From cats to ferrets, dogs to hamsters, even pot-bellied pigs: there are a number of animals you can have as pets in Pennsylvania.

But there are many animals that are illegal to have as pets, and a few that you can only keep with a special permit.

Here are a few of the animals you might be able to glimpse in the wild, but that you can't "import, possess, sell, offer for sale or release" in Pennsylvania:

Sugar gliders. They look adorable with their small size and big eyes, and they're apparently popular "pocket pets" in many states. But not in Pennsylvania.

If you're not familiar with sugar gliders, they're small, omnivorous and nocturnal creatures found in the wild in Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia, where they live in tree tops. They spent their first months in their mother's pouch, so they're considered marsupials.

In 2017, Rep. David Zimmerman, of Lancaster, introduced legislation to make it legal to keep them as pets, but it's not gone anywhere. Many states allow them, but not Pennsylvania, California or Alaska.

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The hedgehog.

It's another "pocket pet" that's popular in some areas, but illegal in Pennsylvania. Lawrence's bill, if it were to become law, also seeks to make these legal to own as pets.

Other places that ban hedgehog pets are Georgia, Hawaii, Washington, D.C. and New York City.

The concern about hedgehogs, and sugar gliders for that matter, apparently that they could hurt the local ecosystem if they were somehow released into the wild.

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Coyotes cannot be kept as pets in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania does issue permits that allow people to keep exotic pets, including some animals such as wolves or coyotes.

But the requirements for getting an exotic pets permit are pretty high: Prospective owners must present a letter from their municipality saying their pets are allowed and must have two years of experience working with the species that they'd like to own in an accredited facility. And they have to prove they have the facilities to care for an exotic animal. And the permits only apply to certain animals.

So for most of us, coyotes are effectively off the table as pets.

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Wolves can't be kept as pets. Or red or grey foxes. Or, as previously mentioned, coyotes. Or any crossbreed or hybrid of wild animals.

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You can keep a house cat, but the bobcat is not a pet that's allowed in Pennsylvania.

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All "nonhuman primates" are off limits as pets. We imagine human primates also don't fall into the "pets" category.

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Game birds can't be taken from the wild and kept as pets. So no wild turkey, crows or ruffed grouse.

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Skunks are not allowed as pets in Pennsylvania.

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Remember those old "Little House on the Prairie" episodes where the kids found a wild creature, and decided to keep it against Pa's warning, only to find that wild animals don't make good pets? That seems to be Pennsylvania's philosophy.

Game animals and furbearers can't be taken from the wild to be kept as pets. This covers a wide range of animals, including squirrels.

Other animals covered under this ban include:

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Snow shoe hare.

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Chipmunks.

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Oppossums

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Mink.

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Muskrat

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Cottontail rabbit.

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Raccoons.

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Porcupines. Also beaver, fishers, otters.

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The nutria, a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent, isn't a pet that's allowed in Pennsylvania.

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All species of bears are illegal to keep as pets.

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A timber rattlesnake is legal to possess only if:

You first obtain a Venomous Snake Permit from the state Fish and Boat Commission.

Then you have to "legally collect" the snake from the wild in Pennsylvania during the open season, while complying with size limits. You cannot possess more than one snake. And you can't import timber rattlesnakes from outside Pennsylvania or breed them.

The law does add one last note: "The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission does not recommend keeping venomous reptiles as pets."

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Endangered or threatened species, like the bog turtle, are also not on the list of possible pets. Also the Other examples of endangered turtles are the Eastern mud turtle and the red belly turtle.

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The blue-spotted salamander is listed as endangered. That makes it a no-no as a pet in Pennsylvania. Other salamanders listed as endangered include the Eastern mud salamander. The green salamander, listed as threatened, is also not allowed as a pet.

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Rough green snake, which is listed as endangered. Also banned are the eastern massasauga and Kirtland's snake, also both endangered.

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Endangered and threatened frogs and toads, such as the Eastern spadefoot, New Jersey Chorus frog, or Southern leopard frog are all considered threatened or endangered, making them off-limits as pets.

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The Monk Parakeet, Myiopsitts monachus, sometimes referred to as the Quaker Parakeet or Gray-headed Parakeet, can't be kept as a pet.

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For more on animals in Pennsylvania:

Snakes of Pennsylvania, 21 species, 3 of them venomous

Bald eagles: facts you don't know

What do your backyard birds want to eat?

What do you know about bobcats in Pennsylvania?

Coyotes in Pa.: Closer than you think

Tame grouse: What's up with those birds?

Frogs and toads of Pennsylvania