List of Australian megafauna
- List of Australian megafauna
Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). Extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) megafauna of Australia are listed here.
*Antilopine Kangaroo ("Marcopus antilopinus")
*Australian Pelican ("Pelecanus conspicillatus")
*Blue Whale ("Balaenoptera musculus")
*Bryde's Whale ("Balaenoptera brydei")
*Bluff Down Crocodile † (Quinkana)
*Bluff Down Euryzygoma † ("Euryzygoma dunese")
*Bluff Down Giant Python †
*Brolga ("Grus rubicunda")
*Carnivorous Kangaroo † ("Propleopus oscillans")
*Carpet Python ("Morelia spilota")
*Cassowary ("Casuarius casuarius")
*Congruus †
*Dingo ("Canis dingo")
*Diprotodon †
*Eastern Grey Kangaroo ("Marcopus gigantea")
*Emu ("Dromaius novaehollandiae")
*Fin Whale ("Balaenoptera physalus")
*Genyornis † ("Genyorns newtoni")
*Giant Echidna † ("Zaglossus hacketii)"
*Giant Kangaroo † ("Simosthenurus occidentalis")
*Giant Maleefowl † ("Leipoa gallinacea")
*Giant Platypus † ("Ornithorhynchus maximus")
*Giant Koala † ("Phascolarctos stroni")
*Great Tasmanian Devil † ("Sarcophilus laniarius")
*Giant Tortoise † ("Meiolania brevicollis")
*Giant Wallaby † ("Protemnodon otibandus")
*Goanna ("Varanus giganteus")
*Gould's Monitor ("Varanus gouldi")
*Humans ("Homo sapiens")
*Humpback Whale ("Megaptera novaeangliae ")
*King Island Emu † ("Dromaius ater")
*Killer Whale ("Orcinus orca")
*"Megalania prisca" †
*Marsupial Lion † (genus "Thylacoleo")
*Minke Whale ("Balaeonptera acutorostrata")
*Ninjemys †
*Palorchestes †
*Procoptodon †
*Red Kangaroo ("Marcopus rufus")
*Saltwater Crocodile ("Crocodylus porosus")
*Sei Whale ("Balaenoptera borealis")
*Stirton's Thunder Bird † ("Dromornis stirtoni")
*Tasmanian Tiger † ("Thylacinus cynocephalus")
*Warrendja †
*Western Long-beaked Echidna ("Zaglossus bruijni")
*Wonambi †
*Zygomaturus †
ee also
*Australian megafauna
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