Australia Endangered Animals List
2 Xinhua -- Australian wildlife including koalas have been included on a list of hundreds of endangered native animals and plants along with the main threats to their survival.
Australia endangered animals list. 51 rows WWF is committed to saving endangered species. 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. Not Evaluated Data Deficient Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in the Wild and Extinct.
The critically endangered western ground parrot is one of Australias species most threatened with extinction. 1 kg in weight and 867 in 22 cm in body length it is one of the worlds largest frog species. It divides species into nine categories.
Regionally WWF-Australia has been supporting species conservation work on tigers orangutans elephants rhinos and snow leopards. The EPBC lists these Critically Endangered Australian Animals. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest 505 Temperate grasslands 465 Montane grasslands and shrublands 177 Tropical savanna 478 Mediterranean forests woodlands and scrub 257 Desert and Xeric Shrublands 363 Flooded grasslands and savannas 81 Lakes 204.
Learn more about the species we are. Australia Cook Islands New Caledonia New Zealand Niue. Two species of sea turtle are critically endangered on the iucn red list of threatened species.
Endangered means a species is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. These highly threatened animals are the focus of concerted WWF global campaigns and strategies. Learn more about the species we are working to protecting from becoming endangered or extinct.
The study published in the journal of Ecology and Evolution was released on Thursday in an effort to kickstart emergency conservation efforts. Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands. But in the 200 years since Europeans settled on the land human activity and natural disasters have led more mammals to become extinct in Australia than in any other country.