The following is a
Simplified List of CITES Species for the purposes of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Effective date 12 June 2013.
COMMON NAME INDEX in alphabetical order
Australian Simplified List of CITES Species for the Purposes of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
This is a guide to the list of taxa included on Appendices I, II and III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in accordance with the provisions of Articles XIV, XV and XVI of the Convention. The list does not include any other species.
The ‘
Taxon’ column of the list includes the scientific name of the listed taxa. The structure of the list is described in more detail below. Note that where a higher level taxon such as an entire genus or family is listed, the listing applies to all specimens within that taxon. For example, the galah (
Eolophus roseicapilla ) is not specifically
listed under the birds listing, however the listing still applies to this specimen because the galah still belongs to the order Psittaciformes.
The
‘Common Names include’ column of the list is included for information only: the scientific name determines if a species is included on the list.
The ‘Appendix’ column of the list identifies the Appendix of CITES in which the taxon is included. Appendix may also denote an Australian Government Stricter Domestic Measure where stricter regulation than CITES requirements applies to specific taxa when imported to or exported from Australia. For example, a species listed by CITES as Appendix II may be treated as if it were Appendix I by Australia. The notation “p.e.” (possibly extinct) is included for certain species.
The
‘Notation’ column of the list describes the specimens belonging to that species that are included in that entry. The Notation cloumn may also contain further information regarding Australian Government Stricter Domestic Measures where they apply to specific taxa. In regard to Appendix III species the country listed in the notation column indicates the country for which the species is listed. If there is no entry in the “Notation” column then the definition of a specimen for that particular species is taken to be a specimen that is either that species and/or anything derived from that species.
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First Listed Column identifies the earliest date on which the taxon or specimen(s) included in that taxon were listed.
(Bracketed Dates) noted against order or family levels represent the earliest listing of any taxon within that order or family. The date of first listing is represented by the date against the order or family level if a species is transferred from one Appendix to another or if a listed species is subsequently included with other species in the listing of a taxon above the species level. For example, the date noted against the Order heading - Primates is 1 Jul 1975. This indicates that the earliest listing date for a specimen/s within the Primates order is 1 Jul 1975, although one or more specimens within this Order may have been listed later. For specific listing dates of individuals within a taxon please see the CITES website (www.cites.org)
The date of a subsequent listing in the CITES Appendices is used only if a species is entirely deleted from the Appendices and is subsequently reincluded after an intervening period of time. For the purposes of Stricter Domestic Measures, species or populations are considered to be ‘First Listed’ on the date on which a taxon was first listed on the CITES Appendices, not on the date the species or population was first subject to an Australian Stricter Domestic Measure.
The list is organised according to the taxonomic classification of listed species. Taxonomic classification groups living things into a hierarchy according to their relatedness to one another. Kingdom divides plants from animals. Plants are
then grouped into Divisions, animals into Phyla (singular: Phylum). These groups are then successively divided into Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species. For example, the tiger is classified as follows:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: tigris
The list is structured as follows:
Major group Subgroups
Vertebrate Animals