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. Jump to: navigation, search The American bison numbered as few as 750 in 1890 due to extreme overhunting. ... In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ...

Extinct in the wild

• Pedder Galaxias, Galaxias pedderensis

Jump to: navigation, search Pedder Galaxias (Galaxias pedderensis) is an extinct animal. ...

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

Binomial name Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 The Grey Nurse, Spotted Raggle-Tooth or Sand Tiger is a large shark inhabiting coastal waters worldwide, with many different names in different countries in the world. ...

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 P
• 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

• Orange-bellied Parrot, Neophema chrysogaster

Binomial name Vombatus ursinus Shaw, 1800 The wombat is an Australian marsupial in appearance rather like a small, very short-legged and muscular bear approximately 1 metre in length, and with a mere nubbin of a tail. ... Binomial name Balaenoptera musculus (Linneus, 1758) Blue Whale range The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. ... Binomial name Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 The Northern Quoll is a carnivorous marsupial mammal, native to Australia. ... Species  Balaena mysticetus  Eubalaena australis  Eubalaena glacialis  Eubalaena japonica Northern Right Whale range Southern Right Whale range The right whales are marine mammals belonging to the family Balaenidae. ... Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Gymnobelideus leadbeateri McCoy, 1867 Leadbeaters Possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) is an endangered possum restricted to small pockets of remaining old growth Mountain Ash forests in the cool, misty highlands of Victoria, Australia. ... Binomial name Aquila audax (Latham, 1802) The Wedge-tailed Eagle or Arrawa (Aquila audax) is a very large Australasian raptor and the most common of all the worlds large eagles. ... Jump to: navigation, search Species The marsupial moles are rare and poorly understood burrowing mammals of the deserts of western Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Species The marsupial moles are rare and poorly understood burrowing mammals of the deserts of western Australia. ... Species Southern Dibbler, Sandstone Dibbler, Dibblers are small marsupials of the genus Parantechinus found in Southwestern Western Australia, Boullanger, Whitlock, and Escape Islands, some national parks/reserves. ... DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Italic text ... Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Perameles gunnii Gray, 1838 The eastern barred or Gunns bandicoot (Perameles gunni) lives in woodland and heathland of south Victoria and Tasmania in Australia. ... Binomial name Neophema chrysogaster (Latham, 1790) The Orange-bellied Parrot or Orange-bellied Parakeet (Neophema chrysogaster) is a small broad-tailed parrot endemic to Australia. ...

See also

• Extinct Australian animals
• Australian fauna

Jump to: navigation, search Following is an incomplete list of Australian vertebrate extinctions from 1788 to the present, in the format: Common name, Latin name, habitat, estimated date of extinction, probable main causes (listed, where possible, with the most significant causes first). ... Australia is unusual because the animal population evolved largely out of contact with the other continents. ...

Reference

• Department of Environment and Heritage. EPBC Act List of Threatened Fauna