Unsuccessful threatened fauna species nominations

The following nominations for listing as threatened fauna were assessed by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee. The Minister decided the nominations did not meet the requirements for listing. The advice provided to the Minister is linked to each unsuccessful nomination.

Unsuccessful threatened fauna species nominations as at 1 May 2009

Christmas Island Flying-fox (Pteropus melanotus natalis) (PDF - 32 KB) | (RTF - 117 KB)
Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula whartoni)
Christmas Island White-eye (Zosterops natalis)
Dinosaur Ant, Fossil Ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops)
Flightless Dung Beetle (Aulacopris matthewsi)
Flightless Sawfly (Clarissa tasbates)
Forester Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis)
A freshwater crayfish (Euastacus gumar)
Glossy Swiftlet (Christmas Island) (Collocalia esculenta natalis)
Julian Paragalaxias, Western Paragalaxias (Paragalaxias julianus)
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Little Tern (western Pacific) (Sterna albifrons sinensis)
Mt Donna Buang Wingless Stonefly (Riekoperla darlingtoni)
Mud Minnow (Galaxiella munda)
Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
Pencil Pine Moth (Dirce aesiodora)
Pied Currawong (western Victoria) (Strepera graculina ashbyi)
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carrettochelys insulpta)
River Snail (Notopala sublineata)
Small Orange-spotted Sun-moth (Synemon discalis)
Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
Toohey Forest Collembola (Dinaphorura tooheyensis)
Torresian Flying Fox (Pteropus banakrisi)
Troughton's Sheathtail-bat (Taphozous troughtoni)
White-tailed Tropicbird (Christmas Island), Golden Bosunbird (Phaethon lepturus fulvus)

For general information about threatened species and threatened ecological communities contact the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Community Information Unit:

Email ciu@environment.gov.au
Freecall 1800 803 772