Forty-one species added to Australia’s threatened list despite zero extinction target
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A number of animals, plants and an entire ecosystem were added to Australia's extinction watch list in 2024. We look at the new species under threat.

The number of Australian animals, plants and unique ecological communities officially recognised as being in danger of extinction rose to 2,245 last year.

Australia has one of the world’s highest rates of extinctions with about 100 species of flora and fauna lost since European colonisation.

There were 42 new additions to the national list of threatened species, including 21 animals, 20 plants and one threatened ecological community — the King Island scrub complex.