List of Critically Endangered species in Papua New Guinea



This is a list of Critically Endangered species in Papua New Guinea 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
Helicia peltata 32936 CR
Petaurus abidi Northern Glider 16726 CR
Dendrolagus scottae Scott's Tree-kangaroo 6435 CR
Schistochila undulatifolia 39214 CR
Choerophryne siegfriedi 57668 CR
Phalanger matanim Telefomin Cuscus 16851 CR
Bulbophyllum parabates 119251422 CR
Guioa grandifoliola 37354 CR
Guioa hospita 37355 CR
Pharotis imogene Thomas's Big-eared Bat 16887 CR
Hopea inexpectata 33389 CR
Nothofagus nuda 37490 CR
Dorcopsis atrata Black Dorcopsis 6794 CR
Calophyllum acutiputamen 37574 CR
Helicia polyosmoides 37609 CR
Helicia subcordata 37614 CR
Kiunga ballochi Ballochs Blue-eye 11021 CR
Bulbophyllum sceliphron 119251775 CR
Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum Bougainville Paphiopedilum 43320135 CR
Glossolepis wanamensis Lake Wanam Rainbowfish 9272 CR
Halfordia papuana 38151 CR
Mogurnda furva Black Mogurnda 13610 CR
Mogurnda variegata Variegated Mogurnda 13620 CR
Pteralopex flanneryi Greater Monkey-faced Bat 136587 CR
Diospyros benstonei 38344 CR
Diospyros lolinopsis 38352 CR
Aglaia mackiana 38417 CR
Paphiopedilum wentworthianum Wentworth's Paphiopedilum 43323225 CR
Solomys ponceleti Poncelet's Giant Rat 20333 CR
Aproteles bulmerae Bulmer's Fruit Bat 1933 CR
Pseudobulweria becki Beck's Petrel 22697913 CR

 

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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)