List of threatened and priority fauna
This interactive list can be used to find species listed under the Biodiversity Conservation Act (2016) as threatened and species listed on DBCA’s priority fauna list.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | WA Conservation Code |
|---|---|---|
| Lagorchestes hirsutus bernieri | Shark Bay rufous hare-wallaby, rufous hare-wallaby (Bernier and Dorre Islands) | VU |
| Lagorchestes hirsutus hirsutus | rufous hare-wallaby (south-western) | EX |
| Lagorchestes hirsutus subsp. (Central Australia) | rufous hare-wallaby (Central Australia), mala | EN |
| Lagostrophus fasciatus fasciatus | banded hare-wallaby, mernine | VU |
| Lagynochthonius asema | Mesa A Lagynochthonius pseudoscorpion | P1 |
| Lamna nasus | porbeagle, mackerel shark | MI |
| Leggadina lakedownensis | northern short-tailed mouse, Lakeland Downs mouse, kerakenga | P4 |
| Leiopotherapon aheneus | Fortescue grunter | P4 |
| Leiopotherapon macrolepis | large-scale grunter | P2 |
| Leioproctus contrarius | a short-tongued bee | P3 |
| Leioproctus douglasiellus | a short-tongued bee | EN |
| Leipoa ocellata | malleefowl | VU |
| Lepidochelys olivacea | olive ridley turtle | EN |
| Lepidogalaxias salamandroides | salamanderfish | EN |
| Leporillus apicalis | lesser stick-nest rat | EX |
| Leporillus conditor | greater stick-nest rat, wopilkara | CD |
| Lerista allochira | Cape Range slider | P3 |
| Lerista axillaris | striped-sided robust slider (Kalbarri) | P2 |
| Lerista bunglebungle | Bungle Bungle robust slider | P2 |
| Lerista eupoda | West Coast mulga slider | P1 |
| Lerista haroldi | Gnaraloo mulch slider | P1 |
| Lerista humphriesi | taper-tailed West Coast slider (Murchison River) | P3 |
| Lerista kalumburu | Kalumburu Kimberley slider | P2 |
| Lerista lineata | Perth slider, lined skink | P3 |
| Lerista macropisthopus remota | unpatterned robust slider (Robertson Range) | P2 |
| Lerista nevinae | Nevin's slider | EN |
| Lerista planiventralis maryani | Maryan's keeled slider (Ashburton) | P1 |
| Lerista praefrontalis | Buccaneer burrowing skink, Yampi sandslider | P1 |
| Lerista puncticauda | dotty-tailed robust slider (Great Victoria Desert) | P2 |
| Lerista quadrivincula | four-lined slider (Karratha) | P1 |
| Lerista robusta | broad-eyed slider (Kimberley) | P1 |
| Lerista separanda | Dampierland plain slider | P2 |
| Lerista viduata | Ravensthorpe range slider | P1 |
| Lerista yuna | Yuna broad-blazed slider | P3 |
| Lewinia pectoralis clelandi | Western Australian Lewin's rail, Lewin's rail (western) | EX |
| Liagoceradocus branchialis | Cape Range liagoceradocus amphipod | EN |
| Liagoceradocus subthalassicus | Barrow Island liagoceradocus amphipod | VU |
| Liasis olivaceus barroni | Pilbara olive python | VU |
| Limicola falcinellus | broad-billed sandpiper | MI |
| Limnodromus semipalmatus | Asian dowitcher | MI |
| Limosa lapponica | bar-tailed godwit | MI |
| Limosa lapponica baueri | bar-tailed godwit (Western Alaskan) | VU |
| Limosa lapponica menzbieri | bar-tailed godwit (Northern Siberian) | CR |
| Limosa limosa | black-tailed godwit | MI |
| Liopholis kintorei | great desert skink | VU |
| Liopholis pulchra longicauda | Jurien Bay skink | VU |
| Macroderma gigas | ghost bat | VU |
| Macronectes giganteus | southern giant petrel | MI |
| Macronectes halli | northern giant petrel | MI |
| Macrotis lagotis | bilby, dalgyte, ninu | VU |