Jump to content

List of marsupials by population

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of estimated global populations of Marsupials species. This list is not comprehensive, as not all Marsupials have had their numbers quantified.

Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List status Trend Global population estimate (year) Population notes Range Image
Common wombat Vombatus ursinus LC IUCN Steady >915,090 (2020)[1] Only includes subpopulations from three islands (Maria, Flinders, and Tasmania) of two subspecies (V. u. ursinus and V. u. tasmaniensis). Mainland subspecies (V. u. hirsutus) numbers are not known.
Southern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons NT IUCN Decrease 1,300,000 (2016)[2][3]
Northern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus krefftii CR IUCN Steady 315 (2021)[4]
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus VU IUCN Decrease 100,000–500,000[citation needed]
Eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus LC IUCN Steady >12,977,181 (2021)[5] Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Western grey kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus LC IUCN Increase >2,571,158 (2021)[5] Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Red kangaroo Osphranter rufus LC IUCN Steady >10,848,470 (2021)[5] Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Wallaroo, euro Osphranter robustus LC IUCN Steady >2,338,076 (2021)[5] Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Antilopine kangaroo Osphranter antilopinus LC IUCN Decrease[citation needed] [data missing]
Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii EN IUCN Decrease 140,000[citation needed]
Thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus EX IUCN 0 (1936)[6] Last known individual died on 7 September, 1936.
Brown-eared woolly opossum Caluromys lanatus LC IUCN Decrease 160,000,000 (2019)[7]
Brown four-eyed opossum Metachirus nudicaudatus LC IUCN Steady 128,000,000 (2019)[7]
Gray four-eyed opossum Philander opossum LC IUCN Steady 121,000,000 (2019)[7]
Linnaeus's mouse opossum Marmosa murina LC IUCN Steady 104,000,000 (2019)[7]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Knoblauch, Wiebke; Carver, Scott; Driessen, Michael M.; Gales, Rosemary; Richards, Shane A. (4 September 2023). "Abundance and population growth estimates for bare-nosed wombats". Ecology and Evolution. 13 (9): e10465. Bibcode:2023EcoEv..1310465K. doi:10.1002/ece3.10465. PMC 10477484. PMID 37674647.
  2. ^ Swinbourne, Michael (November 2018). "Chapter 8: The species-wide distribution and abundance of southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons)". Southern hairy-nosed wombats: when, where, how many, and why (PhD thesis). University of Adelaide, School of Biological Sciences (published 2019). hdl:2440/120414. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  3. ^ Swinbourne, Michael; Taggart, David; Ostendorf, Bertram (2021). "The population status of southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons). I. Distribution and abundance". Australian Mammalogy. 43 (1). CSIRO Publishing: 6. doi:10.1071/AM20016. hdl:2440/127470. ISSN 0310-0049. S2CID 225375892. Retrieved 2024-02-27. pp. 5–6: Therefore, the population numbers provided in this study should only be considered to be applicable at the time of the study (2016) and not for other times.
  4. ^ Lamond, Belle (2019-02-28). "Northern hairy-nosed wombat". Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  5. ^ a b c d DCCEEW (2022). "Macropod quotas and harvest statistics for NSW, QLD, SA and WA commercial harvest areas" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  6. ^ "Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | Thylacine mystery solved in TMAG collections". Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Department of State Growth. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  7. ^ a b c d Greenspoon, Lior; Krieger, Eyal; Sender, Ron; Rosenberg, Yuval; Bar-On, Yinon M.; Moran, Uri; Antman, Tomer; Meiri, Shai; Roll, Uri; Noor, Elad; Milo, Ron (February 27, 2023). Marquet, Pablo (ed.). "The global biomass of wild mammals". PNAS. 120 (10): e2204892120. Bibcode:2023PNAS..12004892G. doi:10.1073/pnas.2204892120. PMC 10013851. PMID 36848563. Retrieved 2024-02-27.