List of Extinct species in Australia



This is a list of Extinct 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
Fluvidona dulvertonensis 1292 EX
Aplonis fusca Tasman Starling 22710511 EX
Caloprymnus campestris Desert Rat Kangaroo 3626 EX
Chaeropus ecaudatus Pig-footed Bandicoot 4322 EX
Conilurus capricornensis Capricorn Rabbit-rat 75927841 EX
Pseudomys auritus Long-eared Mouse 75927882 EX
Conilurus albipes White-footed Rabbit-rat 5223 EX
Bettongia pusilla Nullarbor Dwarf Bettong 136805 EX
Zosterops strenuus Robust White-eye 22714223 EX
Hypolimnus pedderensis Lake Pedder Earthworm 41254 EX
Psephotellus pulcherrimus Paradise Parrot 22685156 EX
Bettongia anhydra Desert Bettong 71510353 EX
Lagorchestes asomatus Central Hare Wallaby 11160 EX
Lagorchestes leporides Eastern Hare Wallaby 11163 EX
Vanvoorstia bennettiana Bennett's Seaweed 43993 EX
Leporillus apicalis Lesser Stick-nest Rat 11633 EX
Macropus greyi Toolache Wallaby 12625 EX
Macrotis leucura Yallara 12651 EX
Melomys rubicola Bramble Cay Melomys 13132 EX
Notomys amplus Short-tailed Hopping-mouse 14861 EX
Notomys longicaudatus Long-tailed Hopping-mouse 14864 EX
Notomys mordax Darling Downs Hopping-mouse 14866 EX
Notomys macrotis Big-eared Hopping-mouse 14865 EX
Onychogalea lunata Crescent Nailtail Wallaby 15331 EX
Dromaius baudinianus Kangaroo Island Emu 22724449 EX
Perameles eremiana Desert Bandicoot 16570 EX
Porphyrio albus Lord Howe Island Swamphen 22692801 EX
Placostylus bivaricosus ssp. etheridgei 17448 EX
Placostylus cuniculinsulae 17449 EX
Notomys robustus Broad-cheeked Hopping-mouse 45958541 EX
Potorous platyops Broad-faced Potoroo 18103 EX
Pseudomys gouldii Gould's Mouse 18551 EX
Pseudomys glaucus Blue-grey Mouse 18564 EX
Pteropus brunneus Percy Island Flying Fox 18718 EX
Rheobatrachus silus Southern Gastric Brooding Frog 19475 EX
Rheobatrachus vitellinus Northern Gastric Brooding Frog 19476 EX
Romankenkius pedderensis Lake Pedder Planarian 19741 EX
Dromaius minor King Island Emu 22728643 EX
Taudactylus diurnus Mount Glorious Day Frog 21530 EX
Thylacinus cynocephalus Thylacine 21866 EX
Tornelasmias capricorni 21996 EX
Gerygone insularis Lord Howe Gerygone 22704724 EX

 

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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)