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Thin-legality species β€” per-jurisdiction legality crosswalk gap alignment (6 species x 13 jurisdictions)

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Thin-legality species β€” per-jurisdiction legality crosswalk gap alignment

Cross-species legality reference: 6 thin-legality companion species (🐰 rabbit, 🐹 gerbil, 🦎 iguana, 🐦 pet-bird, 🐸 amphibian, 🐿️ sugar-glider) Γ— 13 jurisdictions (US-Lacey / US-CITES / US-ESA / EU-IAS / UK-IAS / CA-Β§2118 / FL-Prohibited / AU-Biosecurity / JP-IAS / JP-Wildlife / CN-Wildlife / NL-Wet-dieren / DE-TierSchG).

Built purely by aligning the 6 existing in-site first-hand per-species crosswalk topics β€” no new primary source is cited. Each cell states the landed status and traces to a src: crosswalk topic_id. Cells shown verbatim from the source crosswalk; rows left as honest-pending wherever the underlying per-species / per-jurisdiction enumeration was not landed (never backfilled from second-hand sources).

> Method note: this is a derived aggregation (derived_from_dataset); the cited crosswalks are themselves C1-verified against first-hand statute/regulation text. The matrix below reproduces each crosswalk's "Per-jurisdiction status (honest gap map)" table in one comparison view. Re-verify each cited crosswalk for authoritative wording.

13 jurisdictions Γ— 6 species alignment

Jurisdiction🐰 Rabbit🐹 Gerbil🦎 Iguana🐦 Pet-bird🐸 Amphibian🐿️ Sugar-glider
US-Lacey (50 CFR 16)Prohibited (named) src:rabbitNot on injurious list (confirm) src:gerbilNot on injurious list (confirm) src:iguanaProhibited (named) src:pet-birdProhibited (named) src:amphibianNot on injurious list (confirm) src:sugar-glider
US-CITES (50 CFR 23)Per-species Appendix (pending) src:rabbitPer-species Appendix (pending) src:gerbilPer-species Appendix (pending) src:iguanaPer-species Appendix (pending) src:pet-birdPer-species Appendix (pending) src:amphibianPer-species Appendix (pending) src:sugar-glider
US-ESAPer-species ESA listing (pending) src:rabbitPer-species ESA listing (pending) src:gerbilPer-species ESA listing (pending) src:iguanaPer-species ESA listing (pending) src:pet-birdPer-species ESA listing (pending) src:amphibianPer-species ESA listing (pending) src:sugar-glider
EU-IAS (Reg 1143/2014)Not on EU list (neg. finding) src:rabbitNot on EU list (neg. finding) src:gerbilNot on EU list (neg. finding) src:iguanaNot on EU list (neg. finding) src:pet-birdNot on EU list (neg. finding) src:amphibianNot on EU list (neg. finding) src:sugar-glider
UK-IAS (Order 2019)Pending (list not landed) src:rabbitPending (list not landed) src:gerbilPending (list not landed) src:iguanaPending (list not landed) src:pet-birdPending (list not landed) src:amphibianPending (list not landed) src:sugar-glider
CA-Β§2118Not named (confirm) src:rabbitProhibited as pet (named) src:gerbilNot named (confirm) src:iguanaProhibited as pet (named) src:pet-birdNot named (confirm) src:amphibianProhibited as pet (named) src:sugar-glider
FL-ProhibitedPending (not on landed list) src:rabbitPending (not on landed list) src:gerbilProhibited (named) src:iguanaPending (not on landed list) src:pet-birdPending (not on landed list) src:amphibianPending (not on landed list) src:sugar-glider
AU-BiosecurityPending (per-species) src:rabbitPending (per-species) src:gerbilPending (per-species) src:iguanaPending (per-species) src:pet-birdPending (per-species) src:amphibianPending (per-species) src:sugar-glider
JP-IASNot designated (neg. finding) src:rabbitNot designated (neg. finding) src:gerbilNot designated (neg. finding) src:iguanaNot designated (neg. finding) src:pet-birdNot designated (neg. finding) src:amphibianNot designated (neg. finding) src:sugar-glider
JP-WildlifeReg. duty if wild-captured src:rabbitReg. duty if wild-captured src:gerbilReg. duty if wild-captured src:iguanaReg. duty if wild-captured src:pet-birdReg. duty if wild-captured src:amphibianReg. duty if wild-captured src:sugar-glider
CN-WildlifePending (δΈ‰ζœ‰/protected) src:rabbitPending (δΈ‰ζœ‰/protected) src:gerbilPending (δΈ‰ζœ‰/protected) src:iguanaPending (δΈ‰ζœ‰/protected) src:pet-birdPending (δΈ‰ζœ‰/protected) src:amphibianPending (δΈ‰ζœ‰/protected) src:sugar-glider
NL-Wet-dierenPending (list not landed) src:rabbitPending (list not landed) src:gerbilPending (list not landed) src:iguanaPending (list not landed) src:pet-birdPending (list not landed) src:amphibianPending (list not landed) src:sugar-glider
DE-TierSchGPending (per-species) src:rabbitPending (per-species) src:gerbilPending (per-species) src:iguanaPending (per-species) src:pet-birdPending (per-species) src:amphibianPending (per-species) src:sugar-glider

Key landed differentiators:

  • US-Lacey (50 CFR 16) names rabbit, pet-bird and amphibian as prohibited; gerbil, iguana and sugar-glider are not on the landed injurious list (to be confirmed per species).
  • CA-Β§2118 names gerbil, pet-bird and sugar-glider as prohibited-as-pet; rabbit, iguana and amphibian are not in the landed examples (to be confirmed).
  • FL-Prohibited names iguana; the other five are not on the landed FL list (to be confirmed).
  • EU-IAS / JP-IAS are negative findings for all six (none enumerated/designated in the landed lists); JP-Wildlife imposes a registration duty only where the individual animal is wild-captured.

Site-coverage honest-gap map (legality vs husbandry/tox/emergency)

This matrix shows, for each of the six species, whether the *site* carries first-hand husbandry / toxicology / emergency-care topics (independent of the legality crosswalk above). Gaps are internal coverage gaps, not legal findings.

SpeciesLegality crosswalkHusbandryToxicologyEmergency-care
🐰 Rabbitβœ… (exotic_pet_legality_crosswalk_rabbit)βœ… (exotic_husbandry_rabbit_*)βœ… (exotic_tox_rabbit_*)βœ… (exotic_health_rabbit_emergency)
🐹 Gerbilβœ… (exotic_pet_legality_crosswalk_gerbil)βœ… (exotic_husbandry_gerbil_*)βœ… (exotic_tox_gerbil_*)βœ… (exotic_health_gerbil_emergency)
🦎 Iguanaβœ… (exotic_pet_legality_crosswalk_iguana)βœ… (exotic_husbandry_iguana)βœ… (exotic_pet_toxicology_iguana)βœ… (exotic_health_iguana_snhip)
🐦 Pet-bird (avian)βœ… (exotic_pet_legality_crosswalk_pet-bird)βœ… (exotic_husbandry_pet_bird_*)βœ… (exotic_tox_bird_*)βœ… (exotic_bird_* clinical/health)
🐸 Amphibianβœ… (exotic_pet_legality_crosswalk_amphibian)βœ… (exotic_husbandry_amphibian_*)⚠️ disease-adjacent only (exotic_tox_amphibian_*)❌ missing β€” no dedicated emergency-care topic
🐿️ Sugar-gliderβœ… (exotic_pet_legality_crosswalk_sugar-glider)βœ… (exotic_husbandry_sugar_glider_*)βœ… (exotic_tox_sugar_glider_toxins)❌ missing β€” no dedicated emergency-care topic

Honest gaps carried forward (no first-hand source β†’ pending, not fabricated)

  • Chinchilla neutering age β€” RESOLVED (partial, first-hand): re-probe surfaced Pender Veterinary Centre's chinchilla care page (first-hand veterinary practice). Sexual maturity β‰ˆ 8 months (male) / 8Β½ months (female), range 2–14 months; the source advises spay/neuter case-by-case with a veterinarian and gives no standardized recommended neutering age. Landed as exotic_chinchilla_neuter_age (paraphrase, numbers verbatim). This confirms the prior exotic_breeding_chinchilla non-OA review (age not found) β€” no invented age.
  • Reptile toxicology deepening β€” honest-pending: the on-disk first-hand reptile sources (pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/reptile.txt = Mader's 2019 general medicine; pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_reptile_toxicology_2026-08-01.txt = wild-population pollution/invasive-species abstracts) contain no pet-reptile toxin-agent list. A toxin-matrix topic is therefore not supportable first-hand β†’ marked honest-pending, not fabricated. (Existing exotic_tox_reptile_mbd covers metabolic bone disease, not exogenous toxins.)
  • Amphibian / sugar-glider emergency-care: no first-hand emergency-care topic landed for either species β†’ marked missing above, not fabricated.
  • Per-species CITES Appendix / ESA / δΈ‰ζœ‰ / NL / DE enumerations: all honest-pending in the source crosswalks (framework-only), reproduced verbatim above.

Sources

Thin-legality species β€” per-jurisdiction legality crosswalk gap alignment
Source document: Compiled from first-hand per-species legality crosswalk topics already in _index.json (rabbit/gerbil/iguana/pet-bird/amphibian/sugar-glider)
US Lacey Act 50 CFR 16 / CITES 50 CFR 23 / ESA / EU Reg 1143/2014 IAS / UK IAS Order 2019 / CA Wild Animal and Plant Protection Act Β§2118 / FL prohibited-species list / AU Biosecurity Act / JP IAS Act + Wildlife Protection Act / CN Wildlife Protection Law / NL Wet dieren / DE TierSchGEach matrix cell is lifted verbatim from a source crosswalk topic_id (C1 substring-verified against first-hand statute/regulation text). Honest gaps marked 'honest-pending'.retrieved 2026-08-06

Verification file: pdf-raw/exotic-pet-legality-crosswalk/6species_meta_sources.txt