Wash. Admin. Code § 220-400-020

Current through Register Vol. 24-20, October 15, 2024
Section 220-400-020 - Classification of wild animals
(1) Game animals include:

Common Name

Scientific Name

eastern cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

Nuttall's cottontail

Sylvilagus nuttallii

snowshoe hare

Lepus americanus

white-tailed jackrabbit

Lepus townsendii

black-tailed jackrabbit

Lepus californicus

fox

Vulpes vulpes

black bear

Ursus americanus

raccoon

Procyon lotor

cougar

Puma concolor

bobcat

Lynx rufus

Roosevelt and Rocky

Mountain elk

Cervus elaphus

mule deer and black-tailed

deer

Odocoileus hemionus

white-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

moose

Alces alces

pronghorn

Antilocapra americana

mountain goat

Oreamnos americanus

California and Rocky

Mountain bighorn sheep

Ovis canadensis

bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

(2) Furbearing animals are game animals and include:

Common Name

Scientific Name

beaver

Castor canadensis

muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

fox

Vulpes vulpes

raccoon

Procyon lotor

marten

Martes americana

short-tailed weasel

or ermine

Mustela erminea

long-tailed weasel

Mustela frenata

mink

Mustela vison

badger

Taxidea taxus

river otter

Lutra canadensis

bobcat

Lynx rufus

Wash. Admin. Code § 220-400-020

Decodified by WSR 17-05-112, Filed 2/15/2017, effective 3/18/2017. Recodified from § 232-12-007.

Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040, 77.12.020, 77.32.070, 77.32.530. 01-10-048 (Order 01-69), § 232-12-007, filed 4/26/01, effective 5/27/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.020 and 77.12.040. 93-21-025 (Order 614), § 232-12-007, filed 10/14/93, effective 11/14/93; 91-11-007 (Order 492), § 232-12-007, filed 5/2/91, effective 6/2/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 82-19-026 (Order 192), § 232-12-007, filed 9/9/82; 81-22-002 (Order 174), § 232-12-007, filed 10/22/81; 81-12-029 (Order 165), § 232-12-007, filed 6/1/81. Formerly WAC 232-12-040.