List of Endangered species in Australia



This is a list of Endangered species in Australia according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Acanthaeschna victoria Thylacine Darner 43 EN
Liopholis guthega Guthega Skink 109477953 EN
Acrodipsas illidgei Illidge's Ant-blue 313 EN
Amplirhagada astuta 1173 EN
Amplirhagada questroana 1178 EN
Acacia chrysotricha Newry Golden Wattle 19891443 EN
Platylobium alternifolium Victorian Flat-pea 19891515 EN
Swainsona recta Small Purple-pea 19891538 EN
Jacksonia sericea 19891688 EN
Austroaeschna cooloola Wallum Darner 14255722 EN
Austroaeschna ingrid 14255737 EN
Austroaeschna muelleri Carnarvon Darner 14255740 EN
Caridina thermophila 198296 EN
Porites eridani 132897 EN
Anacropora spinosa 133046 EN
Euastacus maccai 165919 EN
Tympanocryptis condaminensis Condamine Earless Dragon 83494956 EN
Lobophyllia serratus 133226 EN
Alectryon ramiflorus 34927 EN
Lamprolobium grandiflorum 19892339 EN
Astacopsis gouldi Giant Freshwater Crayfish 2190 EN
Lissolepis coventryi Eastern Mourning Skink 109480101 EN
Porites ornata 133301 EN
Tympanocryptis wilsoni Roma Earless Dragon 83495150 EN
Montipora setosa 133361 EN
Cantharellus noumeae 133384 EN
Alveopora excelsa 133464 EN
Alveopora minuta 133467 EN
Austroassiminea letha Cape Leeuwin Snail 2420 EN
Acacia brachypoda Western Wheatbelt Wattle 19892724 EN
Pectinia maxima 133683 EN
Nangura spinosa Nangur Skink 109480565 EN
Beddomeia capensis 2687 EN
Acacia repanda 19892935 EN
Bettongia tropica Northern Bettong 2787 EN
Indigofera verruculosa 19893062 EN
Acacia bifaria 19893073 EN
Bothriembryon praecelcus 2909 EN
Bothriembryon perobesus 2912 EN
Pseudemoia cryodroma Alpine Bog Skink 109480937 EN
Carettochelys insculpta Pig-nosed Turtle 3898 EN
Acizzia mccarthyi McCarthy’s Plant-louse 68981261 EN
Acacia pygmaea Dwarf Rock Wattle 22483801 EN
Acacia aprica Blunt Wattle 22483867 EN
Turnix olivii Buff-breasted Buttonquail 22680572 EN
Acacia imitans Gibson Wattle 22483967 EN
Delma tealei 102831167 EN
Flindersia ifflaiana 38147 EN
Flindersia pimenteliana 38149 EN
Cristilabrum bubulum 5546 EN
Cristilabrum buryillum 5547 EN
Cristilabrum grossum 5548 EN
Cristilabrum solitudum 5554 EN
Aprasia litorea Gnaraloo Worm-lizard 56792661 EN
Livistona drudei 38595 EN
Cupedora evandaleana 5965 EN
Damochlora millepunctata 6244 EN
Dasyurus hallucatus Northern Quoll 6295 EN
Dasyurus viverrinus Eastern Quoll 6296 EN
Delma impar Striped Legless Lizard 6315 EN
Glyphis glyphis Speartooth Shark 39379 EN
Anoxypristis cuspidata Pointed Sawfish 39389 EN
Pristis clavata Dwarf Sawfish 39390 EN
Edwardsina gigantea Giant Torrent Midge 7036 EN
Eriocaulon australasicum Austral Pipewort 22486370 EN
Elusor macrurus Mary River Turtle 7664 EN
Engaeus martigener Furneaux Burrowing Crayfish 7737 EN
Engaeus phyllocercus Narracan Burrowing Crayfish 7739 EN
Engaeus disjuncticus 7744 EN
Sarcophilus harrisii Tasmanian Devil 40540 EN
Craterocephalus fluviatilis Murray Hardyhead 40692 EN
Tasmanophlebi lacuscoerulei Large Blue Lake Mayfly 40728 EN
Elseya bellii Bell's Snapping Turtle 40758 EN
Euastacus fleckeri 8140 EN
Euastacus hystricosus 8141 EN
Euastacus crassus Alpine Spiny Crayfish 8148 EN
Euastacus diversus Orbost Spiny Crayfish 8149 EN
Euastacus neodiversus 8150 EN
Euastacus urospinosus 8147 EN
Eulamprus leuraensis Blue Mountain Water Skink 8187 EN
Eulamprus tympanum ssp. marnieae 8189 EN
Litoria cooloolensis Cooloola Sedgefrog 41032 EN
Cophixalus mcdonaldi Mcdonald’s Frog 41039 EN
Cophixalus neglectus Neglected Frog 41040 EN
Pseudophryne covacevichae Magnificent Broodfrog 41048 EN
Pseudophryne pengilleyi Northern Corroboree Frog 41050 EN
Ocybadistes knightorum Black Grass-dart Butterfly 64004480 EN
Fonscochlea aquatica 8630 EN
Fonscochlea billakalina 8631 EN
Centrophorus harrissoni Dumb Gulper Shark 41740 EN
Axis porcinus Hog Deer 41784 EN
Cycas platyphylla 41952 EN
Macrozamia elegans 41954 EN
Macrozamia flexuosa 41955 EN
Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi 41956 EN
Macrozamia spiralis 41957 EN
Macrozamia cranei 41961 EN
Macrozamia lomandroides 41964 EN
Macrozamia plurinervia 41978 EN
Zanda baudinii Long-billed Black Cockatoo 22684727 EN
Zanda latirostris Short-billed Black-Cockatoo 22684733 EN
Glyptorhagada silveri 9290 EN
Psephotellus chrysopterygius Golden-shouldered Parrot 22685150 EN
Pezoporus occidentalis Night Parrot 22685237 EN
Hemistomia pusillior 9912 EN
Hippocampus whitei White's Seahorse 10088 EN
Jardinella acuminata 10918 EN
Jardinella exigua 10925 EN
Jardinella jesswiseae 10927 EN
Jardinella pallida 10928 EN
Jardinella zeidlerorum 10929 EN
Kawanaphila pachomai 10962 EN
Kimboraga exanima 10995 EN
Lestoidea lewisiana Mount Lewis Bluestreak 87534544 EN
Dipturus canutus Grey Skate 14134315 EN
Saltuarius eximius 56798923 EN
Litoria brevipalmata Green-thighed Frog 12144 EN
Litoria nannotis Torrent Tree Frog 12148 EN
Litoria raniformis Green and Gold Frog 12152 EN
Litoria rheocola Common Mist Frog 12153 EN
Maccullochella ikei Clarence River Cod 12573 EN
Maccullochella macquariensis Blue Nose Cod 12574 EN
Aipysurus fuscus Timor Reef Snake 176763 EN
Megascolides australis Giant Gippsland Earthworm 13008 EN
Meridolum corneovirens Cumberland Land Snail 13156 EN
Lucasium occultum Alligator River Gecko 102675478 EN
Beddomeia fallax 2688 EN
Mixophyes fleayi Fleay’s Barred-frog 13597 EN
Mixophyes iteratus Giant Barred-frog 13598 EN
Nanotrachia orientalis 13912 EN
Myrmecobius fasciatus Numbat 14222 EN
Nannoperca oxleyana Oxleyan Pygmy Perch 14321 EN
Phyllurus gulbaru 178371 EN
Macrozamia viridis 41968 EN
Neophoca cinerea Australian Sea Lion 14549 EN
Notomys aquilo Northern Hopping-mouse 14862 EN
Notopala sublineata 14871 EN
Litoria dayi Australian Lace-lid 14969 EN
Hemiaspis damelii Grey Snake 102709908 EN
Occirhenea georgiana 15029 EN
Cycas candida White Seed Sago 178870 EN
Paralucia spinifera Bathurst Copper 16123 EN
Parantechinus apicalis Dibbler 16138 EN
Holothuria scabra Sandfish 180257 EN
Holothuria nobilis Black Teatfish 180326 EN
Thelenota ananas Prickly Redfish 180481 EN
Petaurus gracilis Mahogany Glider 16727 EN
Petrogale persephone Proserpine Rock Wallaby 16747 EN
Petrogale concinna Nabarlek 16761 EN
Hypotaenidia sylvestris Lord Howe Island Woodhen 22692395 EN
Phocarctos hookeri Hooker's Sea Lion 17026 EN
Acacia phasmoides Phantom Wattle 98222838 EN
Psacadonotus insulanus 18392 EN
Ctenotus kurnbudj Kurnbudj Ctenotus 109463625 EN
Pseudomugil mellis Honey Blue-eye 18543 EN
Cyclopsitta coxeni Coxen's Fig-parrot 22727593 EN
Ctenotus stuarti Stuart's Ctenotus 109464681 EN
Cyclodomorphus praealtus Alpine She-Oak Slender Bluetongue 109465196 EN
Papasula abbotti Abbott's Booby 22696649 EN
Tasmanipatus anophthalmus 21501 EN
Philoria kundagungan Mountain Frog 54353 EN
Philoria loveridgei Loveridge’s Frog 54354 EN
Philoria sphagnicolus Sphagnum Frog 54355 EN
Thersites mitchellae Mitchell's Rainforest Snail 21745 EN
Throscodectes xederoides 21843 EN
Throscodectes xiphos 21844 EN
Botaurus poiciloptilus Australasian Bittern 22697353 EN
Tiliqua adelaidensis Pygmy Bluetongue 21902 EN
Antipodogomphus hodgkini Pilbara Dragon 14276088 EN
Trochidrobia inflata 22218 EN
Euastacus gumar 153609 EN
Euastacus brachythorax 153615 EN
Pterodroma baraui Barau's Petrel 22698035 EN
Tympanocryptis pinguicolla Grassland Earless Dragon 22579 EN
Euastacus clarkae Ellen Clark’s Crayfish 153666 EN
Engaewa reducta Dunsborough Burrowing Crayfish 153670 EN
Engaewa walpolea Walpole Burrowing Crayfish 153671 EN
Euastacus balanesis 153672 EN
Euastacus spinichelatus 153673 EN
Tenuibranchiurus glypticus Swamp Crayfish 153680 EN
Euastacus rieki 153706 EN
Euastacus claytoni 153718 EN
Euastacus bidawalis 153720 EN
Euastacus polysetosus 153725 EN
Euastacus hirsutus 153733 EN
Euastacus pilosus 153736 EN
Puffinus huttoni Hutton's Shearwater 22698252 EN
Victaphanta compacta 22951 EN
Varanus mertensi Mertens's Water Monitor 83778246 EN
Enneapterygius namarrgon Lightning Man Triplefin 154700 EN
Hemigomphus cooloola Wallum Vicetail 14278099 EN
Philoria pughi 57381 EN
Philoria richmondensis 57382 EN
Cophixalus monticola Mountain-top Nursery-frog 57780 EN
Claustula fischeri Bunyip Egg 75720773 EN
Urolophus orarius Coastal Stingaree 60100 EN
Aetomylaeus vespertilio Reticulate Eagle Ray 60121 EN
Rostratula australis Australian Painted-snipe 22735692 EN
Atrichornis rufescens Rufous Scrub-bird 22703608 EN
Atrichornis clamosus Noisy Scrub-bird 22703612 EN
Stipiturus mallee Mallee Emu-wren 22703776 EN
Triboniophorus sp. nov. 'Kaputar' 55242781 EN
Manorina melanotis Black-eared Miner 22704441 EN
Pardalotus quadragintus Forty-spotted Pardalote 22704493 EN
Dasyornis longirostris Long-billed Bristlebird 22704502 EN
Dasyornis brachypterus Eastern Bristlebird 22704507 EN
Lerista ameles Limbless Fine-lined Slider 109474872 EN
Squalus chloroculus Greeneye Spurdog 161360 EN
Athrotaxis laxifolia 30532 EN
Eucalyptus morrisbyi Morrisby's Gum 30533 EN
Xanthostemon oppositifolius 30538 EN
Lerista haroldi Gnaraloo Mulch-slider 109476376 EN
Lerista lineata Perth Slider 109476597 EN
Zearaja maugeana Maugean Skate 64442 EN
Lerista puncticauda Dotty-tailed Robust Slider 109477311 EN
Nososticta pilbara Pilbara Threadtail 163583 EN

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)