Lyn Horatia

Australian Endangered Animals 2024. As of march 2021, the australian government listed an extra 13 species as extinct 1 under the environment protection and biodiversity conservation act 1999 (epbc act). Researchers from across the nation will investigate how to save the endangered australian sea lion.

Some 77 species of shark, ray and chimaera inhabit south australian waters. In the 250 years since europeans arrived, at least 100 unique australian species have gone extinct.