Endangered Animals List Australia
101 Australian Animals Facts Animals Found Only in Australia Photo.
Endangered animals list australia. Two species of sea turtle are critically endangered on the iucn red list of threatened species. Click on a species groups mammals reptiles etc from the menu above to see more endangered creatures in Australia. However there still are many species and subspecies of mammals birds reptiles fish and frogs which face the danger of being extinct.
And while not yet extinct over 300 species of Australian animals are now considered vulnerable endangered or critically endangered. Sharptooth Lemon Shark Sicklefin Lemon Shark. Get to know 10 endangered native Australian species at risk of disappearing forever.
On this page is a list of endangered animals with pictures and facts on each species. The list is by no means definitive and contains just a fraction of the worlds endangered animals. Reaching up to 22 lb.
All of the animals on the list below are currently as of Aug 2021 listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN. The IUCN Red List includes these Critically Endangered Australian animals. 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.
Australian Geographic has compiled a list of Critically Endangered Australian animals from these two lists. Australia has the worlds deadliest snakes spiders jellyfish and birds. The list is announced by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 EPBC Act.
These are categorized as endangered and critically endangered. This animal belongs to the sea lion species and weighs about 600 lbs. Koala is endangered Hundreds of thousands of unique cute dangerous and bizarre animals live in Australia.