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Reserved wild animals of Thailand

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Reserved wild animals are the highest class of protection for animal species in Thailand's wildlife conservation framework. There are currently nineteen designated species, defined by the Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act, B.E. 2562 (2019). The 2019 act replaced the original law from 1992.[1] The law prohibits hunting, breeding, possessing, or trading any of such species, except when done for scientific research with permission from the Permanent Secretary of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, or breeding and possession by authorised public zoos.

The nineteen reserved species are:

  1. White-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae)
  2. Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
  3. Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
  4. Kouprey (Bos sauveli)
  5. Wild Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis (B. arnee))
  6. Eld's deer (Cervus eldii)
  7. Schomburgk's deer (Cervus schomburgki)
  8. Mainland serow (Capricornis sumatraensis)
  9. Chinese goral (Naemorhedus griseus)
  10. Gurney's pitta (Pitta gurneyi)
  11. Sarus crane (Grus antigone)
  12. Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
  13. Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
  14. Fea's muntjac (Muntiacus feae)
  15. Dugong (Dugong dugon)
  16. Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
  17. Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni)
  18. Omura's whale (Balaenoptera omurai)
  19. Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Of these nineteen species, the Schomburgk's deer is already extinct, and the Javan and Sumatran rhinoceros are locally extinct in Thailand.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act, BE 2535" (PDF). Royal Thai Government Gazette. 109 (15). Translated by Dan Reik. 28 February 1992. Retrieved 19 November 2016. – unofficial translation
  2. ^ "Rhinoceros sondaicus; Countries occurrence". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Dicerorhinus sumatrensis; Countries occurrence". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

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