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


CITES-listed Species Database
Fauna Search Results: Explanatory note


Class: MAMMALIA
Order: PRIMATES
Family: CEBIDAE

Species:Alouatta palliata
Common:Mantled Howler
Distribution:Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Species:Alouatta pigra
Common:Guatemalan Howler
Synonyms:Syn. A. villosa; formerly included as A. palliata villosa
Distribution:Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Order: CARNIVORA
Family: CANIDAE

Species:Canis lupus
Common:Timber Wolf, Grey Wolf, Common Wolf, Wolf
Distribution:Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria (ex), Azerbaijan, Bangladesh (ex?), Belarus, Belgium (ex), Bhutan, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Denmark (ex), Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France (ex), Georgia (?), Germany (ex), Greece, Greenland, Hungary (ex), India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland (ex), Israel, Italy, Japan (ex), Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg (ex), Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar (ex?), Nepal, Netherlands (ex), North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea (?), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (ex), Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA, Ukraine, United Kingdom (ex), Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    04/02/1977   
II/r  SU  04/02/1977   
  28/06/1979  Popns of BT, IN, NP, PK  
I/r  CH  28/06/1979   
II    28/06/1979  All popns, except those listed on I  
II/w  SU  26/04/1995   


Family: FELIDAE

Species:Herpailurus yaguarondi
Common:Jaguarundi, Eyra Cat
Synonyms:Syn. Felis yaguarondi
Distribution:Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua (?), Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/07/1975  Spelt incorrectly as 'yagouaroundi' in CITES Appendices (valid from 16/02/95)  
  22/10/1987  Popns of North and Central America  
II    22/10/1987  All popns except those listed on I  


Species:Herpailurus yaguarondi cacomitli
Common:Texas Jaguarundi
Distribution:Mexico, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
  22/10/1987  Replaced by C. and N. American popns of H. yaguarondi  


Species:Leopardus pardalis
Common:Ocelot
Synonyms:Syn. Felis pardalis
Distribution:Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/07/1975   
  18/01/1990   


Species:Leopardus wiedii
Common:Tree Ocelot, Margay
Synonyms:Syn. Felis wiedii
Distribution:Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana (?), Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/07/1975   
  18/01/1990   


Species:Panthera onca
Common:Jaguar
Distribution:Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador (ex), French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, USA, Uruguay (ex), Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Family: MUSTELIDAE

Species:Enhydra lutris nereis
Common:California Sea Otter, Southern Sea Otter
Distribution:Canada, Mexico, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Species:Lontra longicaudis
Common:Neotropical River Otter, Long-tailed Otter, South American River Otter
Synonyms:Syn. Lutra longicaudis, Includes L. annectens, L. enudris, L. incarum, L. platensis
Distribution:Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay (?), Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Family: OTARIIDAE

Species:Arctocephalus townsendi
Common:Guadalupe Fur Seal, Lower Californian Fur Seal
Distribution:Mexico, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/07/1975   
II    04/02/1977  Included with Arctocephalus spp.  
  28/06/1979   


Family: PHOCIDAE

Species:Monachus tropicalis
Common:Caribbean Monk Seal, West Indian Seal, West Indian Monk Seal
Distribution:Bahamas (ex?), Colombia, Cuba (ex), Guadeloupe (ex), Haiti, Honduras (ex), Jamaica, Mexico (ex?), USA (ex)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Family: URSIDAE

Species:Ursus arctos nelsoni
Common:Mexican Grizzly Bear
Distribution:Mexico, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
  18/01/1990  Replaced by MX popn of U. arctos  


Order: CETACEA
Family: BALAENIDAE

Species:Eubalaena glacialis
Common:Black Right Whale, Northern Right Whale, Right Whale
Synonyms:Syn. Balaena glacialis
Distribution:Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, China, Faeroe Islands, France, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Taiwan, USA, United Kingdom
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Family: BALAENOPTERIDAE

Species:Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Common:Minke Whale, Lesser Rorqual, Little Piked Whale
Distribution:Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Peru, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Thailand, USA, United Kingdom, Uruguay
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    28/06/1979   
  01/01/1986  Except popn west Greenland  
I/r  AT  01/01/1986   
I/r  BR  01/01/1986   
I/r  JP  01/01/1986   
I/r  NO  01/01/1986   
I/r  PE  01/01/1986   
I/r  SU  01/01/1986   
II    01/01/1986  West Greenland popn.  
I/w  AT  06/01/1989   
I/w  BR  07/05/1991   
I/w  SU  26/04/1995   


Species:Balaenoptera borealis
Common:Sei Whale, Rudophi's Rorqual, Pollack Whale, Coalfish Whale
Distribution:Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Falkland Islands, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Reunion, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, USA, United Kingdom, Uruguay
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  04/02/1977  N. Pacific stock, and stock in area from 0' to 70'E, from equator to Antarctic continent.  
I/r  AU  04/02/1977   
I/r  CA  04/02/1977   
I/r  SU  04/02/1977   
I/r  ZA  04/02/1977   
II    04/02/1977  All popns except those listed on I  
II/r  CA  04/02/1977   
II/r  ZA  04/02/1977   
II/w  CA  28/06/1979  Reservation withdrawn as species transferred from II to I  
II/w  ZA  28/06/1979  Reservation withdrawn as species transferred from II to I  
I/w  ZA  17/02/1981   
  06/06/1981  All popns  
I/r  JP  06/06/1981  Reservation not applicable to stocks (A) in North Pacific and (B) in area 0' longitude to 70' east longitude from the equator to the Antarctic continent  
I/r  NO  06/06/1981  Reservation not applicable to stocks (A) in North Pacific and (B) in area O' longitude from the equator to the Antarctic continent  
I/w  AU  27/08/1981   
I/w  CA  29/10/1982   
I/w  SU  26/04/1995   


Species:Balaenoptera edeni
Common:Bryde's Whale, Tropical Whale
Distribution:Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Fiji, French Polynesia, Grenada, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    28/06/1979   
  29/07/1983   
I/r  AT  29/07/1983   
I/r  BR  29/07/1983   
I/r  JP  29/07/1983   
I/r  PE  29/07/1983   
I/r  SU  29/07/1983   
I/w  AT  06/01/1989   
I/w  BR  07/05/1991   
I/w  SU  26/04/1995   


Species:Balaenoptera musculus
Common:Blue Whale, Sulphur-bottom Whale, Sibbald's Rorqual
Distribution:Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Greenland, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Taiwan, Tanzania, USA, United Kingdom, Uruguay
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
I/r  CA  09/07/1975   
I/w  CA  11/08/1978   


Species:Balaenoptera physalus
Common:Fin-backed Whale, Fin Whale, Common Rorqual, Finback, Herring Whale, Razorback, Finner
Distribution:Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Faeroe Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Greenland, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Georgia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tunisia, USA, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
III  UY  14/07/1976   
  04/02/1977  All popns except stocks in II  
I/r  AU  04/02/1977   
I/r  CA  04/02/1977   
I/r  SU  04/02/1977   
I/r  ZA  04/02/1977   
II    04/02/1977  Stocks in N. Atlantic off Iceland and off Newfoundland; stock in area from 40'S to the Antarctic continent, from 120'W to 60'W  
II/r  CA  04/02/1977   
II/r  ZA  04/02/1977   
II/w  CA  28/06/1979  Reservation withdrawn as species transferred from II to I  
II/w  ZA  28/06/1979  Reservation withdrawn as species transferred from II to I  
I/r  JP  04/11/1980  Stocks in N. Atlantic off Iceland and off Newfoundland; stock in area from 40'S to the Antarctic continent, form 120'W to 60'W  
I/w  ZA  17/02/1981   
  06/06/1981  All popns  
I/r  NO  06/06/1981   
I/w  JP  06/06/1981   
I/w  AU  27/08/1981   
I/w  CA  29/10/1982   
I/w  SU  26/04/1995   


Species:Megaptera novaeangliae
Common:Bunch, Humpback Whale, Hump Whale, Hunchbacked Whale
Distribution:American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Congo, Cook Islands, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Fiji, France, Greenland, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, North Korea, Northern Marianas, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Russia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, St Vincent, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Tanzania, Tonga, USA, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Western Samoa, Zaire
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
I/r  CA  09/07/1975   
I/w  CA  11/08/1978   
I/r  VC  28/02/1989   


Family: ESCHRICHTIIDAE

Species:Eschrichtius robustus
Common:Rip Sack, Devil Fish, Hard Head, Mussel Digger, Gray Back, Grey Whale
Synonyms:Syn. E. gibbosus, E. glaucus
Distribution:Canada, China, Guadeloupe, Japan, Mexico, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
I/r  CA  09/07/1975   
I/w  CA  29/10/1982   


Family: PHOCOENIDAE

Species:Phocoena sinus
Common:Vaquita, Cochito, Gulf Porpoise, Gulf of California Harbour Porpoise
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  28/06/1979   


Family: PHYSETERIDAE

Species:Physeter catodon
Common:Pot whale, Cachelot, Spermacet whale, Sperm Whale
Synonyms:Syn. P. macrocephalus
Distribution:Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Eritrea, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, Greenland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Helena, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, USA, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    28/06/1979   
  06/06/1981   
I/r  JP  06/06/1981   
I/r  NO  06/06/1981   


Family: ZIPHIIDAE

Species:Berardius bairdii
Common:Baird's Beaked Whale, Northern Four-toothed Whale, Giant Bottle-nosed Whale
Distribution:Canada, Japan, Mexico, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    28/06/1979   
  29/07/1983  Included with Berardius spp.  
I/r  JP  29/07/1983   


Order: SIRENIA
Family: TRICHECHIDAE

Species:Trichechus manatus
Common:West Indian Manatee, North American Manatee, American Manatee, Caribbean Manatee
Distribution:Antigua and Barbuda (ex), Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guadeloupe (ex), Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique (ex), Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (ex), Virgin Islands (US) (ex)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Order: PERISSODACTYLA
Family: TAPIRIDAE

Species:Tapirus bairdii
Common:Central American Tapir, Baird's Tapir
Distribution:Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador (ex), Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (ex?), Nicaragua, Panama
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Order: ARTIODACTYLA
Family: ANTILOCAPRIDAE

Species:Antilocapra americana
Common:Mexican Pronghorn, Pronghorn
Distribution:Canada, Mexico, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  11/06/1992  Popn of MX  


Species:Antilocapra americana mexicana
Distribution:Mexico, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/07/1975  All popns  
  11/06/1992  Popn of MX; included with A. americana  


Species:Antilocapra americana peninsularis
Common:Baja California Pronghorn
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975  All popns  
  11/06/1992  Popn of MX; included with A. americana  


Species:Antilocapra americana sonoriensis
Common:Sonoran Pronghorn
Distribution:Mexico, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
  11/06/1992  Included with A. americana  


Order: RODENTIA
Family: SCIURIDAE

Species:Cynomys mexicanus
Common:Mexican Prairie Dog, Mexican Prairie Marmot
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Order: LAGOMORPHA
Family: LEPORIDAE

Species:Romerolagus diazi
Common:Volcano Rabbit
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Class: AVES
Order: CICONIIFORMES
Family: CICONIIDAE

Species:Jabiru mycteria
Common:Jabiru
Distribution:Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
I/r  AT  29/07/1983   
  01/08/1985   
I/w  AT  06/01/1989   


Order: ANSERIFORMES
Family: ANATIDAE

Species:Branta canadensis leucopareia
Common:Aleutian Goose, Aleutian Canada Goose
Distribution:Canada, Japan, Mexico, Russia, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
I/r  CA  09/07/1975   
I/w  CA  29/10/1982   


Order: FALCONIFORMES
Family: CATHARTIDAE

Species:Gymnogyps californianus
Common:California Condor
Distribution:Mexico (ex), USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
I/r  SA  10/06/1996   


Species:Vultur gryphus
Common:Andean Condor
Distribution:Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
I/r  SA  10/06/1996   


Family: ACCIPITRIDAE

Species:Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Common:Bald Eagle, White-headed Eagle
Distribution:Belize (?), Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, St Pierre and Miquelon, USA, Virgin Islands (US)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  04/02/1977   
I/r  SA  10/06/1996   


Species:Harpia harpyja
Common:American Harpy Eagle, Harpy Eagle
Distribution:Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
I/r  SA  10/06/1996   


Family: FALCONIDAE

Species:Falco peregrinus
Common:Duck Hawk, Peregrine, Peregrine Falcon
Synonyms:Includes F. kreyenborgi, F. madens
Distribution:Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla (?), Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana (?), Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon (?), Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti (?), Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador (?), Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia (?), Faeroe Islands, Falkland Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana (?), Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe (?), Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong ! Kong, Hungary (?), Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan (?), Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon (?), Lesotho (?), Liberia, Libya (?), Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Martinique (?), Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia (?), Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique (?), Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands (?), Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay (?), Peru (?), Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal (?), Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia (?), South Africa, South Korea (?), Spain, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon, St Vincent, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syr! ia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo (?), Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam (?), Virgin Islands (British) (?), Virgin Islands (US), Western Sahara (?), Western Samoa, Yemen (?), Yugoslavia, Zaire (?), Zambia, Zimbabwe
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/07/1975   
  04/02/1977  All sspp.  
I/r  SA  10/06/1996   


Order: GALLIFORMES
Family: CRACIDAE

Species:Oreophasis derbianus
Common:Horned Guan
Distribution:Guatemala, Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Family: PHASIANIDAE

Species:Colinus virginianus ridgwayi
Common:Masked Bobwhite
Distribution:Mexico, USA (ex)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Order: GRUIFORMES
Family: GRUIDAE

Species:Grus americana
Common:Whooping Crane
Distribution:Canada, Mexico (ex), USA (ex)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Order: CHARADRIIFORMES
Family: SCOLOPACIDAE

Species:Numenius borealis
Common:Eskimo Curlew
Distribution:Argentina, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Iceland, Ireland, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Russia, St Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, United Kingdom, Uruguay
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Order: PSITTACIFORMES
Family: PSITTACIDAE

Species:Amazona viridigenalis
Common:Red-crowned Parrot, Green-cheeked Amazon, Red-crowned Amazon
Distribution:Mexico, Puerto Rico [int], USA [int]
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    06/06/1981  Listed under PSITTACIFORMES spp.  
  18/09/1997   


Species:Ara macao
Common:Scarlet Macaw
Distribution:Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador (ex), French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago (?), Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
III  CR  28/10/1976   
III/r  DK  24/10/1977   
II    06/06/1981  Included with PSITTACIFORMES spp.  
III/w  DK  06/06/1981   
  01/08/1985   
I/r  AT  01/08/1985   
I/r  CH  01/08/1985   
I/r  LI  01/08/1985   
I/r  SR  01/08/1985   
I/w  AT  06/01/1989   


Species:Ara militaris
Common:Military Macaw
Distribution:Argentina (ex), Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala (ex), Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    06/06/1981  Listed under PSITTACIFORMES spp.  
  22/10/1987   


Species:Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
Common:Thick-billed Parrot
Synonyms:Syn. R. p. pachyrhyncha
Distribution:Mexico, USA [int]
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
  06/06/1981  Included with Rhynchopsitta spp.  


Species:Rhynchopsitta terrisi
Common:Maroon-fronted Parrot
Synonyms:Syn. R. pachyrhyncha terrisi
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Order: TROGONIFORMES
Family: TROGONIDAE

Species:Pharomachrus mocinno
Common:Magnificent Quetzal, Resplendent Quetzal
Distribution:Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975  Originally listed as P. m. costaricensis and P. m. mocinno  


Order: PICIFORMES
Family: PICIDAE

Species:Campephilus imperialis
Common:Imperial Woodpecker
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Class: REPTILIA
Order: CROCODYLIA
Family: CROCODYLIDAE

Species:Crocodylus acutus
Common:American Crocodile
Distribution:Belize (?), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, USA, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/07/1975   
  28/06/1979  Popn of US  
I/r  CH  28/06/1979   
II    28/06/1979  All popns except those listed on I  
  06/06/1981  Remaining popns  
I/w  CH  06/06/1981   


Species:Crocodylus moreletii
Common:Morelet's Crocodile, Belize Crocodile
Distribution:Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Order: SAURIA
Family: IGUANIDAE

Species:Sauromalus varius
Common:San Esteban Island Chuckwalla
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  06/06/1981   


Order: TESTUDINES
Family: CHELONIIDAE

Species:Caretta caretta
Common:Loggerhead
Distribution:Angola (?), Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Cape Verde (?), Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India (?), Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Libya, Madagascar, Mexico, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (?), Namibia, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea (?), Philippines, Puerto Rico, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/07/1975   
  04/02/1977   
  06/06/1981  Included with Cheloniidae spp.  


Species:Chelonia mydas
Common:Green Turtle
Distribution:American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas (?), Bangladesh, Belize, Benin (?), Bermuda (ex), Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cambodia (?), Cameroon (?), Cape Verde (?), Cayman Islands (ex), Chile (?), China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (?), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire (?), Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti (?), Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador (?), Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon (?), Ghana (?), Grenada, Guadeloupe (?), Guam, Guatemala (?), Guinea (?), Guinea-Bissau (?), Guyana, Haiti, Honduras (?), India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel (ex?), Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Liberia (?), Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius (ex), Mayotte, Mexico, Montserrat (?), Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, N! ew Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nigeria (?), Niue, Northern Marianas, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar (?), Reunion, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Sudan (?), Suriname, Taiwan (?), Tanzania, Thailand, Togo (?), Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, US Minor Pacific Islands, USA, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (US), Western Sahara (?), Western Samoa (?), Yemen, Zaire (?)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/07/1975   
  04/02/1977  Popn of AU  
II    04/02/1977  Except popn of AU; included with Cheloniidae spp.  
I/r  FR  09/08/1978   
I/r  IT  31/12/1979   
I/r  JP  04/11/1980   
I/r  SR  15/02/1981  Reservation not applicable to AU popn  
  06/06/1981  II -> I: popn of AU; all popns now on I and included with Cheloniidae spp.  
I/w  IT  01/01/1984   
I/w  FR  10/12/1984   
I/w  JP  22/10/1987   
I/r  CU  19/07/1990   


Species:Eretmochelys imbricata
Common:Hawksbill Turtle
Distribution:American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cambodia, Cameroon (?), Cape Verde (?), Cayman Islands (ex), China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire (?), Cuba, Djibouti (?), Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador (?), Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia (?), Gabon (?), Ghana (?), Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea (?), Guinea-Bissau (?), Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati (?), Kuwait (?), Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania (?), Mauritius (ex?), Mayotte, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia (?), Nicaragua, Nigeria (?), Northern Marianas, Oman, Palau, Panama! , Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Sao Tome & Principe (?), Saudi Arabia, Senegal (?), Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga (?), Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu (?), US Minor Pacific Islands (?), USA, United Arab Emirates (?), Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam (?), Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (US), Western Sahara (?), Western Samoa, Yemen
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  04/02/1977   
I/r  FR  09/08/1978   
I/r  JP  04/11/1980   
  06/06/1981  Included with Cheloniidae spp.  
I/w  FR  10/12/1984   
I/w  JP  22/10/1987   
I/r  VC  28/02/1989   
I/r  CU  19/07/1990   


Species:Lepidochelys kempi
Common:Kemp's Ridley, Atlantic Ridley, Gulf Ridley, Mexican Ridley
Distribution:Colombia (?), Mexico, USA
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   
  06/06/1981  Included with Cheloniidae spp.  


Species:Lepidochelys olivacea
Common:Olive Ridley, Pacific Ridley
Distribution:Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/01/1975   
  04/02/1977   
I/r  JP  04/11/1980   
  06/06/1981  Included with Cheloniidae spp.  
I/w  JP  31/01/1992   


Family: DERMOCHELYIDAE

Species:Dermochelys coriacea
Common:Leatherback, Leathery Turtle, Luth, Trunkback turtle
Distribution:Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia (?), Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel (ex?), Italy, Liberia, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru (?), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela (?), Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (US), Zaire
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/01/1975   
  04/02/1977   
I/r  SR  15/02/1981   


Family: EMYDIDAE

Species:Terrapene coahuila
Common:Aquatic Box Turtle, Water Box Turtle, Coahuila Turtle, Coahuila Box Turtle
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Family: TESTUDINIDAE

Species:Gopherus flavomarginatus
Common:Bolson Tortoise, Mexican Giant Tortoise, Yellow-bordered Tortoise
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
II    01/07/1975   
II    04/02/1977  Included with Testudinidae spp.  
  28/06/1979   


Family: TRIONYCHIDAE

Species:Trionyx ater
Common:Black Spiny Soft-shell Turtle, Cuatro Cienegas Soft-shell Turtle, Black Soft-shell Turtle, Black Mud Turtle
Synonyms:Syn. Trionyx spiniferus ater, Apalone spinifera ater
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Class: ACTINOPTERYGII
Order: PERCIFORMES
Family: SCIAENIDAE

Species:Cynoscion macdonaldi
Common:Totoaba, MacDonald's Weakfish
Distribution:Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  04/02/1977   


Class: BIVALVIA
Order: UNIONOIDA
Family: UNIONIDAE

Species:Unio nickliniana
Common:Nicklin's Pearly Mussel
Synonyms:Syn. Megalonaias nickliniana
Distribution:Guatemala, Mexico
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   


Species:Unio tampicoensis tecomatensis
Common:Tampico Pearly Mussel
Synonyms:Syn. Cyrtonaias tampicoensis tecomatensis, Lampsilis tampicoensis tecomatensis
Distribution:Mexico, USA (?)
Appendix Country Date listed Notes
  01/07/1975   



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