Proposals for new species to be listed on the CMS Appendices released

12th June 2014

The 17 listing proposals are:

Fur

Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) in CMS App. I and of all other subspecies of Panthera leo in CMS App. II, by Kenya (ScC18/Doc.7.2.2)

Red-fronted Gazelle (Eudorcas rufifrons) on CMS Appendix I, by Niger and Senegal (ScC18/Doc.7.2.3)

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on CMS Appendix II, by Norway (ScC18/Doc.7.2.11)

White-eared Kob (Kobus kob leucotis) on CMS Appendix II, by Ethiopia (ScC18/Doc.7.2.12)

Feathers

Great Bustard (Otis tarda) on CMS Appendix I, by Mongolia (ScC18/Doc.7.2.4)

Playerito Semipalmeado [Semipalmated sandpiper] (Calidris pusilla) on CMS Appendix I, by Ecuador and Paraguay (ScC18/Doc.7.2.5)

Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) on CMS Appendix I, by Philippines (ScC18/Doc.7.2.6)

European Roller (Coracias garrulus) on CMS Appendix I, by the European Union (ScC18/Doc.7.2.7)

Reinita Canadiense [Canadian Warbler] (Cardellina canadensis) on CMS Appendix II, by Ecuador (ScC18/Doc.7.2.13)

Fins

Mediterranean subpopulation of Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) on CMS Appendix I, by the European Union (ScC18/Doc.7.2.1)

Sawfishes (Family Pristidae) on CMS Appendix I & Appendix II, Kenya (ScC18/Doc.7.2.8)

Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi), Genus Manta, Subfamily Mobulinae, in CMS Appendix I and II, by Fiji (ScC18/Doc.7.2.9)

Mobula rays (Genus Mobula), in CMS Appendix I and II, by Fiji (ScC18/Doc.7.2.10)

More information

The individual documentation is currently available in a centralized page on the CMS website.

Each of these proposals will be discussed during the upcoming CMS Scientific Council meeting and then discussed and adopted during CMS CoP 11, November 4-9, 2014 in Quito, Ecuador.