List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene explained

This is a list of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) and continues to the present day.^[1]

The Australian continent is also called Australia-New Guinea or Sahul to avoid confusion with the country of Australia. The continent includes mainland Australia, Tasmania, the island of New Guinea, the Aru Islands, and other nearby islands. Australia-New Guinea is divided between three countries: Australia (mainland Australia and Tasmania), Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea), and Indonesia (Western New Guinea and the Aru Islands). Extinct animals from the rest of Indonesia are covered in List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene. Species from the outlying islands of the country of Australia and the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea are included below. The Solomon Islands archipelago, split between Papua New Guinea (Autonomous Region of Bougainville) and the country of Solomon Islands, is covered in List of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene.

The fauna of Australia-New Guinea is very unique. Marsupials and monotremes also existed on other continents, but only in Australia-New Guinea did they come to dominate. Aside from marine mammals, only two orders of placental mammals are native to Australia-New Guinea: rodents and bats. Dingoes and New Guinea singing dogs are considered feral dogs (Canis familiaris) introduced by humans.^[2] The Christmas Island shrew is related to Asian shrews; no members of the order Eulipotyphla are native to Australia-New Guinea proper.

New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene are listed separately. The fauna of New Zealand is distinct from Australia-New Guinea. Birds, including numerous flightless birds, are the most important part of New Zealand's vertebrate fauna. Bats are New Zealand's only native land mammals.^[3]

Numerous species have disappeared from Australia-New Guinea as part of the ongoing Holocene extinction, driven by human activity. Most Australian megafauna disappeared in the Late Pleistocene, considerably earlier than in other continental landmasses.^[4] As a result, Australian Holocene extinctions generally are of modest size. Most extinctions occurred after the European settlement of Australia, which began with the First Fleet in 1788 CE.^{[5] [6]} However, the thylacine, Tasmanian devil, and Tasmanian nativehen were extirpated from mainland Australia thousands of years before European settlement, although they survived in Tasmania.^[7] The Norfolk swamphen and several New Guinea mammals also disappeared before European colonisation.

Mammals (class Mammalia)

Monotremes (order Monotremata)

Echidnas (family Tachyglossidae)

Locally extinct (disputed)

Carnivorous marsupials (order Dasyuromorphia)

Marsupial shrews (family Dasyuridae)

Locally extinct

Bandicoots and bilbies (order Peramelemorphia)

Bandicoots (family Peramelidae)

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Desert bandicoot	Perameles eremiana	Central Australia	Last known individual was collected in 1943, with unconfirmed sightings continuing until the 1960s. The extinction was caused by predation by introduced feral cats, red foxes, competition with European rabbits, and changes to the fire regime after the British colonization of Australia.[18]
New South Wales barred bandicoot	Perameles fasciata	New South Wales	Reclassified as a distinct species in a 2018 study.[19] The last individual was collected in 1846.[20]
Southwestern barred bandicoot	Perameles myosuros	Western Australia	Reclassified as a distinct species in a 2018 study. The last individual was collected in 1906.[21]
Southern barred bandicoot	Perameles notina	South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales	Reclassified as a distinct species in a 2018 study. The last individual was collected in 1857.[22]
Nullarbor barred bandicoot	Perameles papillon	Nullarbor Plain, southern Australia	Described in a 2018 study. The last individual was collected in 1928.[23]
	Peroryctes aruensis	New Guinea	Most recent remains dated to 28000-9000 years ago.

Pig-footed bandicoots (family Chaeropodidae)

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Southern pig-footed bandicoot	Chaeropus ecaudatus	Southern and western Australia[25]	The last reliably dated individual was collected in 1901, though Pintupi people recalled it surviving in the Gibson desert until the 1950s. The cause of extinction was predation by feral cats and foxes.[26] The two species were considered one until 2019.
Northern pig-footed bandicoot	Chaeropus yirratji	Central Australia

Brushtail possums and cuscuses (family Phalangeridae)

Possibly extinct

Macropods (family Macropodidae)

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Mainland banded hare-wallaby	Lagostrophus fasciatus albipilis[30]	Western Australia	Not considered to be a valid subspecies by some sources.[31]
Lake Mackay hare-wallaby	Lagorchestes asomatus	Between Mount Farewell and Lake Mackay, Northern Territory; possibly Great Sandy, Gibson, and Tanami Deserts	Also known as kuluwarri. The only known specimen was collected in 1932. Western Aboriginal Australians stated that it disappeared between 1940 and 1960. It was possibly driven to extinction by predation by feral cats and foxes, and changes to the fire regime.[32]
South-western rufous hare-wallaby	Lagorchestes hirsutus hirsutus	South-west of Western Australia[33]	The south-western subspecies (L. h. hirsutus) is extinct. Two other subspecies survive: L. h. bernieri and L. h. 'central Australian subspecies'.
Eastern hare-wallaby	Lagorchestes leporides	Interior southeastern Australia	Last specimen was collected in 1889.[34] The species was possibly driven to extinction by habitat loss caused by livestock grazing and increased summer wildfires after the end of native controlled fires in the winter.[35]
Toolache wallaby	Notamacropus greyi	Southeastern Australia	The last confirmed records in the wild happened in 1924. Unconfirmed sightings happened in 1943 and 1950s-1970s, but extensive searching in the 1970s failed to locate any.[36] The last captive animal died in 1939.[37]
Crescent nailtail wallaby	Onychogalea lunata	Western and central Australia	Last recorded individual was killed in 1956.[38] Extinction caused by predation by feral cats and foxes, and human-induced habitat degradation.[39]
Christensen's pademelon	Thylogale christenseni	New Guinea	Most recent remains dated to 1738-1385 BCE.

Bettongs, potoroos, and rat-kangaroos (family Potoroidae)

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Desert bettong	Bettongia anhydra	Tanami Desert and Nullarbor Plain	Only known from one specimen collected in the Tanami in 1933 and subfossil material from the Nullarbor. The causes of extinction are presumed to be predation by feral cats and foxes, and changes to the fire regime.[40]
South-eastern woylie	Bettongia penicillata penicillata	South-eastern Australia[41]	The woylie experienced a large reduction in population size and range due to extensive land clearing and the introduction of feral cats and red foxes. The south-eastern subspecies (B. p. penicillata) is considered extinct. The surviving south-western subspecies (B. p. ogilbyi) is critically endangered.
Nullarbor dwarf bettong	Bettongia pusilla	Nullarbor Plain, Hampton and Mallee bioregions	Known only from subfossil remains but considered to have survived until European settlement.[42]
Desert rat-kangaroo	Caloprymnus campestris	Channel Country and possibly southeastern Queensland	Last confirmed record in 1935 near Ooroowilanie, east of Lake Eyre, though several unconfirmed sightings were recorded in South Australia and Queensland between 1957 and 2011. It is considered to have become extinct due to predation by feral cats and foxes, though habitat degradation by herbivores could have contributed.[43]
Broad-faced potoroo	Potorous platyops	From the Swan Coastal Plain to the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, and Kangaroo Island	Last recorded in 1875. Presumed to have become extinct due to predation by feral cats, exotic diseases, inappropriate fire regimes, habitat loss and degradation due to grazing livestock.[44]

Rodents (order Rodentia)

Old World rats and mice (family Muridae)

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
White-footed rabbit rat	Conilurus albipes	South-eastern South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and eastern Queensland	Last recorded 1860-1862 in Victoria, where it was at one time common and even regarded as a pest, though a possible observational record was made near Deniliquin, New South Wales, in the early 1940s. It probably disappeared due to predation by cats, though human-induced habitat degradation could have contributed.[45]
Capricorn rabbit rat	Conilurus capricornensis	Queensland	Known only from subfossil remains but considered to have survived until European settlement. Since there has not been a targeted survey for the Capricorn rabbit rat, there is a thin hope of its survival, although this is unlikely.[46]
Lesser stick-nest rat	Leporillus apicalis	Arid and semiarid central Australia	The last two specimens were collected south of the Musgrave Ranges in 1933, and the last unconfirmed sighting happened in 1970 in a cave along Canning Stock Route. Considered to have become extinct due to predation by feral cats, possibly helped by habitat degradation caused by introduced grazers.[47]
Bramble Cay melomys	Melomys rubicola	Bramble Cay, Queensland	Last recorded in 2009. Disappeared due to increasing storms that depleted the island of vegetation.[48] Its extinction was described as the first extinction of a mammal species due to anthropogenic climate change.[49]
Short-tailed hopping mouse	Notomys amplus	From north-eastern South Australia and south-eastern Northern Territory to North West Cape	The only known specimens came from Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory in 1896. Subfossils indicate that it had a wide distribution in the central and western arid zone. Reasons for extinction are unknown, but could have been predation by feral cats and foxes.[50]
Long-tailed hopping-mouse	Notomys longicaudatus	From north-western New South Wales to North West Cape	Last collected in Barrow Creek, Northern Territory in 1901-1902. Extinction attributed to predation by feral cats.[51]
Big-eared hopping-mouse	Notomys macrotis	Western central wheatbelt of Western Australia	Last collected in 1843 near New Norcia. Considered to have been driven to extinction primarily by epizootic disease or predation by feral cats, with habitat degradation by sheep grazing as secondary factor.[52]
Darling Downs hopping mouse	Notomys mordax	Darling Downs, Queensland	Known from a single skull purchased in 1846. Considered extinct because of predation by feral cats, with habitat destruction by agriculture and livestock farming as possible contributors.[53]
Great hopping mouse	Notomys robustus	Davenport and Flinders Ranges, South Australia	Known only from skulls taken in old owl roosts.[54]
Blue-gray mouse	Pseudomys glaucus	South-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales	Last collected with certainty before 1892. Extinction considered to have been due to habitat clearance, predation by feral cats and possibly red foxes.[55]
Maclear's rat	Rattus macleari	Christmas Island	Last collected in 1901-1902. Became extinct after being infected by trypanosome carried by fleas hosted by black rats, which were accidentally introduced by the SS Hindustan in 1900.[56] [57]
Bulldog rat	Rattus nativitatis	Christmas Island	Last recorded in 1897-1898. Became extinct after being infected by trypanosome carried by fleas hosted by black rats introduced in 1900. It was rarer than R. macleari and disappeared first.

Possibly extinct

-- sortable-->"	Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments
New Ireland forest rat	Rattus sanila	New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago	Most recent remains dated to 347-535 CE.
Emma's giant rat	Uromys emmae	Owi Island, Papua, Indonesia	Last seen in 1946.[58]

True insectivores (order Eulipotyphla)

True shrews (family Soricidae)

Possibly extinct

Bats (order Chiroptera)

Megabats (family Pteropodidae)

Possibly extinct, megabats (family Pteropodidae)

Vesper bats (family Vespertilionidae)

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments
Christmas Island pipistrelle	Pipistrellus murrayi	Christmas Island	Last recorded in 2009 following a 90% decline in three generations (10–15 years). The reasons are unclear, though predation and competition by introduced species, and exotic diseases have been suggested.[62]
Lord Howe long-eared bat	Nyctophilus howensis	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales	Known from a single skull found in 1972 and believed to be between 50 and 100 years old. The reasons of extinction are unclear but could have been predated on by introduced rats and owls.[63]

Birds (class Aves)

Cassowaries and emus (order Casuariformes)

Cassowaries and emus (family Casuariidae)

-- sortable-->"	Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Kangaroo Island emu	Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus	Kangaroo Island	Last recorded in 1819. One egg found in 1830 could have been laid by an Australian emu introduced in 1826, or a hybrid. It was hunted to extinction.
King Island emu	Dromaius novaehollandiae minor	King Island, Tasmania	Last recorded in the wild in 1805; the last in captivity died in 1822. It was hunted to extinction.
Tasmanian emu	Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis	Tasmania	Last recorded in 1851. Captive animals reported until the 1870s may have been actually imported from Australia. It was hunted to extinction.

Landfowl (order Galliformes)

Megapodes (family Megapodidae)

Locally extinct

Waterfowl (order Anseriformes)

Ducks, geese, and swans (family Anatidae)

Pigeons and doves (order Columbiformes)

Pigeons and doves (family Columbidae)

-- sortable-->"	Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Lord Howe pigeon	Columba vitiensis godmanae	Lord Howe Island	Hunted to extinction in 1853.
Norfolk pigeon	Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae spadicea	Norfolk Island	Last recorded in 1900. It was hunted to extinction.[67]
Norfolk ground dove	Pampusana norfolkensis	Norfolk and possibly Nepean Island	Known from a 1788-1790 painting and descriptions. No remains survive, though bones found in the islands may belong to this species.[68]

Rails and cranes (order Gruiformes)

Rails (family Rallidae)

-- sortable-->"	Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
	Hypotaenidia ernstmayri	New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago	Known from fragmentary subfossil remains.
Macquarie Island banded rail	Hypotaenidia philippensis macquarensis	South Macquarie Island, Tasmania	Last recorded in 1879. Driven to extinction by hunting and predation by introduced feral cats, mongooses, pigs, and dogs.
Norfolk Island rail	Hypotaenidia sp.	Norfolk Island	Possibly depicted in a 1788 painting. It was hunted to extinction.
Western Lewin's rail	Lewinia pectoralis clelandi	Southwestern Australia	Last recorded in 1932. Extinct because of drainage and burning of wetlands for agriculture and settlement.
White swamphen	Porphyrio albus	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales	Last recorded with certainty in 1790. It was hunted by whalers and sailors, and was extinct by the time the island was colonized in 1834.[69]
Giant swamphen	Porphyrio sp.	New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago	Prehistoric
New Ireland swamphen	Porphyrio sp.	New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago	Prehistoric
Norfolk swamphen	Porphyrio sp.	Norfolk Island	Known from remains in Polynesian middens. It was extinct by the time of European colonisation in 1788.[70]

Locally extinct, rails (family Rallidae)

Shorebirds (order Charadriiformes)

Sandpipers (family Scolopacidae)

Albatrosses and petrels (order Procellariiformes)

Petrels and shearwaters (family Procellariidae)

Boobies, cormorants, and allies (order Suliformes)

Cormorants and shags (family Phalacrocoracidae)

Hawks and relatives (order Accipitriformes)

Hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures (family Accipitridae)

-- sortable-->"	Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments
	Accipiter sp. 1	New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago	Prehistoric. One of the two New Ireland species may be the extant Meyer's goshawk.
	Accipiter sp. 2	New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago	Prehistoric. One of the two New Ireland species may be the extant Meyer's goshawk.

Owls (order Strigiformes)

True owls (family Strigidae)

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