29.1-563 - Definitions.
§ 29.1-563. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article:
"Endangered species" means any species which is in danger of extinctionthroughout all or a significant portion of its range;
"Fish or wildlife" means any member of the animal kingdom, vertebrate orinvertebrate, except for the class Insecta, and includes any part, products,egg, or the dead body or parts thereof;
"Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, association orpartnership;
"Threatened species" means any species which is likely to become anendangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or asignificant portion of its range.
(1972, c. 329, § 29-231; 1977, c. 377; 1987, c. 488; 1990, c. 369.)