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Threatened Species List

Mammals
Mammals

Birds
Birds

Reptiles
Reptiles

Amphibians
Amphibians

Fish
Fish

Invertebrates
Invertebrates

Plants
Plants

Mammals Mammals

Extinct    

Bettongia lesueur graii (pdf 426Kb)

Burrowing Bettong (inland subspecies)  
Bettongia penicillata (pdf 512Kb) Brush-tailed Bettong  
Chaeropus ecaudatus (pdf 412Kb) Pig-footed bandicoot  
Dasyurus geoffroii (pdf 315Kb) Western Quoll  
Lagorchestes asomatus (pdf 286Kb) Central Hare-wallaby  
Leporillus apicalis (pdf 332Kb) Lesser Stick-nest Rat  
Macrotis leucura (pdf 287Kb) Lesser Bilby  
Myrmecobius fasciatus (pdf 285Kb) Numbat  
Notomys amplus (pdf 446Kb) Short-tailed Hopping-mouse  
Notomys longicaudatus (pdf 475Kb) Long-tailed Hopping-mouse  
Onychogalea lunata (pdf 537Kb) Crescent Nailtail Wallaby  
Perameles eremiana (pdf 288Kb) Desert Bandicoot  
Phascogale calura (pdf 287Kb) Red-tailed Phascogale  
Pseudomys fieldi (pdf 286Kb) Alice Springs Mouse  
Extinct in the Wild    
Lagorchestes hirsutus (pdf 479Kb) Mala Recovery Plan
Critically Endangered    
Dasyurus hallucatus (pdf 361Kb) Northern Quoll  
Mesembriomys macrurus (pdf 329Kb) Golden-backed Tree-rat Recovery Plan
Zyzomys palatalis (pdf 841Kb) Carpentarian Rockrat Recovery Plan
Endangered    
Isoodon auratus (pdf 1.8Mb) Golden Bandicoot Recovery Plan
Notomys cervinus (pdf 827Kb) Fawn Hopping-mouse  
Notomys fuscus (pdf 758Kb) Dusky Hopping-mouse  
Pseudantechinus mimulus (pdf 665Kb) Carpentarian Antechinus Recovery Plan
Pseudomys australis (pdf 859Kb) Plains Rat  
Trichosurus vulpecula vulpecula (pdf 405Kb) Common Brushtail Possum (Central Australian subspecies)  
Zyzomys pedunculatus (pdf 456Kb) Central Rock-rat Recovery Plan

Vulnerable

   
Conilurus penicillatus (pdf 645Kb) Brush-tailed Tree-rat  
Dasycercus blythi (pdf 637Kb) Brush-tailed Mulgara  
Dasycercus cristicauda (pdf 746Kb) Crest-tailed Mulgara  
Hipposideros inornata (pdf 417Kb) Arnhem Leaf-nosed Bat  
Macrotis lagotis (pdf 447Kb) Greater Bilby Recovery Plan
Notomys aquilo (pdf 60Kb) Northern Hopping-mouse

Recovery Plan

Survey Protocol (pdf 131Kb)

Notoryctes typhlops (pdf 481Kb) Southern Marsupial Mole Recovery Plan
Phascogale tapoatafa pirata (pdf 330Kb) Brush-tailed Phascogale  
Rattus sordidus (pdf 471Kb) Canefield Rat  
Sminthopsis butleri (pdf 471Kb) Butler's Dunnart

Recovery Plan

Survey Protocol (pdf 210Kb)

Sminthopsis longicaudata (pdf 290Kb) Long-tailed Dunnart  
Zyzomys maini (pdf 65Kb) Arnhem Rock-rat  

Commonwealth listed;

Not threatened in the NT

   
Balaenoptera borealis (pdf 306Kb) Sei Whale Recovery Plan
Balaenoptera musclulus (pdf 474Kb) Blue Whale Recovery Plan
Dasyuroides byrnei (pdf 430Kb) Kowari  
Megaptera novaeangliae (pdf 579Kb) Humpback Whale Recovery Plan
Petrogale lateralis (pdf 337Kb) Black-footed Rock Wallaby  
Saccolaimus saccolaimus (pdf 309Kb) Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat  
Sminthopsis psammophila (pdf 309Kb) Sandhill Dunnart  
Xeromys myoides (pdf 374Kb) Water Mouse (False Water-rat)  

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Birds Birds

Extinct
Acanthiza iredalei (pdf 309Kb) Slender-billed Thornbill  
Critically Endangered
Leipoa ocellata (pdf 749Kb) Malleefowl Recovery Plan
Pezoporus occidentalis (pdf 567Kb) Night Parrot  
Strepera versicolor plumbea (pdf 341Kb) Grey Currawong (western subspecies)  
Endangered
Amytornis dorotheae (pdf 666Kb) Carpentarian Grasswren  
Amytornis textilis (pdf 330Kb) Thick-billed Grasswren  
Epthianura crocea tunneyi (pdf 559Kb) Yellow Chat  
Erythrura gouldiae (pdf 1.4Mb) Gouldian Finch Recovery Plan
Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis (pdf 322Kb) Tiwi Hooded Robin  
Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis (pdf 61Kb) Tiwi Masked Owl Recovery Plan
Vulnerable
Amytornis woodwardi (pdf 490Kb) White-throated Grasswren  
Ardeotis australis (pdf 397Kb) Australian Bustard  
Dromaius novaehollandiae (pdf 1Mb) Emu  
Falcunculus whitei (pdf 469Kb) Crested Shrike-tit

Recovery Plan

Survey Protocol (pdf 470Kb)

Erythrotriorchis radiatus (pdf 749Kb) Red Goshawk  
Geophaps smithii (pdf 979Kb) Partridge Pigeon Recovery Plan
Malurus coronatus coronatus (pdf 924Kb) Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (western subspecies)  
Polytelis alexandrae (pdf 375Kb) Princess Parrot  
Rostratula benghalensis australis (pdf 830Kb) Painted Snipe  
Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli Masked Owl Recovery Plan

Commonwealth listed;

Not threatened in NT

Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi (pdf 642Kb) Northern Scrub-Robin  
Fregata andrewsi (pdf 219 Kb)

Christmas Frigatebird

 
Pedionomus torquatus (pdf 1Mb) Plains-wanderer  

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Reptiles Reptiles

Endangered
Caretta caretta (pdf 633Kb) Loggerhead Turtle Recovery Plan
Cryptoblepharus sp. (pdf 413Kb) (New Year and Oxley Islands)  
Egernia obiri (pdf 535Kb) Arnhem Land Egernia  
Egernia slateri (pdf 510Kb) Slater's skink Recovery Plan
Vulnerable
Ctenotus rimacola camptris (pdf 662Kb) VRD Blacksoil Ctenotus  
Dermochelys coriacea (pdf 595Kb) Leatherback Turtle Recovery Plan
Diplodactylus occultus (pdf 1.3Mb) Yellow-snouted Ground Gecko  
Egernia kintorei (pdf 726Kb) Great Desert Skink Recovery Plan
Morelia oenpelliensis (pdf 441Kb) Oenpelli Python  
Varanus mertensi (pdf 514Kb) Merten's Water Monitor  
Varanus panoptes (pdf 843Kb) Yellow-spotted Monitor  

Commonwealth listed;

Not threatened in NT

Chelonia mydas (pdf 592Kb) Green Turtle Recovery Plan
Elseya lavarackorum (pdf 415Kb) Gulf Snapping Turtle  
Eretmochelys imbricata (pdf 577Kb) Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Plan
Lepidochelys olivacea (pdf 376Kb) Olive Ridley Turtle Recovery Plan
Natator depressus (pdf 618Kb) Flatback Turtle Recovery Plan
Ophidiocephalus taeniatus (pdf 376Kb) Bronzeback  

Amphibians Amphibians

Vulnerable
Uperoleia daviesae (pdf 621Kb) Howard Springs Toadlet

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Fish Fish

Endangered
Glyphis sp. C. (pdf 518Kb) Northern River Shark  
Vulnerable
Chlamydogobius japalpa (pdf 522Kb) Finke Goby  
Glyphis sp. A (pdf 1.17Mb) Speartooth Shark  
Pingalla lorentzi (pdf 581Kb) Lorentz's Grunter  
Pristis clavata (pdf 593Kb) Dwarf Sawfish  
Pristis microdon (pdf 479Mb) Freshwater Sawfish  
Pristis zijsron (pdf 447Kb) Green Sawfish  
Scortum neili (pdf 1.05Mb) Angalarri Grunter  

Commonwealth listed;

Not threatened in NT

Carcharias taurus (pdf 388Kb) Grey Nurse Shark Recovery Plan
Rhincodon typus (pdf 511Kb) Whale Shark  

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Invertebrates Invertebrates

Critically Endangered
Mesodontrachia fitzroyana (pdf 489Kb) Snail  
Sinumelon bednalli (pdf 296Kb) Snail  
Endangered
Attacus wardi (pdf 420Kb) Atlas Moth  
Croitana aestiva (pdf 328Kb) Desert sand skipper  
Euploea alcathoe enastri (pdf 574Kb) Gove Crow Butterfly Recovery Plan
Mesodontrachia desmonda (pdf 544Kb) Snail  
Ogyris iphis doddi (pdf 364Kb) Dodd's Azure Butterfly  
Ordtrachia australis (pdf 557Kb) Snail  
Ordtrachia septentrionalis (pdf 497Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia euzyga (pdf 301Kb) Snail  
Vulnerable
Amphidromus cognatus (pdf 585Kb) Snail  
Basedowena squamulosa (pdf 372Kb) Snail  
Bothriembryon spenceri (pdf 478Kb) Snail  
Dirutrachia sublevata (pdf 374Kb) Snail  
Divellomelon hillieri (pdf 413Kb) Snail  
Granulomelon arcigerens (pdf 396Kb) Snail  
Granulomelon gilleni (pdf 819Kb) Snail  
Granulomelon grandituberculatum (pdf 373Kb) Snail  
Pillomena aemula (pdf 907Kb) Snail  
Prototrachia sedula (pdf 553Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia caupona (pdf 308Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia elleryi (pdf 299Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia emilia (pdf 293Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia esau (pdf 308Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia filixiana (pdf 304Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia huckitta (pdf 302Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia illarana (pdf 289Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia jessiena (pdf 306Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia jinkana (pdf 298Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia rossana (pdf 305Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia runutjirbana (pdf 291Kb) Snail  
Semotrachia winneckeana (pdf 296Kb) Snail  
Setobaudinia victoriana (pdf 525Kb) Snail  
Trochomorpha melvillensis (pdf 397Kb) Snail  
Vidumelon watti (pdf 300Kb) Snail  

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Plants Plants

Critically Endangered
ELAEOCARPACEAE Elaeocarpus miegei (pdf 428Kb)  
MIMOSACEAE Acacia sp. Graveside Gorge (pdf 505Kb)  
Endangered
ANNONACEAE Xylopia monosperma (pdf 1.14Mb)  
ARACEAE Typhonium jonesii (pdf 334Kb)  
  Typhonium mirabile (pdf 674Kb)  
  Typhonium taylori (pdf 559Kb)  
ARECACEAE Ptychosperma macarthurii Darwin Palm (pdf 564Kb)  
BURMANNIACEAE Burmannia sp. Bathurst Island (pdf 754Kb)  
CLUSIACEAE Garcinia warrenii (pdf 318Kb)  
CYPERACEAE Baumea arthrophylla (pdf 339Kb)  
  Bolboschoenus caldwellii (pdf 699Kb)  
HYMENOPHYLLACEAE Cephalomanes obscurum (pdf 718Kb)  
LAURACEAE Cryptocarya hypospodia (pdf 329Kb)  
MIMOSACEAE Acacia peuce Waddy Wood (pdf 386Kb)

Recovery Plan

Management Plan

Recovery Action (pdf 2.78Mb)

ORCHIDACEAE Habenaria rumphii (pdf 422Kb)  
RUBIACEAE Tarennoidea wallichii (pdf 428Kb)  
SAPINDACEAE Toechima sp. East Alligator (pdf 329Kb)  
STERCULIACEAE Helicteres sp. Glenluckie Ck (pdf 1.28Mb)  
Vulnerable
ADIANTACEAE Adiantum capillus-veneris Venue-hair Fern (pdf 353Kb)  
ANNONACEAE Mitrella tiwiensis (pdf 420Kb)  
APIACEAE Actinotus schwarzii Flannel Flower (pdf 370Kb)  
  Platysace saxatilis (pdf 341Kb)  
ARECACEAE Livistona mariae subsp. mariae Red Cabbage Palm (pdf 420Kb)  
ASCLEPIADACEAE Hoya australis subsp.oramicola (pdf 906Kb)  
ASTERACEAE Minuria tridens (pdf 569Kb)  
  Olearia macdonnellensis (pdf 337Kb)  
CONVOLVULACEAE Ipomoea sp. Stirling (pdf 349Kb)  
CUCURBITACEAE Mukia sp. Tobermorey Station (pdf 319Kb)  
CYCADACEAE Cycas armstrongii (pdf 572Kb)  
CYPERACEAE Eleocharis papillosa Dwarf Desert Spike-rush (pdf 660Kb)  
  Mapania macrocephala (pdf 712Kb)  
EUPHORBIACEAE Ricinocarpos gloria-medii Glory of the Centre (pdf 634Kb) Recovery Plan
GLEICHENIACEAE Gleichenia sp. Victoria River (pdf 659Kb)  
  Sticherus flabellatus var compactus (pdf 307Kb)  
HERNANDIACEAE Hernandia nymphaeifolia (pdf 322Kb)  
LAMIACEAE Wrixonia schultzii (pdf 643Kb)  
LAURACEAE Endiandra limnophila (pdf 860Kb)  
LENTIBULARIACEAE Utricularia dunstaniae (pdf 325Kb)  
  Utricularia singeriana (pdf 348Kb)  
MALVACEAE Hibiscus brennanii(pdf 537Kb)  
  Hibiscus cravenii (pdf 1.08Mb)  
MARATTIACEAE Angiopteris evecta (pdf 764Kb)  
MELASTOMATACEAE Pternandra coerulescens (pdf 447Kb)  
MIMOSACEAE Acacia latzii Latz's Wattle (pdf 375Kb)

Recovery Plan

Recovery Action (pdf 2.78Mb)

  Acacia pickardii Birds Nest Wattle (pdf 439Kb)

Recovery Plan

Recovery Action (pdf 2.78Mb)

  Acacia praetermissa (pdf 866Kb)  
  Acacia undoolyana Undoolya Wattle (pdf 405Kb)

Recovery Plan

Recovery Action (pdf 2.78Mb)

MYOPORACEAE Eremophila sp. Valley Rainbow, Valley Fuschia Bush (pdf 576Kb)  
MYRTACEAE Lithomyrtus linariifolia (pdf 930Kb)  
  Thryptomene hexandra Palm Valley Myrtle (pdf 395Kb)  
ORCHIDACEAE Calochilus caeruleus (pdf 327Kb)  
  Luisia teretifolia (pdf 939Kb)  
  Malaxis latifolia (pdf 323Kb)  
  Malaxis marsupichila (pdf 985Kb)  
  Thrixspermum congestum (pdf 587Kb)  
  Zeuxine oblonga (pdf 566Kb)  
PANDANACEAE Freycinetia excelsa (pdf 664Kb)  
  Freycinetia percostata (pdf 336Kb)  
POACEAE Triodia fitzgeraldii (pdf 324Kb)  
PONTEDERIACEAE Monochoria hastata (pdf 1.40Mb)  
RUTACEAE Boronia quadrilata (pdf 366Kb)  
  Boronia viridiflora (pdf 428Kb)  
SANTALACEAE Dendromyza reinwardtiana (pdf 2.12Mb)  
  Santalum acuminatum (pdf 505Kb)  
TILIACEAE Schoutenia ovata (pdf 328Kb)  

Commonwealth listed;

Not threatened in NT

   
ARECACEAE

Arenga australasica  (pdf 626 Kb)

 
CYPERACEAE Eleocharis retroflexa (pdf 416Kb)  
EUPHORBIACEAE Sauropus filicinus (pdf 911Kb)  
GOODENIACEAE Goodenia quadrifida (pdf 381Kb)  
POACEAE Ectrosia blakei (pdf 408Kb)  
SOLANACEAE Solanum carduiforme (pdf 303Kb)  
ZAMIACEAE Macrozamia macdonnellii (pdf 1Mb)  
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