User:WolfmanSF/List of Australian megafauna

Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). The extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) megafauna species of Australia are listed here. The extinct species are marked with a dagger †.

Class of Mammalia

 * Monotremes
 * Giant Echidna † (Zaglossus hacketti)
 * Giant Platypus † (Ornithorhynchus maximus)


 * Platypus (Ornithorhyncus anatinus)
 *  Megalibgwila ramsayi †
 * Western Long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni)


 * Marsupials


 * Anderson's Kangaroo † (Simothenurus andersoni)
 * Ancient Kangaroo † (Simosthenurus oreas)
 * Atlas Kangaroo †(Sthenurus atlas/tindalei)
 * Antilopine Kangaroo (Macropus antilopinus)
 * Black Wallaroo (Macropus bernardus)
 * Euryzygoma † (Euryzygoma sp.)
 * Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby (Onochogalea  fraenata)
 * Broad-faced Potoroo † (Potorus platyops)
 * Browsing Kangaroo † (Simosthenurus maddocki)
 * Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale penicillata)
 * Carnivorous Kangaroo † (Propleopus oscillans)
 * Colossal Kangaroo † (Macropus titans)
 * Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
 * Congruus †
 * Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby † (Onchogalea lunata)
 * Desert Rat-Kangaroo † (Calyprymnus campestris)
 * Desert Bandicoot † (Perameles eremiana)
 * Diprotodon †
 * Doria's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus dorianus)
 * Eastern Hare-Wallaby † (Lagorchsestes leporides)
 * Eastern Gray Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
 * Euowenia †
 * Giant Kangaroo † (Simosthenurus occidentalis)
 * Giant Koala † (Phascolarctos stirtoni)
 * Giant Wallaby † (Protemnodon otibandus)
 * Great Tasmanian Devil † (Sarcophilus laniarius)


 * Hill Wallaroo (Macropus robustus)
 * Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
 *  Lasiorhinus angutiones  †
 * Maddock’s Kangaroo †(Simothenurus maddocki)
 *  Macropus piltonesis  †
 *  Macropus thor  †
 * Marsupial Lion † (Thylacoleo sp.)
 * Marsupial Panda † (Hulitherium sp.)
 * Mountain Kangaroo † (Macropus rama)
 * Nototherium †
 * Palorchestes †
 * Pearson's Kangaroo (Macropus pearsoni/ferragus) †
 * Pig-footed Bandicoot † (Chaeropus ecaudtaus)
 * Powerful Thylacine (Thylacinus potens) †
 * Toolache Wallaby † (Macropus greyi)
 * Procoptodon †
 * Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
 * Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)
 * Steppe Kangaroo (Simosthenurus gili)
 *  Simosthenurus brownei  †
 * Sthenurus †
 * Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
 * Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
 * Thylacine † (Thylacinus cynocephalus)
 * Troposodon †
 * Warendja †
 * Western Gray Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
 * Woodward's Wallaroo (Macropus bernardus)
 * Vombatus hacketii †
 * Zygomaturus †


 * Primates
 * Human (Homo sapiens)
 * Carnivores


 * Dingo (Canis lupus dingo)



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Class of Aves

 * Ratites


 * Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
 * Kangaroo Island Emu † (Dromaius baudinianus)
 * King Island Emu † (Dromaius ater)


 * Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
 * Tasmanian Emu † (Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenesis)


 * Pelicans
 * Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
 * Herons and Egrets
 * Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana)
 * Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
 * Pied Heron (Ardea picata)
 * Waterfowl


 * Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
 * Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)


 * Genyornis †
 * Magpie-goose (Anseranas semipalmata)


 * Birds of Prey
 * Haast's Eagle † (Harpagornis moorei)
 * Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
 * Gamebirds
 * Giant Maleefowl † (Leipoa gallinacea)
 * Kingfishers
 * Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
 * Cranes
 * Brolga (Grus rubicunda)
 * Parrots
 * Kakapo (Strigops habroptila)

Class of Saurospida

 * Turtles and Tortoises
 * Meiolania †
 * Ninjemys oweni †
 * Snakes and Lizards


 * Arafura File Snake (Acrochordus arafurae)
 * Black-headed Python (Aspidites melanocephalus)
 * Bluff-down Giant Python † (Liasis sp.)
 * Carpet Python (Morelia spilota variegata)
 * Goanna (Varanus sp.)
 * Gould's Monitor (Varanus gouldii)


 * Lace monitor (Varanus varius)
 * Megalania prisca †
 * Perentie (Varanus giganteus)
 * Taipan (Oxyuranus sp.)
 * Wonambi †


 * Crocodilians
 * Bluff-down Crocodile † (Quinkana sp.)
 * Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni)
 * Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)

Class of Actinopterygii

 * Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)


 * Queensland Lungfish (Neoceratodus fosteri)