This article is from the Nov./Dec. 1993 AFRMA Rat & Mouse Tales news-magazine.

Department of Fish and Game Manual No. 671 (2/25/92) p. 4

(J) Order Rodentia—Hamster, Field Mice, Voles, Muskrats, Gerbils, Squirrels, Chipmunks, Woodchucks, and Prairie Dogs.

All species prohibited except:

1. Ondatra zibethica (Muskrats)- Not prohibited under conditions set forth in Fish and Game Code Section 2250;
2. Domesticated races of golden hamsters of the species Mesocricetus aruatus and domesticated races of dwarf hamsters of the Genus Phoaopus [Russian/Siberian] not prohibited and exempt from permit requirements;
3. Domesticated races of rats and mice (white or albino; trained, dancing or spinning, laboratory-reared) not prohibited and exempt from permit requirement;
4. Domesticated races of guinea pigs of the species Cavia porcellus not prohibited and exempt from permit requirements;
5. Domesticated races of chinchillas of the species Chinchilla laniger not prohibited and exempt from permit requirement.

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