Extinct or Endangered Species

1)Plants listed as extinct by the federal government

Banksia integrifolia is common along the east coast of the Australian mainland, but has recently been declared extinct in Tasmania.



Plants and animals are listed as extinct and the federal level under the auspices of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The Act lists all plants known to have been made extinct since the commencement of European settlement of Australia in 1788. There are 52 plants currently listed as extinct under the Act.Some of them are given below :-



Name
Acacia kingiana
Acacia prismifolia
Acianthus ledwardii
Amperea xiphoclada var
Amphibromus whitei
Caladenia brachyscapa
Caladenia pumila
Calothamnus accedens
Coleanthera virgata
Deyeuxia lawrencei
Didymoglossum exiguum
Diplocaulobium masonii
Diuris bracteata
Euphrasia arguta
Euphrasia ruptura
Frankenia conferta
Frankenia decurrens
Hemigenia clotteniana
Huperzia serrata
Hutchinsia tasmanica
Hymenophyllum lobbii
Hymenophyllum whitei
Hypsela sessiliflora
Lemmaphyllum accedens
Lepidium drummondii
Leucopogon cryptanthus
Lycopodium volubile

2)Extinct Mammals


Apart from Dinosaurs,some of the following animals are ruled extinct by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Antillean cave rat
Arabian gazelle
Aurochs
Barbados raccoon
Barbados rice-rat
Barbuda rice-rat
Barbuda rice-rat
Basalt plains mouse
Bavarian pine vole
Big-eared hopping mouse
Black-footed ferret
Bluebuck
Blunt-toothed mouse
Brazilian three-banded armadillo
Broad-faced potoroo
Buhler's rat
Bulldog rat
Canary mouse
Cayman Brac hutia
Cayman Brac nesophont
Cayman hutia
Central hare-wallaby
Central rock rat
Columbian hutia
Corozal rat
Corsican shrew
Crescent nailtail
Cuban spider monkey