1863

Sitatunga

2

43.

All hybrids of mammal species or sub-species listed in this Notice
a.1a
b.2 for hybrids of western roan for back-breeding purposes.