Threatened fauna of Australia facts for kids
Australia is home to many unique animals, but sadly, some are in danger of disappearing forever. These animals are called threatened fauna. This means they are at risk of becoming extinct, which is when a species completely dies out. This article talks about the animals listed as threatened under Australia's main environmental law, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
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Why Animals Become Threatened
Scientists believe that about 33 types of mammals, 24 birds, one reptile, and three frog species have already become extinct in Australia since the last Ice Age ended. This includes famous animals like the thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger).
In 2020, a special online report called the Threatened Mammal Index showed that the number of threatened mammals in Australia had dropped by more than a third in 20 years. However, the good news is that when people work hard to protect these animals, it really helps!
Another study in 2023 looked at species listed as threatened. It found that 23 species, including the Murray cod fish and the Flinders Ranges worm-lizard, might no longer need to be on the threatened list because their numbers have improved. This shows that conservation efforts can make a big difference.
Laws Protecting Threatened Species
Australia has laws to protect its amazing wildlife. The main law is the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). This law helps protect Australia's environment, including its unique animals and special natural places.
Federal and State Laws
The EPBC Act uses classifications from the World Conservation Union (IUCN) to decide how threatened a species is. However, sometimes Australia's ranking for an animal might be different from the IUCN's.
Besides the federal law, each Australian state and territory also has its own laws to protect the environment and threatened species. These laws help in different ways:
- They create protected areas like national parks.
- They are specific threatened species laws.
- They protect native vegetation (plants).
- They manage fisheries to prevent overfishing.
List of Threatened Species
Here are some of the animals listed as threatened in Australia. They are grouped by how much danger they are in.
Extinct in the Wild
These animals no longer exist in their natural habitat. They might only be found in zoos or special breeding programs.
- Pedder galaxias, a type of fish (Galaxias pedderensis)
Critically Endangered Animals
These animals face an extremely high risk of becoming extinct very soon.
Invertebrates
- Amphipod crustacean Austrogammarus australis
- Freshwater snail Beddomeia tumida
- Boggomoss snail (Adclarkia dawsonensis)
- Margaret River hairy marron, a type of crayfish (Cherax tenuimanus)
- Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis)
- Golden sun moth (Synemon plana)
- Mitchell's rainforest snail (Thersites mitchellae)
Fish
- Grey nurse shark (east coast population) (Carcharias taurus)
- Western trout minnow (Galaxias truttaceus hesperius)
- Speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis)
- Opal cling goby (Stiphodon semoni)
Reptiles
- Western swamp tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina)
- Leathery turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
Birds
- Scrubtit (King Island subspecies) (Acanthornis magnus greenianus)
- Spotted quail-thrush (Mt Lofty Ranges subspecies) (Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta)
- Yellow chat (Dawson subspecies) (Epthianura crocea macgregori)
- Orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster)
- Round Island petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana)
- Herald petrel (Pterodroma heraldica)
Mammals
- Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii)
- Christmas Island pipistrelle (Pipistrellus murrayi)
- Bare-rumped sheathtail bat (Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus)
- Southern bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii)
- Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri)
Endangered Animals
These animals face a very high risk of becoming extinct in the wild.
Invertebrates
- Desert sand-skipper, a butterfly (Croitana aestiva)
- Central North burrowing crayfish (Engaeus granulatus)
- Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi)
- Furneaux burrowing crayfish (Engaeus martigener)
- Scottsdale burrowing crayfish (Engaeus spinicaudatus)
- Gove crow butterfly (Euploea alcathoe enastri)
- Broad-toothed stag beetle (Lissotes latidens)
- Freshwater snail (Beddomeia capensis)
- Land snail Mesodontrachia fitzroyana
- Lord Howe placostylus, a snail (Placostylus bivaricosus)
- Land snail Semotrachia euzyga
- Land snail Sinumelon bednalli
- Moth Phyllodes imperialis (southern subspecies)
Fish
This exceptionally large Macquarie perch was caught on a lure and was carefully released.
- Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus)
- Elizabeth Springs goby (Chlamydogobius micropterus)
- Golden galaxias (Galaxias auratus)
- Swan galaxias (Galaxias fontanus)
- Barred galaxias (Galaxias fuscus)
- Clarence galaxias (Galaxias johnstoni)
- Northern river shark (Glyphis garricki)
- Clarence River cod, eastern freshwater cod (Maccullochella ikei)
- Trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis)
- Mary River cod (Maccullochella peelii mariensis)
- Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica)
- Lake Eacham rainbowfish (Melanotaenia eachamensis)
- Oxleyan pygmy perch (Nannoperca oxleyana)
- Arthurs paragalaxias (Paragalaxias mesotes)
- Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana)
- Redfin blue-eye (Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis)
Amphibians
- White-bellied frog (Geocrinia alba)
- Yellow-spotted tree frog (Litoria castanea)
- Armoured mistfrog (Litoria lorica)
- Waterfall frog (Litoria nannotis)
- Mountain mistfrog (Litoria nyakalensis)
- Spotted tree frog (Litoria spenceri)
- Fleay's frog (Mixophyes fleayi)
- Southern barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus)
- Lace-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes dayi)
- Baw Baw frog (Philoria frosti)
- Southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree)
- Sunset frog (Spicospina flammocaerulea)
- Eungella day frog (Taudactylus eungellensis)
- Tinkling frog (Taudactylus rheophilus)
- Booroolong frog (Litoria booroolongensis)
Reptiles
- Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
- Yellow-snouted ground gecko (Diplodactylus occultus)
- Arnhem Land Gorges skink (Bellatorias obiri)
- Slater's skink (Egernia slateri slateri)
- Western spiny-tailed skink (Egernia stokesii badia)
- Gulf snapping turtle (Elusor lavarackorum)
- Mary River tortoise (Elusor macrurus)
- Blue Mountains water skink (Eulamprus leuraensis)
- Corangamite water skink (Eulamprus tympanum marnieae)
- Pacific ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea)
- Allan's lerista (Lerista allanae)
- Pygmy blue-tongue lizard (Tiliqua adelaidensis)
- Grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicolla)
- Mary River turtle
Birds
Gouldian finch, Erythrura gouldiae
- Brown thornbill (King Island subspecies) (Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi)
- Christmas Island goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus natalis)
- Wedge-tailed eagle (Tasmanian subspecies) (Aquila audax fleayi)
- Red-tailed black-cockatoo (south-eastern subspecies) (Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne)
- Glossy black-cockatoo (South Australian and Kangaroo Island subspecies) (Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus)
- Carnaby's black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)
- Southern cassowary (Australian subspecies) (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii)
- Common emerald dove (Christmas Island subspecies) (Chalcophaps indica natalis)
- Norfolk Island green parrot (Cyanoramphus cookii)
- Coxen's fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni)
- Eastern bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)
- Amsterdam albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis)
- Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena)
- Northern royal albatross (Diomedea sanfordi)
- Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
- Buff-banded rail (Cocos (Keeling) Islands subspecies) (Gallirallus philippensis andrewsi)
- Chestnut-rumped heathwren (Mt Lofty Ranges subspecies) (Hylacola pyrrhopygia parkeri)
- Swift parrot (Lathamus discolor)
- Helmeted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix)
- Southern giant-petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
- Black-eared miner (Manorina melanotis)
- Hooded robin (Tiwi Islands subspecies) (Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis)
- Star finch (eastern and southern subspecies) (Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda)
- Norfolk Island boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata)
- Forty-spotted pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus)
- Night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis)
- Western ground parrot (Pezoporus flaviventris)
- Black-throated finch (southern subspecies) (Poephila cincta cincta)
- Golden-shouldered parrot (Psephotus chrysopterygius)
- Western whipbird (western heath subspecies) (Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis)
- Gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera)
- Antarctic tern (New Zealand subspecies) (Sterna vittata bethunei)
- Southern emu-wren (Fleurieu Peninsula and Mount Lofty subspecies) (Stipiturus malachurus intermedius)
- Abbott's booby (Sula abbotti)
- Chatham albatross (Thalassarche eremita)
- Christmas thrush (Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus)
- Buff-breasted button-quail (Turnix olivii)
- Masked owl (Tiwi Islands subspecies) (Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis)
- Regent honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia)
Mammals
- Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Julia Creek dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi)
- Northern bettong (Bettongia tropica)
- Mountain pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus)
- Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura attenuata trichura)
- Ampurta (Dasycercus hillieri)
- Northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)
- Tiger quoll (north Queensland subspecies) (Dasyurus maculatus gracilis)
- Tiger quoll (southeastern mainland population) (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus)
- Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)
- Semon's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros semoni)
- Southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus)
- Rufous hare-wallaby (central mainland form) (Lagorchestes hirsutus)
- Northern marsupial mole (Notoryctes caurinus)
- Southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops)
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata)
- Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis)
- Western barred bandicoot (Shark Bay subspecies) (Perameles bougainville bougainville)
- Eastern barred bandicoot (mainland) (Perameles gunnii)
- Mahogany glider (Petaurus gracilis)
- Proserpine rock-wallaby (Petrogale persephone)
- Red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura)
- Long-footed potoroo (Potorous longipes)
- Spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus)
- Smoky mouse (Pseudomys fumeus)
- Hastings River mouse (Pseudomys oralis)
- Greater large-eared horseshoe bat (large form) (Rhinolophus philippinensis)
- Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
- Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni)
- Julia Creek dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi)
- Sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila)
- Carpentarian rock rat (Zyzomys palatalis)
- Central rock rat (Zyzomys pedunculatus)
- Northern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii)
Vulnerable Animals
These animals face a high risk of becoming extinct in the wild.
Invertebrates
- Draculoides bramstokeri
- Mount Arthur burrowing crayfish (Engaeus orramakunna)
- Burnie burrowing crayfish (Engaeus yabbimunna)
- Lasionectes exleyi, a cave-dwelling remipede crustacean
- Giant Gippsland earthworm (Megascolides australis)
- Bathurst copper, a butterfly (Paralucia spinifera)
Fish
- Red handfish (Brachionichthys politus)
- Grey nurse shark (west coast population) (Carcharias taurus)
- Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
- Edgbaston goby (Chlamydogobius squamigenus)
- Murray hardyhead (Craterocephalus fluviatilis)
- Swamp galaxias (Galaxias parvus)
- Saddled galaxias (Galaxias tanycephalus)
- Eastern dwarf galaxias (Galaxiella pusilla)
- Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii)
- Blind gudgeon (Milyeringa veritas)
- Flinders Ranges gudgeon (Mogurnda clivicola)
- Balston's pygmy perch (Nannatherina balstoni)
- Yarra pygmy perch (Nannoperca obscura)
- Ewens pygmy perch (Nannoperca variegata)
- Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)
- Blind cave eel (Ophisternon candidum)
- Shannon paragalaxias (Paragalaxias dissimilis)
- Great Lake paragalaxias (Paragalaxias eleotroides)
- Dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata)
- Freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon)
- Green sawfish (Pristis zijsron)
- Australian grayling (Prototroctes maraena)
- Honey blue-eye (Pseudomugil mellis)
- Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
- Waterfall Bay handfish (Sympterichthys species)
- Ziebell's handfish (Sympterichthys species)
Frogs
- Orange-bellied frog (Geocrinia vitellina)
- Giant burrowing frog (Heleioporus australiacus)
- Green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea)
- Littlejohn's tree frog (Litoria littlejohni)
- Wallum sedge frog (Litoria olongburensis)
- Peppered tree frog (Litoria piperata)
- Southern bell frog (Litoria raniformis)
- Alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina)
- Stuttering frog (Mixophyes balbus)
- Magnificent brood frog (Pseudophryne covacevichae)
- Northern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne pengilleyi)
- Kroombit tinker frog (Taudactylus pleione)
- Blue Mountains tree frog (Litoria citropa)
Reptiles
- Five-clawed worm-skink (Anomalopus mackayi)
- Pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella)
- Flinders Ranges worm-lizard (Aprasia pseudopulchella)
- Hermite Island worm-lizard (Aprasia rostrata rostrata)
- Green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Lord Howe Island gecko (Christinus guentheri)
- Three-toed snake-tooth skink (Coeranoscincus reticulatus)
- Yinnietharra rock dragon (Ctenophorus yinnietharra)
- Airlie Island ctenotus (Ctenotus angusticeps)
- Lancelin Island skink (Ctenotus lancelini)
- Hamelin ctenotus (Ctenotus zastictus)
- Striped legless lizard (Delma impar)
- Striped-tailed delma (Delma labialis)
- Atherton delma (Delma mitella)
- Collared delma (Delma torquata)
- Ornamental snake (Denisonia maculata)
- Great desert skink (Egernia kintorei)
- Yakka skink (Egernia rugosa)
- Baudin Island spiny-tailed skink (Egernia stokesii aethiops)
- Bell's turtle (Elseya belli)
- Bellinger River emydura (Emydura macquarii signata)
- Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- Dunmall's snake (Furina dunmalli)
- Broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides)
- Christmas Island gecko (Lepidodactylus listeri)
- Mount Cooper striped lerista (Lerista vittata)
- Pilbara olive python (Liasis olivaceus barroni)
- Flatback turtle (Natator depressus)
- Pernatty knob-tail (Nephrurus deleani)
- Pedra Branca skink (Niveoscincus palfreymani)
- Krefft's tiger snake (Flinders Ranges) (Notechis ater ater)
- Bronzeback snake-lizard (Ophidiocephalus taeniatus)
- Brigalow scaly-foot (Paradelma orientalis)
- Lord Howe Island skink (Pseudemoia lichenigera)
- Christmas Island blind snake (Ramphotyphlops exocoeti)
- Fitzroy River turtle (Rheodytes leukops)
- Border thick-tailed gecko (Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus)
Birds
- Slender-billed thornbill (western subspecies) (Acanthiza iredalei iredalei)
- Grey grasswren (Bulloo River subspecies) (Amytornis barbatus barbatus)
- Thick-billed grasswren (eastern subspecies) (Amytornis textilis modestus)
- Thick-billed grasswren (Gawler Ranges subspecies) (Amytornis textilis myall)
- Lesser noddy (Australian subspecies) (Anous tenuirostris melanops)
- Noisy scrub-bird (Atrichornis clamosus)
- Muir's corella (Cacatua pastinator pastinator)
- Baudin's black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii)
- Cape Barren goose (south-western subspecies) (Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea)
- Western bristlebird (Dasyornis longirostris)
- Antipodean albatross (Diomedea antipodensis)
- Southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
- Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)
- Gibson's albatross (Diomedea gibsoni)
- Red goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)
- Crested shrike-tit (northern subspecies) (Falcunculus frontatus whitei)
- Christmas Island frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
- White-bellied storm-petrel (Tasman Sea subspecies) (Fregetta grallaria grallaria)
- Squatter pigeon (southern subspecies) (Geophaps scripta scripta)
- Partridge pigeon (western subspecies) (Geophaps smithii blaauwi)
- Partridge pigeon (eastern subspecies) (Geophaps smithii smithii)
- Blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea)
- Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
- Northern giant-petrel (Macronectes halli)
- Purple-crowned fairy-wren (western subspecies) (Malurus coronatus coronatus)
- White-winged fairywren (Barrow Island subspecies) (Malurus leucopterus edouardi)
- White-winged fairy-wren (Dirk Hartog Island subspecies) (Malurus leucopterus leucopterus)
- Crimson finch (white-bellied subspecies) (Neochmia phaeton evangelinae)
- Christmas Island hawk-owl (Ninox natalis)
- Norfolk golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis xanthoprocta)
- Red-lored whistler (Pachycephala rufogularis)
- Fairy prion (southern subspecies) (Pachyptila turtur subantarctica)
- Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus)
- Scarlet robin (Norfolk Island subspecies) (Petroica multicolor multicolor)
- Heard shag (Phalacrocorax nivalis)
- Macquarie shag (Phalacrocorax purpurascens)
- Sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
- Princess parrot (Polytelis alexandrae)
- Regent parrot (eastern subspecies) (Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides)
- Superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii)
- Western whipbird (eastern subspecies) (Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster)
- Western whipbird (western mallee subspecies) (Psophodes nigrogularis oberon)
- Soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
- Kermadec petrel (western subspecies) (Pterodroma neglecta neglecta)
- Australian painted snipe (Rostratula australis)
- Antarctic tern (Indian Ocean subspecies) (Sterna vittata vittata)
- Southern emu-wren (Eyre Peninsula subspecies) (Stipiturus malachurus parimeda)
- Mallee emu-wren (Stipiturus mallee)
- Lord Howe Island currawong (Strepera graculina crissalis)
- Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri)
- Indian yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche carteri)
- Shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta)
- Grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)
- Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida)
- Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
- Pacific albatross (Thalassarche nov. sp.)
- Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini)
- White-capped albatross (Thalassarche steadi)
- Lord Howe woodhen (Tricholimnas sylvestris)
- Black-breasted button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)
- Abrolhos painted buttonquail (Turnix varius scintillans)
- Masked owl (northern subspecies) (Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli)
Mammals
- Subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis)
- Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Boodie (Shark Bay subspecies) (Bettongia lesueur lesueur)
- Boodie (Barrow and Boodie Islands subspecies) (Bettongia lesueur)
- Dingo (Canis dingo)
- Large-eared pied bat (Chalinolobus dwyeri)
- Kowari (Dasycercus byrnei)
- Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda)
- Chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii)
- Spot-tailed quoll (Tasmanian population) (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus)
- Golden bandicoot (mainland subspecies) (Isoodon auratus auratus)
- Golden bandicoot (Barrow Island subspecies) (Isoodon auratus barrowensis)
- Southern brown bandicoot (Nuyts Archipelago subspecies) (Isoodon obesulus nauticus)
- Spectacled hare-wallaby (Barrow Island subspecies) (Lagorchestes conspicillatus conspicillatus)
- Rufous hare-wallaby (Bernier Island subspecies) (Lagorchestes hirsutus bernieri)
- Rufous hare-wallaby (Dorre Island subspecies) (Lagorchestes hirsutus dorreae)
- Banded hare-wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus fasciatus)
- Greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor)
- Barrow Island euro (Macropus robustus isabellinus)
- Greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
- Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Golden-backed tree-rat (Mesembriomys macrurus)
- Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)
- Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
- Australian sea-lion (Neophoca cinerea)
- Northern hopping-mouse (Notomys aquilo)
- Dusky hopping-mouse (Notomys fuscus)
- Corben's long-eared bat (Nyctophilus corbeni)
- Eastern barred bandicoot (Tasmania subspecies) (Perameles gunnii gunnii)
- Yellow-bellied glider (Wet Tropics subspecies) (Petaurus australis)
- Warru (MacDonnell Ranges race) (Petrogale lateralis)
- Black-footed rock-wallaby (West Kimberley race) (Petrogale lateralis)
- Recherche rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis hacketti)
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis lateralis)
- Pearson Island rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis pearsoni)
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata)
- Yellow-footed rock-wallaby (South Australia and New South Wales subspecies) (Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus)
- Long-nosed potoroo (south-east mainland subspecies) (Potorous tridactylus tridactylus)
- Carpentarian false antechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus)
- Western ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis)
- Plains rat (Pseudomys australis)
- Djoongari (Pseudomys fieldi)
- Pilliga mouse (Pseudomys pilligaensis)
- Heath mouse (Pseudomys shortridgei)
- Spectacled flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus)
- Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
- Pilbara leaf-nosed bat (Pilbara form) (Rhinonicteris aurantius)
- Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
- Butler's dunnart (Sminthopsis butleri)
- Boullanger Island dunnart (Sminthopsis griseoventer boullangerensis)
- Common wombat (Bass Strait subspecies) (Vombatus ursinus ursinus)
- False water rat (Xeromys myoides)
- Arnhem rock-rat (Zyzomys maini)
Conservation-Dependent Animals
These animals need ongoing help and conservation efforts to survive.
Fish
- School shark (Galeorhinus galeus)
- Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)
- Eastern gemfish (eastern Australian population) (Rexea solandri)
- Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
Mammals
- Southern bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii)
Images for kids
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This exceptionally large Macquarie perch was caught on a lure and was carefully released.
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Corroboree frog
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Loggerhead turtle
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Gouldian finch, Erythrura gouldiae
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Golden-shouldered parrot
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Tiger quoll
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The red handfish
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Great white shark
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Growling grass frog
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Ornamental snake
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Cape Barren goose
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Golden whistler
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