Extinct in the wild One fish is listed as extinct in the wild. •
Pedder galaxias,
Galaxias pedderensis Critically endangered Five mammals, six birds, two reptiles, three fish and five other species are listed as critically endangered.
Invertebrates • Amphipod crustacean
Austrogammarus australis • Freshwater snail
Beddomeia tumida • Boggomoss snail, Dawson Valley snail,
Adclarkia dawsonensis • Margaret River hairy marron,
Cherax tenuimanus • Lord Howe Island stick insect,
Dryococelus australis • Golden sun moth,
Synemon plana •
Mitchell's rainforest snail,
Thersites mitchellae Fish •
Grey nurse shark,
Carcharias taurus - east coast population •
Western trout minnow, western trout galaxias,
Galaxias truttaceus hesperius •
Speartooth shark,
Glyphis glyphis •
Opal cling goby,
Stiphodon semoni Reptiles •
Western swamp tortoise,
Pseudemydura umbrina •
Leathery turtle, leatherback turtle, luth,
Dermochelys coriacea Birds •
Scrubtit (King Island subspecies),
Acanthornis magnus greenianus •
Spotted quail-thrush (Mt Lofty Ranges subspecies),
Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta •
Yellow chat (Dawson subspecies),
Epthianura crocea macgregori •
Orange-bellied parrot,
Neophema chrysogaster •
Round Island petrel,
Pterodroma arminjoniana •
Herald petrel,
Pterodroma heraldica Mammals •
Gilbert's potoroo,
Potorous gilbertii •
Bare-rumped sheathtail bat,
Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus •
Southern bent-wing bat,
Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii •
Leadbeater's possum,
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri Endangered Thirty-four mammals, thirty-eight birds, eleven reptiles, eighteen frogs, sixteen fishes and eleven other species are listed as endangered.
Invertebrates • Desert sand-skipper, aestiva skipper,
Croitana aestiva •
Central North burrowing crayfish,
Engaeus granulatus •
Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish,
Astacopsis gouldi •
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 • Freshwater snail,
Beddomeia capensis • Land snail
Mesodontrachia fitzroyana •
Lord Howe placostylus, Lord Howe flax snail,
Placostylus bivaricosus • Land snail
Semotrachia euzyga • Land snail
Sinumelon bednalli • Moth
Phyllodes imperialis (southern subspecies)
Fish was caught on a lure (visible in the picture) and was carefully released. •
Spotted handfish, spotted-hand fish,
Brachionichthys hirsutus •
Elizabeth Springs goby,
Chlamydogobius micropterus •
Golden galaxias,
Galaxias auratus •
Swan galaxias,
Galaxias fontanus •
Barred galaxias,
Galaxias fuscus •
Clarence galaxias,
Galaxias johnstoni •
Northern river shark, New Guinea river shark,
Glyphis garricki • Clarence River cod,
eastern freshwater cod,
Maccullochella ikei •
Trout cod,
Maccullochella macquariensis •
Mary River cod,
Maccullochella peelii mariensis •
Macquarie perch,
Macquaria australasica •
Lake Eacham rainbowfish,
Melanotaenia eachamensis •
Oxleyan pygmy perch,
Nannoperca oxleyana •
Arthurs paragalaxias,
Paragalaxias mesotes •
Maugean skate, Port Davey skate,
Zearaja maugeana •
Redfin blue-eye,
Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis Amphibians • White-bellied frog, creek frog,
Geocrinia alba • Yellow-spotted tree frog, yellow-spotted bell frog,
Litoria castanea • Armoured mistfrog,
Litoria lorica • Waterfall frog, torrent tree frog,
Litoria nannotis • Mountain mistfrog,
Litoria nyakalensis • Spotted tree frog,
Litoria spenceri • Fleay's frog,
Mixophyes fleayi • Southern barred frog, giant barred frog,
Mixophyes iteratus • Lace-eyed tree frog, Australian lace-lid,
Nyctimystes dayi • Baw Baw frog,
Philoria frosti • Southern corroboree frog,
Pseudophryne corroboree • Sunset frog,
Spicospina flammocaerulea • Eungella day frog,
Taudactylus eungellensis • Tinkling frog,
Taudactylus rheophilus • Booroolong frog,
Litoria booroolongensis Reptiles •
Loggerhead turtle,
Caretta caretta •
Yellow-snouted ground gecko,
Diplodactylus occultus •
Arnhem Land Gorges skink,
Bellatorias 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 •
Mary River turtle Birds ,
Erythrura gouldiae|alt= •
Brown thornbill (King Island subspecies),
Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi •
Christmas Island goshawk,
Accipiter fasciatus natalis •
Wedge-tailed eagle (Tasmanian subspecies),
Aquila audax fleayi •
Red-tailed black-cockatoo (south-eastern subspecies),
Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne •
Glossy black-cockatoo (South Australian and Kangaroo Island subspecies),
Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus •
Carnaby's black cockatoo, short-billed black cockatoo,
Calyptorhynchus latirostris •
Southern cassowary (Australian subspecies),
Casuarius casuarius johnsonii •
Common emerald dove (Christmas Island subspecies),
Chalcophaps indica natalis •
Norfolk Island green parrot (formerly the Norfolk Island subspecies of the
red-fronted parakeet),
Cyanoramphus cookii •
Coxen's fig parrot,
Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni •
Eastern bristlebird,
Dasyornis brachypterus •
Amsterdam albatross,
Diomedea amsterdamensis •
Tristan albatross,
Diomedea dabbenena •
Northern royal albatross,
Diomedea sanfordi •
Gouldian finch,
Erythrura gouldiae •
Buff-banded rail (Cocos (Keeling) Islands subspecies),
Gallirallus philippensis andrewsi •
Chestnut-rumped heathwren (Mt Lofty Ranges subspecies),
Hylacola pyrrhopygia parkeri •
Swift parrot,
Lathamus discolor •
Helmeted honeyeater,
Lichenostomus melanops cassidix •
Southern giant-petrel,
Macronectes giganteus •
Black-eared miner,
Manorina melanotis •
Hooded robin (Tiwi Islands subspecies),
Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis •
Star finch (eastern and southern subspecies),
Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda •
Norfolk Island boobook,
Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata •
Forty-spotted pardalote,
Pardalotus quadragintus •
Night parrot,
Pezoporus occidentalis •
Western ground parrot,
Pezoporus flaviventris •
Black-throated finch (southern subspecies),
Poephila cincta cincta •
Golden-shouldered parrot,
Psephotus chrysopterygius •
Western whipbird (western heath subspecies),
Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis •
Gould's petrel (nominate subspecies),
Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera •
Antarctic tern (New Zealand subspecies),
Sterna vittata bethunei •
Southern emu-wren (Fleurieu Peninsula and Mount Lofty subspecies),
Stipiturus malachurus intermedius •
Abbott's booby,
Sula abbotti •
Chatham albatross,
Thalassarche eremita •
Christmas thrush,
Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus •
Buff-breasted button-quail,
Turnix olivii •
Masked owl (Tiwi Islands subspecies),
Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis •
Regent honeyeater,
Xanthomyza phrygia Mammals •
Blue whale,
Balaenoptera musculus •
Julia Creek dunnart,
Sminthopsis douglasi •
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) •
Northern bettong,
Bettongia tropica •
Mountain pygmy-possum,
Burramys parvus •
Christmas Island shrew,
Crocidura attenuata trichura •
Ampurta,
Dasycercus hillieri •
Northern quoll,
Dasyurus hallucatus •
Tiger quoll (north Queensland subspecies),
Dasyurus maculatus gracilis • Tiger quoll (southeastern mainland population),
Dasyurus maculatus maculatus •
Southern right whale,
Eubalaena australis •
Semon's leaf-nosed bat, greater wart-nosed horseshoe-bat,
Hipposideros semoni •
Southern brown bandicoot,
Isoodon obesulus obesulus •
Rufous hare-wallaby,
Lagorchestes hirsutus unnamed subspecies (central mainland form) •
Northern marsupial mole,
Notoryctes caurinus •
Southern marsupial mole,
Notoryctes typhlops •
Bridled nail-tail wallaby,
Onychogalea fraenata •
Dibbler,
Parantechinus apicalis •
Western barred bandicoot (Shark Bay subspecies),
Perameles bougainville bougainville •
Eastern barred bandicoot,
Perameles gunnii unnamed subspecies, mainland •
Mahogany glider,
Petaurus gracilis •
Proserpine rock-wallaby,
Petrogale persephone •
Red-tailed phascogale,
Phascogale calura •
Long-footed potoroo,
Potorous longipes •
Spotted cuscus,
Spilocuscus maculatus •
Smoky mouse,
Pseudomys fumeus •
Hastings River mouse,
Pseudomys oralis •
Greater large-eared horseshoe bat,
Rhinolophus philippinensis (large form) •
Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii •
Kangaroo Island dunnart,
Sminthopsis aitkeni •
Julia Creek dunnart,
Sminthopsis douglasi •
Sandhill dunnart,
Sminthopsis psammophila •
Carpentarian rock rat,
Zyzomys palatalis •
Central rock rat,
Zyzomys pedunculatus •
Northern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus krefftii Vulnerable Invertebrates •
Draculoides bramstokeri •
Mount Arthur burrowing crayfish,
Engaeus orramakunna •
Burnie burrowing crayfish,
Engaeus yabbimunna •
Lasionectes exleyi, a cave-dwelling
remipede crustacean •
Giant Gippsland earthworm,
Megascolides australis •
Bathurst copper, purple copper,
Paralucia spinifera Fish •
Red handfish,
Brachionichthys politus •
Grey nurse shark,
Carcharias taurus (west coast population) •
Great white shark,
Carcharodon carcharias •
Edgbaston goby,
Chlamydogobius squamigenus •
Murray hardyhead,
Craterocephalus fluviatilis •
Swamp galaxias,
Galaxias parvus •
Saddled galaxias,
Galaxias tanycephalus •
Eastern dwarf galaxias, dwarf galaxias,
Galaxiella pusilla •
Murray cod, cod, ,
Maccullochella peelii •
Blind gudgeon,
Milyeringa veritas •
Flinders Ranges gudgeon,
Mogurnda clivicola •
Balston's pygmy perch,
Nannatherina balstoni •
Yarra pygmy perch,
Nannoperca obscura •
Ewens pygmy perch, golden pygmy perch, variegated pygmy perch,
Nannoperca variegata •
Australian lungfish, Queensland lungfish,
Neoceratodus forsteri •
Blind cave eel,
Ophisternon candidum •
Shannon paragalaxias,
Paragalaxias dissimilis •
Great Lake paragalaxias,
Paragalaxias eleotroides •
Dwarf sawfish, Queensland sawfish,
Pristis clavata •
Freshwater sawfish, largetooth sawfish,
Pristis microdon •
Green sawfish, dindagubba, narrowsnout sawfish,
Pristis zijsron •
Australian grayling,
Prototroctes maraena •
Honey blue-eye,
Pseudomugil mellis •
Whale shark,
Rhincodon typus •
Waterfall Bay handfish,
Sympterichthys species [CSIRO #T1996.01] •
Ziebell's handfish Sympterichthys species [CSIRO #T6.01]
Frogs •
Orange-bellied frog,
Geocrinia vitellina •
Giant burrowing frog,
Heleioporus australiacus •
Green and golden bell frog,
Litoria aurea •
Littlejohn's tree frog, heath frog,
Litoria littlejohni •
Wallum sedge frog,
Litoria olongburensis •
Peppered tree frog,
Litoria piperata •
Southern bell frog, growling grass frog, warty bell frog,
Litoria raniformis •
Alpine tree frog, Verreaux's alpine tree frog,
Litoria verreauxii alpina •
Stuttering frog, southern barred frog (in Victoria),
Mixophyes balbus •
Magnificent brood frog,
Pseudophryne covacevichae •
Northern corroboree frog,
Pseudophryne pengilleyi •
Kroombit tinker frog, Pleione's torrent frog,
Taudactylus pleione •
Blue Mountains tree frog,
Litoria citropa Reptiles •
Five-clawed worm-skink, long-legged worm-skink,
Anomalopus mackayi •
Pink-tailed worm-lizard,
Aprasia parapulchella •
Flinders Ranges worm-lizard,
Aprasia pseudopulchella •
Hermite Island worm-lizard,
Aprasia rostrata rostrata •
Green turtle,
Chelonia mydas •
Lord Howe Island gecko,
Christinus guentheri •
Three-toed snake-tooth skink,
Coeranoscincus reticulatus •
Yinnietharra rock dragon,
Ctenophorus yinnietharra •
Airlie Island ctenotus,
Ctenotus angusticeps •
Lancelin Island skink,
Ctenotus lancelini •
Hamelin ctenotus,
Ctenotus zastictus •
Striped legless lizard,
Delma impar •
Striped-tailed delma,
Delma labialis •
Atherton delma, legless lizard,
Delma mitella •
Collared delma,
Delma torquata •
Ornamental snake,
Denisonia maculata •
Great desert skink, ,
Egernia kintorei •
Yakka skink,
Egernia rugosa •
Baudin Island spiny-tailed skink,
Egernia stokesii aethiops •
Bell's turtle, Namoi River turtle, Bell's saw-shelled turtle,
Elseya belli •
Bellinger River emydura,
Emydura macquarii signata •
Hawksbill turtle,
Eretmochelys imbricata •
Dunmall's snake,
Furina dunmalli •
Broad-headed snake,
Hoplocephalus bungaroides •
Christmas Island gecko, Lister's gecko,
Lepidodactylus listeri •
Mount Cooper striped lerista,
Lerista vittata •
Pilbara olive python,
Liasis olivaceus barroni •
Flatback turtle,
Natator depressus •
Pernatty knob-tail,
Nephrurus deleani •
Pedra Branca skink, red-throated skink,
Niveoscincus palfreymani •
Krefft's tiger snake (Flinders Ranges),
Notechis ater ater •
Bronzeback snake-lizard,
Ophidiocephalus taeniatus •
Brigalow scaly-foot,
Paradelma orientalis •
Lord Howe Island skink,
Pseudemoia lichenigera •
Christmas Island blind snake,
Ramphotyphlops exocoeti •
Fitzroy River turtle,
Rheodytes leukops •
Border thick-tailed gecko,
Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus Birds •
Slender-billed thornbill (western subspecies),
Acanthiza iredalei iredalei •
Grey grasswren (Bulloo River subspecies),
Amytornis barbatus barbatus •
Thick-billed grasswren (eastern subspecies),
Amytornis textilis modestus • Thick-billed grasswren (Gawler Ranges subspecies),
Amytornis textilis myall •
Lesser noddy (Australian subspecies),
Anous tenuirostris melanops •
Noisy scrub-bird,
Atrichornis clamosus •
Muir's corella,
Cacatua pastinator pastinator •
Baudin's black-cockatoo, long-billed black-cockatoo,
Calyptorhynchus baudinii •
Cape Barren goose (south-western subspecies), Recherche Cape Barren goose,
Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea •
Western bristlebird,
Dasyornis longirostris •
Antipodean albatross,
Diomedea antipodensis •
Southern royal albatross,
Diomedea epomophora •
Wandering albatross,
Diomedea exulans •
Gibson's albatross,
Diomedea gibsoni •
Red goshawk,
Erythrotriorchis radiatus •
Crested shrike-tit (northern subspecies), northern shrike-tit,
Falcunculus frontatus whitei •
Christmas Island frigatebird, Andrew's frigatebird,
Fregata andrewsi •
White-bellied storm-petrel (Tasman Sea or Australasian subspecies),
Fregetta grallaria grallaria •
Squatter pigeon (southern subspecies),
Geophaps scripta scripta •
Partridge pigeon (western subspecies),
Geophaps smithii blaauwi • Partridge pigeon (eastern subspecies),
Geophaps smithii smithii •
Blue petrel,
Halobaena caerulea •
Malleefowl,
Leipoa ocellata •
Northern giant-petrel,
Macronectes halli •
Purple-crowned fairy-wren, (western subspecies),
Malurus coronatus coronatus •
White-winged fairywren (Barrow Island subspecies), Barrow Island black-and-white fairywren,
Malurus leucopterus edouardi • White-winged fairy-wren (Dirk Hartog Island subspecies), Dirk Hartog black-and-white fairy-wren,
Malurus leucopterus leucopterus •
Crimson finch (white-bellied subspecies),
Neochmia phaeton evangelinae •
Christmas Island hawk-owl,
Ninox natalis •
Norfolk golden whistler,
Pachycephala pectoralis xanthoprocta •
Red-lored whistler,
Pachycephala rufogularis •
Fairy prion (southern subspecies),
Pachyptila turtur subantarctica •
Plains-wanderer,
Pedionomus torquatus •
Scarlet robin (Norfolk Island subspecies),
Petroica multicolor multicolor •
Heard shag,
Phalacrocorax nivalis •
Macquarie shag,
Phalacrocorax purpurascens •
Sooty albatross,
Phoebetria fusca •
Princess parrot, Alexandra's parrot,
Polytelis alexandrae •
Regent parrot (eastern subspecies),
Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides •
Superb parrot,
Polytelis swainsonii •
Western whipbird (eastern subspecies),
Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster •
Western whipbird (western mallee subspecies),
Psophodes nigrogularis oberon •
Soft-plumaged petrel,
Pterodroma mollis •
Kermadec petrel (western subspecies),
Pterodroma neglecta neglecta •
Australian painted snipe,
Rostratula australis •
Antarctic tern (Indian Ocean subspecies),
Sterna vittata vittata •
Southern emu-wren (Eyre Peninsula subspecies),
Stipiturus malachurus parimeda •
Mallee emu-wren,
Stipiturus mallee •
Lord Howe Island currawong, pied currawong (Lord Howe Island subspecies),
Strepera graculina crissalis •
Buller's albatross,
Thalassarche bulleri •
Indian yellow-nosed albatross,
Thalassarche carteri •
Shy albatross,
Thalassarche cauta •
Grey-headed albatross,
Thalassarche chrysostoma •
Campbell albatross,
Thalassarche impavida •
Black-browed albatross,
Thalassarche melanophris •
Pacific albatross,
Thalassarche nov. sp. •
Salvin's albatross,
Thalassarche salvini •
White-capped albatross,
Thalassarche steadi •
Lord Howe woodhen,
Tricholimnas sylvestris •
Black-breasted button-quail,
Turnix melanogaster •
Abrolhos painted buttonquail,
Turnix varius scintillans •
Masked owl (northern subspecies),
Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli Mammals •
Subantarctic fur seal,
Arctocephalus tropicalis •
Sei whale,
Balaenoptera borealis •
Fin whale,
Balaenoptera physalus •
Boodie, burrowing bettong (Shark Bay subspecies),
Bettongia lesueur lesueur • Boodie, burrowing bettong (Barrow and Boodie Islands subspecies),
Bettongia lesueur unnamed subspecies •
Dingo,
Canis dingo •
Large-eared pied bat, large pied bat,
Chalinolobus dwyeri •
Kowari,
Dasycercus byrnei •
Mulgara,
Dasycercus cristicauda •
Chuditch, western quoll,
Dasyurus geoffroii •
Spot-tailed quoll, spotted-tail quoll, tiger quoll (Tasmanian population),
Dasyurus maculatus maculatus •
Golden bandicoot (mainland subspecies),
Isoodon auratus auratus • Golden bandicoot (Barrow Island subspecies),
Isoodon auratus barrowensis •
Southern brown bandicoot (Nuyts Archipelago subspecies),
Isoodon obesulus nauticus •
Spectacled hare-wallaby (Barrow Island subspecies),
Lagorchestes conspicillatus conspicillatus •
Rufous hare-wallaby (Bernier Island subspecies),
Lagorchestes hirsutus bernieri • Rufous hare-wallaby (Dorre Island subspecies),
Lagorchestes hirsutus dorreae •
Banded hare-wallaby, marnine, munning,
Lagostrophus fasciatus fasciatus •
Greater stick-nest rat, wopilkara,
Leporillus conditor •
Barrow Island euro,
Macropus robustus isabellinus •
Greater bilby,
Macrotis lagotis •
Humpback whale,
Megaptera novaeangliae •
Golden-backed tree-rat,
Mesembriomys macrurus •
Southern elephant seal,
Mirounga leonina •
Numbat,
Myrmecobius fasciatus •
Australian sea-lion,
Neophoca cinerea •
Northern hopping-mouse,
Notomys aquilo •
Dusky hopping-mouse, wilkiniti,
Notomys fuscus •
Corben's long-eared bat, south-eastern long-eared bat,
Nyctophilus corbeni •
Eastern barred bandicoot (Tasmania subspecies),
Perameles gunnii gunnii •
Yellow-bellied glider, fluffy glider (Wet Tropics subspecies),
Petaurus australis unnamed subspecies. •
Warru, black-footed rock-wallaby (MacDonnell Ranges race),
Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race • Black-footed rock-wallaby (West Kimberley race),
Petrogale lateralis West Kimberley race •
Recherche rock-wallaby,
Petrogale lateralis hacketti •
Black-flanked rock-wallaby,
Petrogale lateralis lateralis •
Pearson Island rock-wallaby,
Petrogale lateralis pearsoni •
Brush-tailed rock-wallaby,
Petrogale penicillata •
Yellow-footed rock-wallaby (South Australia and New South Wales subspecies),
Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus •
Long-nosed potoroo (south-east mainland subspecies),
Potorous tridactylus tridactylus •
Carpentarian false antechinus,
Pseudantechinus mimulus •
Western ringtail possum,
Pseudocheirus occidentalis •
Plains rat,
Pseudomys australis •
Djoongari, Alice Springs mouse, Shark Bay mouse,
Pseudomys fieldi •
Pilliga mouse,
Pseudomys pilligaensis •
Heath mouse,
Pseudomys shortridgei •
Spectacled flying-fox,
Pteropus conspicillatus •
Grey-headed flying-fox,
Pteropus poliocephalus •
Pilbara leaf-nosed bat,
Rhinonicteris aurantius (Pilbara form) •
Quokka,
Setonix brachyurus •
Butler's dunnart,
Sminthopsis butleri •
Boullanger Island dunnart,
Sminthopsis griseoventer boullangerensis •
Common wombat (Bass Strait subspecies),
Vombatus ursinus ursinus •
False water rat, water mouse,
Xeromys myoides •
Arnhem rock-rat, Arnhem Land rock-rat,
Zyzomys maini Conservation-dependent Four fish and one mammal are
dependent on conservation measures.
Fish •
School shark, eastern school shark, snapper shark, tope, soupfin shark,
Galeorhinus galeus •
Orange roughy, deep-sea perch, red roughy,
Hoplostethus atlanticus •
Eastern gemfish,
Rexea solandri (eastern Australian population) •
Southern bluefin tuna,
Thunnus maccoyii Mammals •
Southern bent-wing bat,
Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii ==See also==