Exotic pet laws in Utah

Utah Admin. Code R657-53-9(1)(b), R657-53-7(4)

(1)(a) A species of the Order Squamata (snakes and lizards) is classified as a prohibited species if: (i) it is venomous; (ii) not native to Utah; and (iii) a bite from which may cause substantial physical injury to humans ordinarily requiring medical treatment. (b) Species of the Order Crocodilia (crocodiles, gharials, caimans, and alligators) are classified as prohibited.

Every crocodilian is a prohibited species, alligators named. A prohibited species needs a variance from the Wildlife Board before any certificate of registration, and its possession limit is zero, so there is no pet route.

How this rule works: The whole of Utah's herp rule, read from the copy the Division of Wildlife Resources hosts. Written for collection from the wild: 53-4(1) bars possession outright and 53-5 then gives it back, 53-12 is the only certificate of registration that attaches to possession and it covers native venomous reptiles only, and 53-8(1) lifts captive-bred and out-of-state animals out of the possession limits.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, prohibited mammals

Personal possession will not be authorized. ... Bears family Ursidae all species

Every bear is in the prohibited section, under a heading that says personal possession will not be authorized.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, prohibited mammals; R657-3b

Prohibited mammals ... known detrimental impacts to native wildlife populations, human health and safety, or agriculture. Personal possession will not be authorized. ... Primates order Primates all non-human species

Utah puts every nonhuman primate on its prohibited mammal list, under a heading that says personal possession will not be authorized.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Utah Admin. Code R657-53-9(1)(a), R657-53-7(4)

(1)(a) A species of the Order Squamata (snakes and lizards) is classified as a prohibited species if: (i) it is venomous; (ii) not native to Utah; and (iii) a bite from which may cause substantial physical injury to humans ordinarily requiring medical treatment. (b) Species of the Order Crocodilia (crocodiles, gharials, caimans, and alligators) are classified as prohibited.

A cobra is venomous, not native to Utah and dangerous to bite, so it is a prohibited species. A prohibited species needs a variance from the Wildlife Board before any certificate of registration, and its possession limit is zero, so there is no pet route. The king cobra and the Asian Naja species are on CITES Appendix II, which governs import and export, not keeping.

How this rule works: The whole of Utah's herp rule, read from the copy the Division of Wildlife Resources hosts. Written for collection from the wild: 53-4(1) bars possession outright and 53-5 then gives it back, 53-12 is the only certificate of registration that attaches to possession and it covers native venomous reptiles only, and 53-8(1) lifts captive-bred and out-of-state animals out of the possession limits.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, prohibited mammals; R657-3b

Prohibited mammals ... known detrimental impacts to native wildlife populations, human health and safety, or agriculture. Personal possession will not be authorized. ... Primates order Primates all non-human species

Utah puts every nonhuman primate on its prohibited mammal list, under a heading that says personal possession will not be authorized.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, prohibited mammals; R657-3b

Prohibited mammals ... known detrimental impacts to native wildlife populations, human health and safety, or agriculture. Personal possession will not be authorized. ... Big cats Panthera leo, Panthera tigris, Panthera pardus, Acinonyx jubatus, Uncia uncia, Puma concolor, Panthera onca lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, snow leopard, cougar (= puma), jaguar, or any hybrid of these species; in accordance with Federal Big Cat Public Safety Act

The cougar is named on the prohibited big cat row, which cites the federal act itself. Federally, the Big Cat Public Safety Act of 2022 (16 U.S.C. § 3372(e)) bars any person outside a licensed exhibitor, sanctuary or state institution from breeding or possessing a cougar unless the animal was born before December 20, 2022, and registered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within 180 days, so no new pet is lawful anywhere in the country whatever the state rule says. The Florida panther subspecies is also endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, prohibited mammals; R657-3b

Prohibited mammals ... known detrimental impacts to native wildlife populations, human health and safety, or agriculture. Personal possession will not be authorized. ... Big cats Panthera leo, Panthera tigris, Panthera pardus, Acinonyx jubatus, Uncia uncia, Puma concolor, Panthera onca lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, snow leopard, cougar (= puma), jaguar, or any hybrid of these species; in accordance with Federal Big Cat Public Safety Act

The lion is named first on the prohibited big cat row, which cites the federal act itself. Federally, the Big Cat Public Safety Act of 2022 (16 U.S.C. § 3372(e)) bars any person outside a licensed exhibitor, sanctuary or state institution from breeding or possessing a lion unless the animal was born before December 20, 2022, and registered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within 180 days, so no new pet is lawful anywhere in the country whatever the state rule says.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Utah Admin. Code R58-14-3(2), (3); R657-3b-1(2)

The Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board, by authority granted under Title 4, Chapter 23, the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act, declares it unlawful to import, distribute, relocate, or possess a live raccoon (Procyon lotor) or coyote (Canis latrans).

Utah hands the raccoon to its agriculture board rather than to DWR, which is why Table 3b-1 does not list it. The board's rule bars possessing a live raccoon outright, and the one exception is a per-animal variance for "An organization or corporation" holding raccoons for research or exhibition. No individual or pet route exists.

How this rule works: The rule that answers the raccoon in Utah, which Table 3b-1 leaves out because R657-3b-1(2) hands raccoons and coyotes to the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board. Subsection (2) declares it unlawful to import, distribute, relocate or possess a live raccoon or coyote, and (3) allows only an organization or corporation to request a per-animal variance for research or exhibition. Read from Cornell LII because adminrules.utah.gov serves nothing readable by URL; amended effective May 23, 2023.

Checked against the published text on October 8, 2026.

Table 3b-1, prohibited mammals; R657-3b

Prohibited mammals ... known detrimental impacts to native wildlife populations, human health and safety, or agriculture. Personal possession will not be authorized. ... Primates order Primates all non-human species

Utah puts every nonhuman primate on its prohibited mammal list, under a heading that says personal possession will not be authorized. Lemur catta is on CITES Appendix I, which bars commercial international trade, so a pet lemur here can only come from captive breeding inside the country, and the whole family Lemuridae is listed endangered under the Endangered Species Act (50 CFR 17.11).

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Utah Admin. Code R657-53-9(1)(b), R657-53-7(4)

(1)(a) A species of the Order Squamata (snakes and lizards) is classified as a prohibited species if: (i) it is venomous; (ii) not native to Utah; and (iii) a bite from which may cause substantial physical injury to humans ordinarily requiring medical treatment. (b) Species of the Order Crocodilia (crocodiles, gharials, caimans, and alligators) are classified as prohibited.

Every crocodilian is a prohibited species, caimans named. A prohibited species needs a variance from the Wildlife Board before any certificate of registration, and its possession limit is zero, so there is no pet route.

How this rule works: The whole of Utah's herp rule, read from the copy the Division of Wildlife Resources hosts. Written for collection from the wild: 53-4(1) bars possession outright and 53-5 then gives it back, 53-12 is the only certificate of registration that attaches to possession and it covers native venomous reptiles only, and 53-8(1) lifts captive-bred and out-of-state animals out of the possession limits.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, prohibited mammals; R657-3b

Prohibited mammals ... known detrimental impacts to native wildlife populations, human health and safety, or agriculture. Personal possession will not be authorized. ... Primates order Primates all non-human species

Utah puts every nonhuman primate on its prohibited mammal list, under a heading that says personal possession will not be authorized.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, prohibited mammals; R657-3b

Prohibited mammals ... known detrimental impacts to native wildlife populations, human health and safety, or agriculture. Personal possession will not be authorized. ... Big cats Panthera leo, Panthera tigris, Panthera pardus, Acinonyx jubatus, Uncia uncia, Puma concolor, Panthera onca lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, snow leopard, cougar (= puma), jaguar, or any hybrid of these species; in accordance with Federal Big Cat Public Safety Act

The tiger is named on the prohibited big cat row, which cites the federal act itself. Federally, the Big Cat Public Safety Act of 2022 (16 U.S.C. § 3372(e)) bars any person outside a licensed exhibitor, sanctuary or state institution from breeding or possessing a tiger unless the animal was born before December 20, 2022, and registered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within 180 days, so no new pet is lawful anywhere in the country whatever the state rule says.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, prohibited mammals; R657-3b

Prohibited mammals ... known detrimental impacts to native wildlife populations, human health and safety, or agriculture. Personal possession will not be authorized. ... Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana

Utah names the Virginia opossum on its prohibited mammal list, while the gray short-tailed opossum is noncontrolled.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, prohibited mammals; R657-3b

Prohibited mammals ... known detrimental impacts to native wildlife populations, human health and safety, or agriculture. Personal possession will not be authorized. ... White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus

Utah lists the white-tailed deer among the big game on its prohibited mammal list. Elk held privately are on the domestic list and fallow deer are controlled, but no route reaches a white-tailed deer.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, controlled mammals; R657-3b

Kangaroos and wallabies family Macropodidae

Every macropod is a controlled mammal, the bobcat's and fennec fox's column, so a certificate of registration is required before importation or possession, and a route exists.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, controlled mammals

Bobcat Lynx rufus captive-bred

The bobcat is a controlled mammal if captive bred, the same column as the fennec fox, so a certificate of registration is required before importation or possession, and a route exists. A wild bobcat is not covered by the entry.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, controlled mammals

Capybaras - Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Hydrochoerus isthmus

Controlled rather than prohibited, so a certificate of registration is required before collection, importation or possession, but a route exists. Same column as the bobcat and the two-toed sloth.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, controlled mammals

Fennec fox - Vulpes zerda

Controlled rather than prohibited, so a certificate of registration is required before collection, importation or possession, but a route exists. Same column as the bobcat and the two-toed sloth.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Utah Admin. Code R657-53-9(1)(a), R657-53-12(1) to (3)

An individual must obtain a certificate of registration prior to collecting, possessing, importing, or propagating any reptile, whether wild caught or captive-bred, that is: (a) native to Utah; (b) venomous; and (c) a bite from which may cause substantial physical injury to humans ordinarily requiring medical treatment.

Utah splits venomous snakes by origin. A rattlesnake native to Utah needs a certificate of registration, wild-caught or captive-bred: the applicant must be 18, describe their experience with venomous reptiles and any mentor, show local government verification that the activity is consistent with its ordinances, and show that medical treatment is available nearby. A rattlesnake not native to Utah is a prohibited species under R657-53-9(1)(a), with a possession limit of zero and a Wildlife Board variance needed for any document, so the permit route exists only for the state's own species.

Cities and counties here can prohibit what state law permits, so check your local ordinance too.

How this rule works: The whole of Utah's herp rule, read from the copy the Division of Wildlife Resources hosts. Written for collection from the wild: 53-4(1) bars possession outright and 53-5 then gives it back, 53-12 is the only certificate of registration that attaches to possession and it covers native venomous reptiles only, and 53-8(1) lifts captive-bred and out-of-state animals out of the possession limits.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, controlled mammals; R657-3b

Two-toed sloths Choloepus didactylus, Choloepus hoffmanni

Utah names both two-toed sloths as controlled mammals, so a certificate of registration is required before importation or possession, and a route exists.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Utah Admin. Code R657-53-7(3)(b); species tables, Limited possession

Limited possession (2 daily and yearly/4 total, per species) ... California kingsnake Lampropeltis californiae

This entry read legal before, and Lampropeltis californiae is in fact on Utah's Limited possession table, which is the tightest controlled tier the rule has: two a day, two a year, and four in total, on a herpetology collection permit obtained after an orientation course. The Arizona mountain kingsnake and the western milk snake are on the same table. What the earlier reading got right is the other half: R657-53-8(1)(a) and (c) take captive-bred animals and animals legally obtained outside Utah out of the possession limits altogether, and the only possession certificate of registration in the rule is R657-53-12 for native venomous reptiles. So a captive-bred kingsnake from a breeder is unrestricted and a Utah-caught one is capped at four.

How this rule works: The division's classification tables under R657-53. Every table on the page is about animals taken from the wild in Utah: six prohibited natives, six naturalized non-natives at unlimited, four native lizards at Expanded, and the Standard and Limited controlled lists. The page says outright that 'the DWR does not maintain a full list of non-native species', so it answers a pet species only when that species also lives wild in Utah.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Utah Admin. Code R657-53-7(3)(a); species tables, Standard possession

Standard possession (3 daily/9 total, per species) ... Common gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis

This entry read legal before, on R657-53-5's list of activities allowed without a wildlife document. That is right for a captive-bred animal and wrong for a Utah one, and the common gartersnake is a Utah animal. Thamnophis sirtalis is on the division's Standard possession table, which makes it a Controlled species: taking one from the wild needs the herpetology collection permit, which costs ten dollars and requires passing an online orientation course first, and the limit is three a day and nine in total. The terrestrial gartersnake is on the same table and the black-necked gartersnake is at Limited, two and four. A captive-bred or out-of-state garter snake is a different animal in law: R657-53-8(1)(a) and (c) lift both out of the possession limit entirely, and no certificate of registration attaches to possessing one. So the answer turns on where the snake came from rather than what it is.

How this rule works: The division's classification tables under R657-53. Every table on the page is about animals taken from the wild in Utah: six prohibited natives, six naturalized non-natives at unlimited, four native lizards at Expanded, and the Standard and Limited controlled lists. The page says outright that 'the DWR does not maintain a full list of non-native species', so it answers a pet species only when that species also lives wild in Utah.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Utah Admin. Code R657-53-7(3)(b); R657-53-8(1); species tables, Limited possession

Limited possession (2 daily and yearly/4 total, per species) ... Western milk snake Lampropeltis gentilis

Utah's species table names the state's own milk snake population Lampropeltis gentilis, a segregate split off from the broader Lampropeltis triangulum complex the pet trade calls milk snake, and puts it in Limited possession: two a day, two a year, four in total, on a herpetology collection permit obtained after passing an orientation course. The earlier reading here took the words "limited possession" to mean the cap reached a purchased animal as well as a wild-caught one. R657-53-8(1) says otherwise in terms, and it is the section that decides this: total possession limits apply to everything acquired in state or imported, "except the following do not count towards an individual's applicable limit", and the exceptions are animals that are captive bred and animals "legally obtained outside of Utah", in both cases so long as the species is not Prohibited and not a native venomous reptile under R657-53-12. A milk snake is neither. So the cap is a wild collection cap after all, and a captive-bred milk snake from a breeder is unrestricted in Utah.

How this rule works: The division's classification tables under R657-53. Every table on the page is about animals taken from the wild in Utah: six prohibited natives, six naturalized non-natives at unlimited, four native lizards at Expanded, and the Standard and Limited controlled lists. The page says outright that 'the DWR does not maintain a full list of non-native species', so it answers a pet species only when that species also lives wild in Utah.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1, domestic mammals

Fox, red Vulpes vulpes privately owned, domestically bred and raised

Utah lists the red fox in the domestic column, outside the rule entirely, with the condition written beside it: privately owned, domestically bred and raised. A red fox taken from the wild, or bred wild and then held, does not meet it and falls back under Utah's wildlife rules. Utah is the one state on this map that names the farmed red fox a domestic animal in its own species table.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Utah DWR species tables, controlled species

Tiger salamander - Ambystoma mavortium - Standard possession (3 daily/9 total, per species)

A Utah native and a controlled species. Taking one from the wild requires the orientation course and a collection permit, caps at 3 daily and 9 in total possession, and carries a mandatory online report within 72 hours.

How this rule works: The division's classification tables under R657-53. Every table on the page is about animals taken from the wild in Utah: six prohibited natives, six naturalized non-natives at unlimited, four native lizards at Expanded, and the Standard and Limited controlled lists. The page says outright that 'the DWR does not maintain a full list of non-native species', so it answers a pet species only when that species also lives wild in Utah.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

The only foxes in Table 3b-1 are the domestic red fox and the controlled fennec fox, so the arctic fox is unlisted. Unlisted birds and mammals are presumed prohibited and need a division assessment before possession is authorized, so this is neither cleared nor expressly banned; it is an application to DWR with no published answer, the serval's position.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

No otter is in Table 3b-1. CITES Appendix I since 2019 governs international trade separately. Unlisted birds and mammals are presumed prohibited and need a division assessment before possession is authorized, so this is neither cleared nor expressly banned; it is an application to DWR with no published answer, the serval's position.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

Table 3b-1 names the bobcat and the Eurasian lynx as controlled, captive bred, and not the Canada lynx, which is unlisted. It is also federally threatened and a Utah native. Unlisted birds and mammals are presumed prohibited and need a division assessment before possession is authorized, so this is neither cleared nor expressly banned; it is an application to DWR with no published answer, the serval's position.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

Not listed anywhere in Table 3b-1, and the table's default is inverted: unlisted birds and mammals are 'presumed prohibited' and require a division assessment before possession will be authorized. So this is neither cleared nor expressly banned, it is an application to DWR with no published answer.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

The eastern gray squirrel is on none of Table 3b-1's sections. Unlisted birds and mammals are presumed prohibited and need a division assessment before possession is authorized, so it is neither cleared nor expressly banned, the kinkajou's position.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

Not listed anywhere in Table 3b-1, and the table's default is inverted: unlisted birds and mammals are 'presumed prohibited' and require a division assessment before possession will be authorized. So this is neither cleared nor expressly banned, it is an application to DWR with no published answer. The northern flying squirrel is also a Utah native, which brings the state's native wildlife rules to bear on a wild-caught animal independently of this table.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

The kinkajou is on none of Table 3b-1's sections. Unlisted birds and mammals are presumed prohibited and need a division assessment before possession is authorized, so this is neither cleared nor expressly banned; it is an application to DWR with no published answer, the serval's position.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

Not listed anywhere in Table 3b-1, and the table's default is inverted: unlisted birds and mammals are 'presumed prohibited' and require a division assessment before possession will be authorized. So this is neither cleared nor expressly banned, it is an application to DWR with no published answer. Utah also has its own native species, the federally threatened Utah prairie dog, which is protected separately from anything in this table.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

Not listed anywhere in Table 3b-1, and the table's default is inverted: unlisted birds and mammals are 'presumed prohibited' and require a division assessment before possession will be authorized. So this is neither cleared nor expressly banned, it is an application to DWR with no published answer. Worth noting the prohibited column's big cat entry lists Panthera, Acinonyx, Uncia and Puma by name under the federal Big Cat Public Safety Act, and the serval is not among them, so it falls to the unlisted default rather than the big cat ban.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

The striped skunk is on none of Table 3b-1's five sections. Unlisted birds and mammals are presumed prohibited and need a division assessment before possession is authorized, so this is neither cleared nor expressly banned; it is an application to DWR with no published answer, the serval's position.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.

Table 3b-1 header

Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.

The coati is on none of Table 3b-1's sections. Unlisted birds and mammals are presumed prohibited and need a division assessment before possession is authorized, so this is neither cleared nor expressly banned; it is an application to DWR with no published answer, the serval's position.

How this rule works: Five sections: domestic mammals and birds not covered by the rule, noncontrolled mammals and birds, controlled mammals, and prohibited mammals. The header sets an inverted default: 'Except as otherwise listed, all species are presumed prohibited. All species not listed will require an assessment before collection, importation, or possession will be authorized.' The prohibited section adds that 'personal possession will not be authorized'.

Checked against the published text on October 1, 2026.