Of the forty mammal species known to have vanished in the world in the last 200 years,
almost half have been Australian. Our continent has the worst record of mammal extinctions …

Fifty percent of all the mammal species to have become extinct worldwide in the past 200
years have been lost from the Australian fauna giving Australia the worst record for mammal …

The highly distinctive and mostly endemic Australian land mammal fauna has suffered an
extraordinary rate of extinction (> 10% of the 273 endemic terrestrial species) over the last∼ …

This contribution provides an analytical accounting of mammal species that have
disappeared during the past 500 years—the “modern era” of this chapter. Our choice of date …

This article provides a context to, attempts an explanation for, and proposes a response to
the recent demonstration of rapid and severe decline of the native mammal fauna of Kakadu …

Through collation of global, national and state/territory threatened species lists, we conclude
that 100 Australian endemic species (one protist, 38 vascular plants, ten invertebrates, one …

Explaining the Late Pleistocene demise of many of the world's larger terrestrial vertebrates is
arguably the most enduring and debated topic in Quaternary science. Australia lost> 90% of …

Abstract The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 is the first review to assess the
conservation status of all Australian mammals. It complements The Action Plan for Australian …

This invaluable companion to The Mammals of Australia is intended to be taken out into the
field and used in conjunction with the more comprehensive volume. Genuinely practical in …

The conservation status of terrestrial vertebrates occurring on the mainland of Western
Australia was assessed. Extinctions and declines are virtually confined to non-flying …