Australia's Most Endangered Animals List
With habitats ranging from desert to coral reef via tropical and temperate rainforests rivers and grasslands australia is home to many of the worlds most recognisable animals including kangaroos koalas emus.
Australia's most endangered animals list. Critically Endangered is the conservation status given to the worlds most endangered species. Learn more about the species we are. Made up of billions of oysters and mussels they once thrived in Australias bays and estuaries from Noosa in Queensland right around Australias southern coastline to Perth in Western Australia.
Reptiles such as the Hawksbill sea turtle and Chinese alligator. The Christmas Island Pipistrelle scientifically called Pipistrellus murrayi is a bat species representing an endemic taxon on Australias Christmas Island. Regionally WWF-Australia has been supporting species conservation work on tigers orangutans elephants rhinos and snow leopards.
Not an exact term that many people are familiar with but perhaps something that if the plight of endangered animals in Australia continues may become a truth in futureCaptain Cooks arrival at Botany Bay in 1770 signalled the start of mass migration from Europe to the southern hemisphere. Australias unique climate and history have developed an extraordinary range of weird and wonderful animals and plants. Read More Securing the future of Australias most endangered macadamia species 52470 60000 of goal Read More Saving the Tassie Devil from extinction 18375 50000 of goal Read More Support of a PhD Research Study.
Marron crayfish is now listed as the endangered species of animals in australia. William blakes forests of the night the stalking grounds of the six subspecies of tiger are burning bright. Australias Most Endangered Mammals Christmas Island Pipistrelle.
Critically Endangered Animals Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat. These endangered mammals are looked at below. Australia has the worlds deadliest snakes spiders jellyfish and birds.
For example even the cuddly koala is listed as vulnerable the cassowary and night parrot are listed as endangered and the gouldian finch and the bum breathing white-throated snapping turtle as critical. Click on the species name to view its profile. And insects such as the rusty patched bumblebee and golden-eyed stick insect.