Threatened fauna of Australia

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Threatened fauna of Australia are those species and subspecies of birds, fish, frogs, insects, mammals, molluscs and reptiles to be found in Australia that are in danger of becoming extinct. This list is the list proclaimed under the Australian federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The classifications are based on those used by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), however IUCN and Australian rankings do differ.

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A Gouldian Finch, a bird classified as Endangered on the list of threatened fauna of Australia.

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[edit] Extinct in the wild

1 fish is listed as extinct in the wild.

[edit] Critically endangered

3 mammals, 6 birds, 1 reptile, 3 fishes and 5 other species are listed as critically endangered.

[edit] Invertebrates

[edit] Fish

[edit] Reptiles

[edit] Birds

[edit] Mammals

[edit] Endangered

34 mammals, 38 birds, 11 reptiles, 18 frogs, 16 fishes and 11 other species are listed as endangered.

[edit] Invertebrates

  • Desert Sand-skipper, Aestiva Skipper Croitana aestiva
  • Central North Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus granulatus
  • Furneaux Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus martigener
  • Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus spinicaudatus
  • Gove Crow Butterfly Euploea alcathoe enastri
  • Broad-toothed Stag Beetle, Wielangta Stag Beetle Lissotes latidens
  • a land snail Mesodontrachia fitzroyana
  • a moth Phyllodes imperialis (southern subsp. - ANIC 3333)
  • Lord Howe Placostylus, Lord Howe Flax Snail Placostylus bivaricosus
  • a land snail Semotrachia euzyga
  • a land snail Sinumelon bednalli

[edit] Fish

Image:800px-Macquarie perch.jpg
This exceptionally large Macquarie perch was caught on a lure (visible in the picture) and was carefully released.

[edit] Amphibians

Image:Southern Corroboree frog.jpg
Corroboree frog.

[edit] Reptiles

Image:Loggerhead close up.jpg
Loggerhead turtle.
  • Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta
  • Yellow-snouted Ground Gecko Diplodactylus occultus
  • Arhem Land Egernia Egernia obiri
  • Slater's Skink, Floodplain Skink Egernia slateri slateri
  • Western Spiny-tailed Skink Egernia stokesii badia
  • Gulf Snapping Turtle Elusor lavarackorum
  • Mary River Tortoise Elusor macrurus
  • Blue Mountains Water Skink Eulamprus leuraensis
  • Corangamite Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum marnieae
  • Pacific Ridley, Olive Ridley Lepidochelys olivacea
  • Allan's Lerista, Retro Slider Lerista allanae
  • Pygmy Blue-tongue Lizard, Adelaide Blue-tongue Lizard Tiliqua adelaidensis
  • Grassland Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicolla

[edit] Birds

Image:Golden-Shouldered-Parrot-2.JPG
Golden-shouldered parrot.

[edit] Mammals

Image:SpottedQuoll 2005 SeanMcClean.jpg
Spot-tailed quoll.

[edit] Vulnerable

[edit] Invertebrates

[edit] Fish

Image:Whiteshark-TGoss1.jpg
Great White Shark

[edit] Frogs

Image:Litoria raniformis.jpg
Growling grass frog.

[edit] Reptiles

Image:Denisonia maculata.jpg
Ornamental snake (Denisonia maculata).

[edit] Birds

Image:Cereopsis novaehollandiae1.jpg
Cape Barren goose.
Image:GoldenWhistlerMale.jpg
Golden whistler

[edit] Mammals

[edit] Conservation Dependant

1 fish and 1 mammal are conservation dependent.

[edit] Fish

  • Orange Roughy, Deep-sea Perch, Red Roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus

[edit] Mammals

  • Southern Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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