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O. Reg. 669/98: WILDLIFE SCHEDULES
under Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 41
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Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997
ontario REGULATION 669/98
WILDLIFE SCHEDULES
Historical version for the period July 30, 2020 to September 14, 2020.
Last amendment: 432/20.
Legislative History: 338/16, 432/20.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
1. The species listed in the Schedule are prescribed as furbearing mammals:
Note: On September 15, 2020, the day section 17 of Schedule 14 to the Burden Reduction Act, 2017 comes into force, section 1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1)
1. The species listed in Schedule 1 are prescribed as furbearing mammals. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
2. The species listed in Schedule 2 are prescribed as game mammals. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
3. The species listed in Schedule 3 are prescribed as game birds. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
4. The species listed in Schedule 4 are prescribed as game reptiles. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
5. The species listed in Schedule 5 are prescribed as game amphibians. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
6. The species listed in Schedule 6 are prescribed as specially protected mammals. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
7. The species listed in Schedule 7 are prescribed as specially protected raptors. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
8. The species listed in Schedule 8 are prescribed as specially protected birds. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
9. The species listed in Schedule 9 are prescribed as specially protected reptiles. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
10. The species listed in Schedule 10 are prescribed as specially protected amphibians. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
11. The species listed in Schedule 11 are prescribed as specially protected invertebrates. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.
Schedule
Item |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
1. |
Polar bear |
Ursus maritimus |
2. |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
O. Reg. 669/98, s. 1.
Note: On September 15, 2020, the day section 17 of Schedule 14 to the Burden Reduction Act, 2017 comes into force, the Schedule to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2)
Schedule 1
FURBEARING MAMMALS
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
American Badger |
Taxidea taxus |
Arctic Fox |
Vulpes lagopus |
Beaver |
Castor canadensis |
Bobcat |
Lynx rufus |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
Fisher |
Pekania pennanti |
Gray Fox |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
Least Weasel |
Mustela nivalis |
Long-tailed Weasel |
Mustela frenata |
Lynx |
Lynx canadensis |
Marten |
Martes americana |
Mink |
Neovison vison |
Muskrat |
Ondatra zibethicus |
Opossum |
Didelphis virginiana |
Otter |
Lontra canadensis |
Polar Bear |
Ursus maritimus |
Raccoon |
Procyon lotor |
Red Fox (all colour phases) |
Vulpes vulpes |
Red Squirrel |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus |
Short-tailed Weasel (Ermine) |
Mustela erminea |
Striped Skunk |
Mephitis mephitis |
Wolf |
Canis lupus |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
Schedule 2
GAME MAMMALS
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
American Elk (Wapiti) |
Cervus elaphus |
Black Bear |
Ursus americanus |
Cottontail |
Sylvilagus floridanus |
European Hare |
Lepus europaeus |
Fox Squirrel |
Sciurus niger |
Gray (Black) Squirrel |
Sciurus carolinensis |
Moose |
Alces alces |
Snowshoe (Varying) Hare |
Lepus americanus |
White-tailed Deer |
Odocoileus virginianus |
Woodland Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus caribou |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
Schedule 3
GAME BIRDS
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax auritus |
Gray (Hungarian) Partridge |
Perdix perdix |
Northern Bobwhite |
Colinus virginianus |
Ring-necked Pheasant |
Phasianus colchicus |
Rock Ptarmigan |
Lagopus muta |
Ruffed Grouse |
Bonasa umbellus |
Sharp-tailed Grouse |
Tympanuchus phasianellus |
Spruce Grouse |
Falcipennis canadensis |
Wild Turkey |
Meleagris gallopavo |
Willow Ptarmigan |
Lagopus lagopus |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 4
GAME REPTILES
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Snapping Turtle |
Chelydra serpentina |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
Schedule 5
GAME AMPHIBIANS
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Bullfrog |
Lithobates catesbeianus |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
SCHEDULE 6
SPECIALLY PROTECTED MAMMALS
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Arctic Shrew |
Sorex arcticus |
Big Brown Bat |
Eptesicus fuscus |
Eastern Chipmunk |
Tamias striatus |
Eastern Small-footed Myotis |
Myotis leibii |
Hoary Bat |
Lasiurus cinereus |
Least Chipmunk |
Tamias minimus |
Least Shrew |
Cryptotis parva |
Little Brown Myotis |
Myotis lucifugus |
Masked Shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Northern Flying Squirrel |
Glaucomys sabrinus |
Northern Myotis |
Myotis septentrionalis |
Northern Short-tailed Shrew |
Blarina brevicauda |
Pygmy Shrew |
Sorex hoyi |
Red Bat |
Lasiurus borealis |
Silver-haired Bat |
Lasionycteris noctivagans |
Smoky Shrew |
Sorex fumeus |
Southern Flying Squirrel |
Glaucomys volans |
Tri-colored Bat |
Perimyotis subflavus |
Water Shrew |
Sorex palustris |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
Schedule 7
SPECIALLY PROTECTED RAPTORS
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
American Swallow-tailed Kite |
Elanoides forficatus |
Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
Barred Owl |
Strix varia |
Boreal Owl |
Aegolius funereus |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo platypterus |
Burrowing Owl |
Athene cunicularia |
Cooper’s Hawk |
Accipiter cooperii |
Eastern Screech-Owl |
Megascops asio |
Golden Eagle |
Aquila chrysaetos |
Great Gray Owl |
Strix nebulosa |
Great Horned Owl |
Bubo virginianus |
Gyrfalcon |
Falco rusticolus |
Long-eared Owl |
Asio otus |
Merlin |
Falco columbarius |
Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis |
Northern Harrier |
Circus hudsonius |
Northern Hawk Owl |
Surnia ulula |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
Aegolius acadicus |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Buteo lineatus |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
Rough-legged Hawk |
Buteo lagopus |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Accipiter striatus |
Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
Snowy Owl |
Bubo scandiacus |
Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
Schedule 8
SPECIALLY PROTECTED BIRDS
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
American White Pelican |
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
Belted Kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
Blue Jay |
Cyanocitta cristata |
Brewer’s Blackbird |
Euphagus cyanocephalus |
Canada Jay |
Perisoreus canadensis |
Common Raven |
Corvus corax |
Rusty Blackbird |
Euphagus carolinus |
Yellow-headed Blackbird |
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
Schedule 9
Specially PROTECTED REPTILES
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Blanding’s Turtle |
Emydoidea blandingii |
Blue Racer |
Coluber constrictor foxii |
Butler’s Gartersnake |
Thamnophis butleri |
Common Five-lined Skink |
Plestiodon fasciatus |
Eastern Foxsnake |
Pantherophis vulpinus |
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake |
Heterodon platirhinos |
Eastern Milksnake |
Lampropeltis triangulum |
Eastern Musk Turtle |
Sternotherus odoratus |
Gray Ratsnake |
Pantherophis spiloides |
Lake Erie Watersnake |
Nerodia sipedon insularum |
Massasauga |
Sistrurus catenatus |
Midland Painted Turtle |
Chrysemys picta marginata |
Northern Map Turtle |
Graptemys geographica |
Northern Watersnake |
Nerodia sipedon sipedon |
Queensnake |
Regina septemvittata |
Smooth Greensnake |
Opheodrys vernalis |
Spiny Softshell |
Apalone spinifera |
Spotted Turtle |
Clemmys guttata |
Western Painted Turtle |
Chrysemys picta bellii |
Wood Turtle |
Glyptemys insculpta |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
Schedule 10
SPECIALLY PROTECTED AMPHIBIANS
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander |
Desmognathus ochrophaeus |
Blanchard’s Cricket Frog |
Acris blanchardi |
Blue-spotted Salamander |
Ambystoma laterale |
Eastern Red-backed Salamander |
Plethodon cinereus |
Eastern Tiger Salamander |
Ambystoma tigrinum |
Four-toed Salamander |
Hemidactylium scutatum |
Fowler’s Toad |
Anaxyrus fowleri |
Gray Treefrog |
Hyla versicolor |
Jefferson Salamander |
Ambystoma jeffersonianum |
Northern Dusky Salamander |
Desmognathus fuscus |
Northern Two-lined Salamander |
Eurycea bislineata |
Small-mouthed Salamander |
Ambystoma texanum |
Spotted Salamander |
Ambystoma maculatum |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
Schedule 11
specially pROTECTED INVERTEBRATES
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Black Swallowtail |
Papilio polyxenes |
Bog Elfin |
Callophrys lanoraieensis |
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail |
Papilio canadensis |
Eastern Swallowtail |
Papilio cresphontes |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Papilio glaucus |
Frosted Elfin |
Callophrys irus |
Karner Blue |
Plebejus melissa samuelis |
Monarch |
Danaus plexippus |
Mottled Duskywing |
Erynnis martialis |
Old World Swallowtail |
Papilio machaon |
Pipevine Swallowtail |
Battus philenor |
Spicebush Swallowtail |
Papilio troilus |
West Virginia White |
Pieris virginiensis |
Zebra Swallowtail |
Eurytides marcellus |
O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.
2. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation). O. Reg. 669/98, s. 2.