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Explore endangered species across Oceania by country → species with scientific names, distribution, population trends, threats, IUCN status, images and FAQs, updated regularly.

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Kiwi (Genus Overview)Not evaluated

Kiwi (Genus Overview)

Apteryx (genus)

Climbing birds20–30+ years (wild)

Kiwi (genus Apteryx) are nocturnal, terrestrial birds endemic to New Zealand,famous for their terminal‑nares bill and reduced win···

KākāpōCR

Kākāpō

Strigops habroptilus

Climbing birdsUp to 40–60+ years

Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) is New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot—the largestand among the longest‑lived parrots. ···

DugongVU

Dugong

Dugong dugon

Mammal50–70 years; maturity ~6–17 yrs; calving every 3–7 yrs

Dugong (Dugong dugon) is a large seagrass‑grazing sirenian of tropical/subtropicalIndo‑West Pacific shallows. As a seagrass‑mea···

Māui DolphinCR

Māui Dolphin

Cephalorhynchus hectori maui

Cetaceac. 18–25 years (estimated)

Māui dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) is a tiny coastal subspecies of Hector’s dolphin,restricted to the west coast of New···

Tasmanian DevilEN

Tasmanian Devil

Sarcophilus harrisii

Mammal5–6 years in the wild; longer under care

Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is the largest living carnivorous marsupial, native only toTasmania. With a powerful bite a···

WombatLC

Wombat

Phascolomidae

Rodents15-20years

Wombats, or Phascolomidae, are marsupials in Australia. They belong to the order Diprotodon, with short legs and well-developed mu···

OpossumLC

Opossum

Didelphinae

Rodents3-7years

Opossum (scientific name Didelphinae, English name: Opossum) is a general term for mammals of the family Opossum in the order Poss···

Heaviside's dolphinLC

Heaviside's dolphin

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

CetaceaAbout 20 years

Haviside's dolphin (scientific name: Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) is called Haviside's dolphin in foreign language, and has···

Australian sea lionLC

Australian sea lion

Neophoca cinerea

CarnivoraNo verification information

The scientific name of the Australian sea lion is Neophoca cinerea, and its foreign name is Australian sealion. It is a sea lion t···

New Zealand sea lionLC

New Zealand sea lion

Phocarctos hookeri

CarnivoraNo verification information

The scientific name of New Zealand sea lion is Phocarctos hookeri, also known as Hooker's sea lion. It feeds on small fish suc···

ArapaimaLC

Arapaima

Arapaima gigas

Large Fish15-20 year

There is a kind of big fish in South America that is not afraid of piranhas. Not only that, they eat piranhas. This big fish that ···

Whale sharkLC

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Giant Fish100 year

The whale shark is the largest shark and the largest fish. It is named whale shark because of its huge whale-like body. The larges···

KoalaLC

Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus

Rodents10-20 Year

Australia is the kingdom of marsupials, and the koala is the most precious one. It looks like a velvet teddy bear, with a fat body···

Giant anteaterLC

Giant anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Ungulata20-25 years old

Giant anteaters may occupy territories as large as 9,000 hectares. Communication and perception, as well as most communication, oc···

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