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 |
|---|---|---|
| Macrotis leucura | lesser bilby, tjunpi | EX |
| Malurus coronatus coronatus | purple-crowned fairy-wren (western) | EN |
| Malurus lamberti bernieri | Shark Bay variegated fairy-wren | VU |
| Malurus leucopterus edouardi | Barrow Island black and white fairy-wren | VU |
| Malurus leucopterus leucopterus | Dirk Hartog black and white fairy-wren | VU |
| Maratus sarahae | Sarah's peacock spider | CR |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | humpback whale | CD |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | humpback whale | MI |
| Melanotaenia pygmaea | pygmy rainbowfish | P2 |
| Mesembriomys gouldii gouldii | black-footed tree-rat, djintamoonga | EN |
| Mesembriomys macrurus | golden-backed tree-rat | P4 |
| Milyeringa justitia | Barrow cave gudgeon | VU |
| Milyeringa veritas | cave gudgeon, blind gudgeon | VU |
| Mobula alfredi | reef manta ray, coastal manta ray | MI |
| Mobula birostris | giant manta ray | MI |
| Mobula eregoodoo | pygmy devilray | MI |
| Mobula thurstoni | bentfin devilray | MI |
| Morelia carinata | rough-scaled python | OS |
| Motacilla cinerea | grey wagtail | MI |
| Motacilla flava | yellow wagtail | MI |
| Mouldingia occidentalis | a camaenid land snail (eastern Napier Ranges) | CR |
| Myrmecobius fasciatus | numbat, walpurti | EN |
| Nannatherina balstoni | Balston's pygmy perch | VU |
| Nannoperca pygmaea | little pygmy perch | EN |
| Nanotrachia orientalis | a camaenid land snail (eastern Napier Ranges) | VU |
| Natator depressus | flatback turtle | VU |
| Nedsia chevronia | Chevron's freshwater amphipod (Barrow Island) | P2 |
| Nedsia fragilis | a freshwater amphipod | VU |
| Nedsia humphreysi | a freshwater amphipod | VU |
| Nedsia hurlberti | a freshwater amphipod | VU |
| Nedsia macrosculptilis | a freshwater amphipod | VU |
| Nedsia sculptilis | a freshwater amphipod | VU |
| Nedsia straskraba | a freshwater amphipod | VU |
| Nedsia urifimbriata | a freshwater amphipod | VU |
| Neelaps calonotos | black-striped snake, black-striped burrowing snake | P3 |
| Neopasiphae simplicior | a short-tongued bee | EN |
| Neophoca cinerea | Australian sea-lion | EN |
| Ningbingia australis australis | a camaenid land snail (Ningbing Ranges) | CR |
| Ningbingia australis elongata | a camaenid land snail (Ningbing Ranges) | CR |
| Ningbingia bulla | Knob Peak camaenid land snail (Ningbing Ranges) | CR |
| Ningbingia dentiens | a camaenid land snail (Ningbing Ranges) | CR |
| Ningbingia laurina | Lauries' camaenid land snail (Ningbing Ranges) | CR |
| Ningbingia octava | No. 8 Bore camaenid land snail (Ningbing Ranges) | CR |
| Ningbingia res | a camaenid land snail (Ningbing Ranges) | CR |
| Ninox connivens connivens (southwest subpopulation) | barking owl (southwest subpopulation) | P3 |
| Nocticola flabella | Cape Range blind cockroach, Cape Range delicate cockroach | P4 |
| Northiella narethae | Naretha blue bonnet | P4 |
| Nososticta pilbara | Pilbara threadtail | P2 |
| Notamacropus eugenii derbianus | tammar wallaby | P4 |
| Notamacropus irma | western brush wallaby | P4 |