WILDLIFE

Orleans Conservation Commission

Wildlife includes all nondomestic animals, including but not limited to, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and the habitat required by these animals for nesting, cover and food, with the exception of species of the Class Insecta which have been determined by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to be a pest whose protection would be a risk to man. The definition encompasses but is not limited to all vertebrate and invertebrate species listed by state and federal agencies as endangered, threatened or of special concern.