Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora


CITES-listed Species Database
Fauna Search Results: Explanatory note


Species:Acinonyx jubatus
Common:Hunting Leopard, Cheetah
Distribution:Afghanistan (ex), Algeria (ex?), Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi (ex), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt (ex), Eritrea, Ethiopia, India (ex), Iran, Iraq (ex?), Israel (ex), Jordan (ex), Kazakhstan (ex), Kenya, Kuwait (ex), Kyrgyzstan (ex), Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco (ex?), Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan (ex), Saudi Arabia (ex), Senegal (ex?), Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria (ex), Tajikistan (ex), Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia (ex), Turkmenistan (ex), Uganda, Uzbekistan (ex), Western Sahara (ex?), Yemen (ex), Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975  Annual export quotas for live specimens and hunting trophies are granted as follows: BW (5), NA (150), ZW (50). The trade in such specimens is subject to the provisions of Article III of the Convention.  
I/r  NA  18/03/1991   


Species:Ursus arctos
Common:Brown Bear, Grizzly Bear
Distribution:Albania, Armenia, Austria (ex), Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium (ex), Bhutan, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark (ex), Finland, France, Georgia, Germany (ex), Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel (ex), Italy, Japan, Jordan (ex), Latvia, Lebanon (ex), Liechtenstein (ex), Luxembourg (ex), Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands (ex), North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal (ex), Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (ex), Syria (ex), Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA, United Kingdom (ex)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975  Popn of IT  
II    01/07/1975  N.American sspp. only  
II/r  CA  09/07/1975   
II/w  CA  29/10/1982   
II    29/07/1983  I -> II: popn of IT; 0 -> II: popn of Europe (excluding SU)  
II/r  AT  29/07/1983   
II/w  AT  06/01/1989   
  18/01/1990  Popns of BT,CN,MN,MX  
II    11/06/1992  0 -> II: remaining popns  


Species:Dama mesopotamica
Common:Persian Fallow Deer, Mesopotamian Fallow Deer
Synonyms:Syn. Cervus dama mesopotamicus
Distribution:Iran, Iraq (ex?), Israel (ex), Jordan (ex), Lebanon (ex)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  04/02/1977   


Species:Oryx leucoryx
Common:Arabian Oryx, White Oryx
Distribution:Egypt (ex), Iraq (ex), Israel (ex), Jordan (ex), Oman [int], Saudi Arabia (ex), Syria (ex), United Arab Emirates (ex), Yemen (ex)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Species:Struthio camelus
Common:Ostrich
Distribution:Algeria (ex), Angola, Bahrain (ex), Botswana, Burkina Faso (?), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti (?), Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan (ex), Kenya, Kuwait (ex), Libya (ex), Mali, Mauritania, Morocco (ex), Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman (ex), Saudi Arabia (ex), Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia (ex), Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  29/07/1983  Popns of BF,CF,CM,DZ,MA,ML,MR,NE,NG,SD,SN,TD  
I/r  AT  29/07/1983   
I/w  AT  06/01/1989   


Species:Gypaetus barbatus
Common:Lammergeier, Bearded Vulture
Distribution:Afghanistan, Albania (?), Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti (?), Egypt (?), Eritrea (?), Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq (?), Israel, Italy, Jordan (ex), Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia (?), Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania (?), Tunisia (ex?), Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda (?), Uzbekistan, Yemen (?), Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
III  TN  22/04/1976   
II    04/02/1977   
II    28/06/1979  Included with FALCONIFORMES spp.  

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