DIVISION 4. BIRDS AND MAMMALS 3000-4904›PART 3. MAMMALS 3950-4904›CHAPTER 1. Game Mammals 3950-3961

§ 3950

California Fish and Game Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Game mammals are: deer (genus Odocoileus), elk (genus Cervus), prong-horned antelope (genus Antilocapra), wild pigs, including feral pigs and European wild boars (genus Sus), black and brown or cinnamon bears (genus Euarctos), mountain lions (genus Felis), jackrabbits and varying hares (genus Lepus), cottontails, brush rabbits, pigmy rabbits (genus Sylvilagus), and tree squirrels (genus Sciurus and Tamiasciurus).

(b) Nelson bighorn sheep (subspecies Ovis canadensis nelsoni) are game mammals only for the purposes of sport hunting described in subdivision (b) of Section 4902.

(Amended (as amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 998, Sec. 1) by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1370, Sec. 8. Effective October 27, 1992.)

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