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Native animals

The Alinytjara Wilurara (AW) region is home to a diverse range of native animal species. Many of these are threatened or endangered. The AW Landscape team work closely with the community to help conserve habitats and manage threats that impact on our precious native species.

The AW Landscape team take a number of difference approaches to managing biodiversity in the region. Protecting habitats through maintenance, restoration and recovery programs can make a significant impact on protecting the native animals in the region.

Native animals we are working to protect

Black-footed rock wallaby (Warru)

Name: Black-footed rock wallaby (Warru)

Scientific name:Petrogale lateralis

Regional status: Endangered

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Great desert skink (Tjakura)

Name: Great desert skink (Tjakura)

Scientific name:Egernia kintorei

Regional status: Vulnerable

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Hooded plover

Name: Hooded plover

Scientific name:Thinornis rubricollis

Regional status: Vulnerable

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Malleefowl (Nganamara)

Name: Malleefowl (Nganamara)

Scientific name:Leipoa ocellata

Regional status: Vulnerable

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Princess parrot

Name: Princess parrot

Scientific name:Polytelis alexandrae

Regional status: Vulnerable

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Sandhill dunnart

Name: Sandhill dunnart

Scientific name:Sminthopsis psammophila

Regional status: Endangered

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Spring frog

Name: Everard Ranges toadlet

Scientific name:Pseudophryne robinsoni

Regional status: Vulnerable

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