National List of Invasive Mammal Species

NO.SPECIESCOMMON NAMECATEGORY / AREASCOPE OF EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 71(3) / PROHIBITION IN TERMS OF SECTION 71A(1)
1Addax nasomaculatus (de Blainville, 1816)Addax2
2Aepyceros melampus petersi Bocage, 1879Black-faced impala2
3Ammotragus lervia (Pallas, 1777)Barbary sheep2
4Antilope cervicapra (Linneaus, 1758)Indian blackbuck2
5Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777)Axis deer (Chital)2
6Axis porcinus (Zimmermann, 1780)Hog deer2
7Bos frontalis Lambert, 1804Gaur2
8Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas, 1766)Nilgai2
9Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758Feral goata. 1a for off-shore islands. b. Not listed elsewhere.
10Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758Red deer2
11Cervus nippon Temminick, 1838Sika deer2
12Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758)Fallow deer2
13Elaphurus davidianus Milne-Edwards, 1866Père David's deer2
14Erythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1775)Patas monkeya. 1a in KwaZulu-Natal. b. 1b elsewhere. c. 2 if bred for export.
15Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758Domestic cata. 1a for off-shore islands. b. Not listed elsewhere.
16Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (all subspecies with the exception of giraffa)Giraffe (except the South African giraffe)2
17Hemitragus jemlahicus (C.H. Smith, 1826)Himalayan tahr1b
18Hippotragus equinus koba (Gray, 1872)Western roan2
19Hippotragus niger Harris, 1838 (all subspecies except of H. n. niger)Sable2
20Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766)Capybara2Prohibited for Restricted Activity (c): “Growing, breeding or in any other way propagating any specimen of a listed invasive species, or causing it to multiply.”
21Kobus Ieche kafuensis Haltenorth, 1963Kafue lechwe2
22Kobus ellipsiprymnus crawshayi (P. L. Sclater, 1894)Crawshay's waterbuck (Zambia)2
23Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa (Rüppell, 1835).Defassa waterbuck (Kenya)2
24Kobus leche leche Gray, 1850Red lechwe2
25Kobus vardonii (Livingstone, 1857)Puku2
26Madoqua kirkii Günther, 1880Damara dik-dik3
27Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821Crab-eating macaque2
28Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758House mousea. 1a for Marion Island b. 1b for off-shore islands. c. Not listed elsewhere.
29Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)Coypu2Prohibited for Restricted Activity (c): “Growing, breeding or in any other way propagating any specimen of a listed invasive species, or causing it to multiply.”
30Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)European rabbita. 1b for off-shore islands. b. Not listed elsewhere.
31Oryx dammah (Cretzschmar, 1827)Oryx, scimitar-horned2
32Ovis aries musimon Pallas, 1762Mouflon2
33Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)Brown rata. 1b for off-shore islands. b. Not listed elsewhere.
34Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)House rata. 1b for off-shore islands. b. Not listed elsewhere.
35Rattus tanezumi Temminck, 1844Asian house rata. 1b for off-shore islands. b. Not listed elsewhere.
36Rusa unicolor (Kerr, 1792)Sambar deer2
37Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788Grey squirrela. 1a in KwaZulu-Natal. b. 3 elsewhere.
38Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758Wild boara. 1b b. Not listed when not feral.
39Tragelaphus derbianus (Gray, 1847)Derby eland2
40Tragelaphus euryceros (Ogilby, 1837)Bongo1a
41Tragelaphus imberbis (Blyth, 1869)Lesser kudu1a
42Tragelaphus spekii P.L. Sclater, 1863Sitatunga2
43All hybrids of mammal species or sub-species listed in this Noticea. 1a b. 2 for hybrids of western roan for back-breeding purposes.