Mammals
Summary of proposed changes to listings of taxa
Click on the Threatened or Non-threatened heading to get more detailed justifications for each taxon.
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Abbreviations of IUCN Categories: CR – Critically Endangered; CR (PE) – Critically Endangered, possibly extinct; DD – Data Deficient; EN – Endangered; EW – Extinct in the wild;
EX – Extinct; NT – Near Threatened; LC – Least Concern; VU – Vulnerable.
Threatened categories
Mammals - Proposed changes involving Threatened Categories (637Kb)
|
Common Name |
Scientific name |
Current (2007) |
Proposed |
|---|---|---|---|
Black-footed tree-rat |
Mesembriomys gouldii |
NT |
VU |
Brush-tailed rabbit-rat |
Conilurus penicillatus |
VU |
EN |
Canefield rat |
Rattus sordidus |
VU |
CR (PE) |
Carpentarian antechinus |
Pseudantechinus mimulus |
EN |
NT |
Fawn antechinus |
Antechinus bellus |
DD |
EN |
Fawn hopping-mouse |
Notomys cervinus |
EN |
EX (regional) |
Golden-backed tree-rat |
Mesembriomys macrurus |
CR |
CR (PE) |
Kowari |
Dasyuroides byrnei |
DD |
EX (regional) |
Narbalek |
Petrogale concinna |
NT |
VU |
Northern Leaf-nosed Bat |
Hipposideros stenotis |
LC |
VU |
Northern Phascogale |
Phascogale pirata |
VU |
EN |
Pale field rat |
Rattus tunneyi |
NT |
VU |
Non-threatened categories
Mammals - Proposed changes involving Non-threatened Categories (421Kb)
|
Common Name |
Scientific name |
Current (2007) |
Proposed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian snubfin | Orcaella heinsohni |
LC |
DD |
Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat |
Saccolaimus saccolaimus, |
DD |
NT |
Common brushtail possum (northern subspecies) |
Trichosurus vulpecula arnhemensis |
LC |
NT |
Humpback whale |
Megaptera novaeanglia |
DD |
LC |
Indo-Pcific bottlenose dolphin |
Tursiops aduncus |
NE |
LC |
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin |
Sousa chinensis |
LC |
DD |
Northern brown bandicoot |
Isoodon macrourus |
LC |
NT |
Sandstone antechinus |
Pseudantechinus bilarni |
DD |
LC |
Other taxa considered by panel, but no change recommended
|
Common Name |
Scientific name |
Current (2007) |
Proposed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antilopine wallaroo | Macropus antilopinus |
LC |
LC |
Central rock-rat |
Zyzomys pedunculatus |
EN |
EN |