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White Cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys)
Addax (Addax nasmaculatus)
African Lion
African Serval
Bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
Black Tufted Capuchin Monkey
Black-capped lory
Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Black-headed Python (Aspidites meloncephalus)
Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazon aestiva)
Boa Constrictor
Bobwhite Quail
Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)
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The following species have been risk assessed by the Department:
Mammals
Addax (Addax nasmaculatus)
African Lion (Panthera leo)
African painted dog (Lycaon pictus)
African Serval (Leptailurus serval)
Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroy)
Black-tufted Capuchin Monkey (Cebus apella)
De Brazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus)
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Caracal (
Caracal caraca
l)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
Fallow deer (Dama dama)
Ferret (Mustela putorius)
Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas)
Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Mantled Guereza (Colobus guereza)
Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
Northern Palm Squirrel (Funambulus pennantii)
Oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus)
Scimitar-horned Oryx (Oryx dammah)
Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)
Pygmy marmoset (Callithrix pygmaea)
Red Panda
(Ailurus fulgens)
Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)
Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
Silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch)
Southern American Coati (Nasua nasua)
Sumatran tiger
(Panthera tigris sumatrae)
Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
Water Buffalo (Bubalus Bubalis)
Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
White-cheeked Gibbon (
Nomascus leucogenys
)
Birds
DPIPWE engaged the consultancy Latitude 42 Environmental Consultants Pty Ltd to undertake the risk assessment of 50 bird species. The results of the risk assessments are contained in document,
Risk Assessment of the Import of Birds into Tasmania
. (PDF).
Full risk assessments have also been conducted on the following species:
Black-capped lory (Lorius lory)
Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazon aestiva)
Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus)
Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
Chattering Lory (Lorius garrulous)
Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
Indian Ringneck Parrot (Psittacula krameri)
Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
Peach-fronted Conure (Aratinga aurea)
Quaker Parrot (Myiopsitta monachus)
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
Red Lory (Eos bornea and Eos rubra)
Red-crested Finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus)
Red-eared firetail Finch (Stagonopleura oculata)
Red-fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)
Rose-crowned conure (Pyrrhura rhudocephala)
Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Yellow-bibbed Lory (lory lorius chlorocercus)
Yellow-collared Macaw (Primolius auricollis)
Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
Reptiles
Black-headed python (Aspidites meloncephalus)
Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)
Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
Childrens Pythons (Antaresia spp.)
Green Anaconda (
Eunectes murinus)
Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans)
Lace Monitor (Varanus varius)
Perentie (Varanus giganteus)
See also:
Arrangements for Importing Wildlife into Tasmania
Applying to Amend the List of Species that can be Imported into Tasmania
Species Profiles for Comment
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