PURPOSE: The proposed amendment changes the common names of the massasauga rattlesnake to reflect currently accepted taxonomy and nomenclature.
Class II wildlife shall include copperheads, cottonmouths, timber rattlesnakes, pygmy rattlesnakes, eastern massasauga, prairie massasauga, mountain lions or mountain lion-hybrids, wolves or wolf-hybrids, and black bears or black bear hybrids. Permits to hold Class II wildlife in confinement will only be issued for the specific species of wildlife approved for each permit type on the Approved Confined Wildlife Species List in 3 CSR 10-9.105.
3 CSR 10-9.240