CITES And African Game Species
CITES And African Game Species - This table denotes the most commonly hunted African game species that occur in the CITES appendices and the quota of hunting trophies that may be exported from the particular country. (2008).
| 2008 CITES Appendices Of African Game |
| SPECIES |
Benin |
Botswana |
Burkina Faso |
Cameroon |
CAR |
Ethiopia |
Mozambique |
Namibia |
South Africa |
Tanzania |
Zambia |
Zimbabwe |
| Elephant - Loxodonta africana |
N/A |
CITES II
330 |
N/A |
CITES I
80 |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES I
40 |
CITES II
90 |
CITES II
100 |
CITES I
200 |
CITES I
20 |
CITES II
500 |
| Cheetah - Acinonyx jubatus |
N/A |
CITES I
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES I
150 |
CITES I
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES I
50 |
| Leopard - Panthera pardus |
N/A |
CITES I
130 |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES I
40 |
CITES I
500 |
CITES I
120 |
CITES I
250 |
CITES I
150 |
CITES I
500 |
CITES I
300 |
CITES I
500 |
| Lion - Panthera leo |
CITES II |
N/A |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II
20 |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
| White Rhino - Ceratotherium simum |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES I |
CITES II |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Black Rhino - diceros bicornis |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES I
5 |
CITES I
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Nile Crocodile - crocodilus nilotica |
N/A |
CITES II
50 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES II
12 |
CITES II
1800 |
CITES II
25 |
CITES II |
CITES II
1600 |
CITES II
300 |
CITES II
200 |
| Mountain Zebra - Equus zebra zebra |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES I |
CITES I |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Zebra Hartmann's - Equus zebra hartmannae |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES II |
CITES II |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Duiker Bay - Cephalophus dorsalis |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES II |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Duiker Ogilby's - Cephalophus ogilbyi |
CITES II |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES II |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Duiker Yellow Backed - Cephalophus silvicultor |
CITES II |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES II |
CITES II |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES II |
N/A |
| Bontebok - Damaliscus pygargus |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES II |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Lechwe - Kobus leche |
N/A |
CITES II |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES II |
N/A |
| Hippo - Hippopotamus amphibius |
CITES II |
N/A |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II
10 |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
| Caracal - Caracal caracal |
N/A |
CITES II |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
CITES II |
NOTES
Elephant
- Forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) are included by CITES as Loxodonta africana
- US hunters are not permitted to import any elephant trophies from any country except Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Cheetah
- No cheetah trophies may be exported from South Africa.
- US hunters are not permitted to import cheetah trophies from any African country.
Leopard
- US hunters may only import 2 leopards/person/year from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Black Rhino
- Only adult males may be imported.
Other CITES protected species which may be of interest to the African hunter:
- Giant Sable (Hippotragus niger variani): CITES I
- Scimitar-horned Oryx (Oryx dammah): CITES I
- Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx): CITES I
- Dorcas Gazelle (Gazella dorcas): CITES III in Algeria and Tunisia
- Aardwolf (Proteles cristata): CITES III in Botswana
- African Civet (Civettictis civetta): CITES III in Botswana
- Honey Badger (Ratel) (Mellivora capensis): CITES III in Botswana
- All other huntable feline species like African Wild Cat and Serval cat are CITES II
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