Kinds of dangerous wild animals
The following are kinds of dangerous wild animals as specified in the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976.
| Scientific name of kind | Common name or names |
| Canidae. except the species Canis familiaris and Vulpes vulpes | This kind includes the wild dog, wolf, jackal, coyote, fennec and fox, except that the domestic dog and the common red fox are specifically excluded. |
| Casuariidae | Cassowary |
| Cercopithecidae | Old World monkey (including langur, colobus, macaque, guenon, patas, mangabey, baboon and mandrill) |
| Crocodylia | This kind includes the alligator, crocodile, gharial, false gharial and caiman. |
| Dromaijdae | Emu |
| Elapidae (including Hydrophildae) | This kind includes the cobra, krait, mamba, coral snake and sea snake, and all Australian poisonous snakes (including the death adder). |
| Felidae except the species Felis catus | This kind includes the lynx, caracal, serval, bobcat, cheetah, lion, tiger, leopard, panther, jaguar, puma, cougar and ocelot, except that the domestic cat is specifically excluded. |
| Helodermatidae | Gila monster and Mexican beaded lizard |
| Hylobatidae | Gibbon |
| Pongidae | Anthropoid ape (including orangutan, gorilla and chimpanzee) |
| Rheidae | Rhea |
| Struthionidae | Ostrich |
| Ursidae | This kind includes the polar bear, brown bear and grizzly bear. |
| Viperidae (including Crotalidae) | This kind includes (a) most snakes known as vipers and adders, and (b) the rattlesnake, bushmaster, fer-de-lance, water moccasin and copperhead. |
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