#most endangered

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Numbers of mature adults in the wild (from the iucn red list)

Golden Bandicoot - 30,000

Bilby - 9,000

Kangaroo Island Dunnart - estimated less than 500

Leadbeater’s Possum - likely less than 2,500

Mahogany Glider - unknown

Mala - 4,000

Northern Hopping Mouse - 10,000

Numbat - 800

Western Ringtail Possum - 3,400

Woylie - 12,000 - 18,000

Black-Footed Rock Wallaby - 8,000

Brush-Tailed Rabbit-Rat - 50,000 (but not reliable

Central Rock-Rat - 800

Christmas Island Flying Fox - unlikely to be more than 1,000

Eastern Barred Bandicoot - reintroduce population of 450

Eastern Bettong - 20,000

Eastern Quoll - 10,000 - 12,000

Glibert’s Potoroo - 49

Western Quoll - under 10,000

Mountain Pygmy Possum - 2,250

Just to give you an idea...

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Buderos biconis - CITES Appendix I.

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Manis tetradactyla - Cites appendix I.

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Phocoena sinus - CITES Appendix I.

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