WAC 232-12-007   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 77.12.040, 77.12.020, 77.32.070, 77.32.530. 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. 93-21-025 (Order 614), § 232-12-007, filed 10/14/93, effective 11/14/93; 91-11-007 (Order 492), § 232-12-007, filed 5/2/91, effective 6/2/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 82-19-026 (Order 192), § 232-12-007, filed 9/9/82; 81-22-002 (Order 174), § 232-12-007, filed 10/22/81; 81-12-029 (Order 165), § 232-12-007, filed 6/1/81. Formerly WAC 232-12-040.]