Australia Endangered Animals List
The list is announced by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 EPBC Act.
Australia endangered animals list. Australian Geographic has compiled a list of Critically Endangered Australian animals from these two lists. Learn more about the species we are. Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands.
The EPBC lists these Critically Endangered Australian Animals. The IUCN Red List includes these Critically Endangered Australian animals. These are categorized as endangered and critically endangered.
It divides species into nine categories. The critically endangered western ground parrot is one of Australias species most threatened with extinction. Reaching up to 22 lb.
Today over 1000 species of flora and fauna are endangered in. List of Endangered Australian Animals Antechinus Bandicoot Bilby Greater Bilby Blob Fish Cassowary Corroboree Frog Dingo Dugong Giant Clam Potoroo Gilberts Potoroo Gouldian Finch Great Barrier Reef Bilby Greater Bilby Koala Leadbeater Possum Night Parrot Quoll Northern Quoll Numbat Snapping Turtle Swift Parrot Tasmanian Devil Tree Kangaroo Wallaby Wombat Woylie. Australia Cook Islands New Caledonia New Zealand Niue.
These include internationally recognised Australian species such as the Tasmanian Devil an estimated 20000 50000 remain the Cassowary an estimated 1500 left in the wild and the cute little Quokka only 4000 left on the Australian mainland. And while not yet extinct over 300 species of Australian animals are now considered vulnerable endangered or critically endangered. Bettongia penicillata burramys.
Threatened means a species is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future. Endangered means a species is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. Regionally WWF-Australia has been supporting species conservation work on tigers orangutans elephants rhinos and snow leopards.