Endangered Australian fauna
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Endangered Australian fauna are those species of birds, fish, frogs, insects, mammals, molluscs and reptiles that are endangered, which means that the population of animals is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct.
Extinct in the wild
Critically endangered
- Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus, east coast population
- Speartooth shark, Glyphis sp. A
- Western Swamp Tortoise, Pseudemydura umbrina
- Scrubtit (King Island), Acanthornis magnus greenianus
- Spotted Quail-thrush (Mt Lofty Ranges), Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta
- Yellow Chat (Dawson), Epthianura crocea macgregori
- Round Island Petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana
- Herald Petrel, Pterodroma heraldica
- Gilbert's Potoroo Potorous gilbertii
- Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat, Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus
- Boggomoss Snail, Dawson Valley Snail, Adclarkia dawsonensis
- Lord Howe Island Phasmid, Land Lobster, Dryococelus australis
- Golden Sun Moth, Synemon plana
- Mitchell's Rainforest Snail, Thersites mitchellae
Endangered
34 mammals, 38 birds, 11 reptiles, 15 frogs, 16 fishes and 7 other species are listed as endangered.
- Yaminon or Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii
- Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
- Northern Bettong, Bettongia tropica
- Mountain Pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus
- Christmas Island Shrew, Crocidura attenuata trichura
- Ampurta, Dasycercus hillieri
- Northern Quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus
- Spotted-tailed Quoll or Yarri, Dasyurus maculatus gracilis (North Queensland subspecies)
- Spot-tailed Quoll, Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll, Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (southeastern mainland population)
- Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
- Leadbeater's Possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
- Semon's Leaf-nosed Bat, Greater Wart-nosed Horseshoe-bat, Hipposideros semoni
- Southern Brown Bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus obesulus
- Rufous Hare-Wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus unnamed subsp. (central mainland form)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax
- Bramble Cay Melomys, Melomys rubicola
- Northern Marsupial Mole, Notoryctes caurinus Karkarratul, Northern
- Southern Marsupial Mole, Notoryctes typhlops
- Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata
- Dibbler, Parantechinus apicalis
- Western Barred Bandicoot, Perameles bougainville bougainville (Shark Bay)
- Eastern Barred Bandicoot, Perameles gunnii unnamed subsp., mainland
- Mahogany Glider, Petaurus gracilis
- Proserpine Rock-wallaby, Petrogale persephone
- Red-tailed Phascogale, Phascogale calura
- Christmas Island Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi
- Long-footed Potoroo, Potorous longipes
- Smoky Mouse, Pseudomys fumeus
- Hastings River Mouse, Pseudomys oralis
- Greater Large-eared Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus philippinensis (large form)
- Kangaroo Island Dunnart, Sminthopsis aitkeni
- Julia Creek Dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi
- Sandhill Dunnart, Sminthopsis psammophila
- Carpentarian Rock-rat, Zyzomys palatalis
- Central Rock-rat, Zyzomys pedunculatus
See also
Reference
- Department of Environment and Heritage. [EPBC Act List of Threatened Fauna]
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