PDFWAC 220-400-020

Classification of wild animals.

(1) Game animals include:
Common Name
Scientific Name
eastern cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus
Nuttall's cottontail
Sylvilagus nuttallii
snowshoe hare
Lepus americanus
white-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus townsendii
black-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus californicus
fox
Vulpes vulpes
black bear
Ursus americanus
raccoon
Procyon lotor
cougar
Puma concolor
bobcat
Lynx rufus
Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain elk
Cervus elaphus
mule deer and black-tailed deer
Odocoileus hemionus
white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
moose
Alces alces
pronghorn
Antilocapra americana
mountain goat
Oreamnos americanus
California and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
Ovis canadensis
bullfrog
Rana catesbeiana
(2) Furbearing animals are game animals and include:
Common Name
Scientific Name
beaver
Castor canadensis
muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
fox
Vulpes vulpes
raccoon
Procyon lotor
marten
Martes americana
short-tailed weasel or ermine
Mustela erminea
long-tailed weasel
Mustela frenata
mink
Mustela vison
badger
Taxidea taxus
river otter
Lutra canadensis
bobcat
Lynx rufus
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047. WSR 17-05-112 (Order 17-04), recodified as § 220-400-020, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040, 77.12.020, 77.32.070, 77.32.530. WSR 01-10-048 (Order 01-69), § 232-12-007, filed 4/26/01, effective 5/27/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.020 and 77.12.040. WSR 93-21-025 (Order 614), § 232-12-007, filed 10/14/93, effective 11/14/93; WSR 91-11-007 (Order 492), § 232-12-007, filed 5/2/91, effective 6/2/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. WSR 82-19-026 (Order 192), § 232-12-007, filed 9/9/82; WSR 81-22-002 (Order 174), § 232-12-007, filed 10/22/81; WSR 81-12-029 (Order 165), § 232-12-007, filed 6/1/81. Formerly WAC 232-12-040.]