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Threatened Animals |
Threatened! | Birds | Plants | Glossary | Resources |
*New Zealand has some ancient native animals which have no defences
against introduced predators* Birds are animals but the list of threatened New Zealand birds has been separated from the 'Threatened! Animals' page because New Zealand has a lot of native birds in danger of becoming extinct. See the list on the Threatened! Birds page. |
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The list was put together by the Department of Conservation in 1992. The list has their scientific name and their common name (some species do not have a common name). |
Below is a list of category 'A' animals. |
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Invertebrates |
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| Asaphodes stinaria | A geometrid moth |
| Brachaspis robustus | Robust grasshopper |
| Confuga persephone | A cave-dweling Hemipteran |
| Dorcus auriculatus | Te Aroha stag beetle |
| Dorcus ithaginis | Mokohinau stag beetle |
| Dorus "Moehau" | Moehau stag beetle |
| Hirudobdella antipodum | Open Bay Island leech |
| Mecodema costellum costellum | Stephens Island carabid |
| Mecodema laeviceps | Ida Valley carabid |
| Paryphanta busbyi watti | Kauri snail |
| Pianoa isolata | |
| Placostylus ambagiosus ambagiosus | Flax snail, pupu harakeke |
| Placostylus ambagiosus annectens | Flax snail, pupu harakeke |
| Placostylus ambagiosus consobrinus | Flax snail, pupu harakeke |
| Placostylus ambagiosus keenorum | Flax snail, pupu harakeke |
| Placostylus ambagiosus lesleyae | Flax snail, pupu harakeke |
| Placostylus ambagiosus pandora | Flax snail, pupu harakeke |
| Placostylus ambagiosus watti | Flax snail, pupu harakeke |
| Placostylus ambagiosus whareana | Flax snail, pupu harakeke |
| Powelliphanta gilliesi brunnea | |
| Powelliphanta traversi otakia | |
| Prodontria bicolorata | Alexandra chafer beetle |
| Prodontria lewisi | Cromwell chafer beetle |
| undescribed genus | Middle Island tusked weta |
| Xanthorhoe bulbulata | Orange cress moth |
| Xylotoles costatus | Pitt Island longhorn beetle |
| Fish |
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| Galaxias postvectis | Short-jawed kokopu |
| Frogs |
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| Leiopelma hamiltoni "Stephens" | Stephens Island Frog |
| Reptiles |
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| Cyclodina "Mokohinau Island" | Mokohinau skink |
| Leiolopisma "Garston skink" | |
| Leiolopisma grande | Grande skink |
| Leiolopisma homalonotum | Chevron skink |
| Leiolopisma microlepis | Small-scaled skink |
| Leiolopisma "Open Bay Island Skink" | |
| Leiolopisma otagense form otagense | Otago skink |
| Leiolopisma striatum | Striped skink |
| Sphenodon guntheri | Brother's Island tuatara |
| Mammals |
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| Mystacina tuberculata aupourica | Northern short-tailed bat |
| Mystacina tuberculata rhyacobia | Volcanic plateau short-tailed bat |
| Mystacina tuberculata tuberculata | Southern short-tailed bat |
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Category 'B' |
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| Deinacrida heteracantha | Wetapunga (Little Barrier Island weta) |
| Gymnoplectron giganteum | Poor Knights cave weta |
| Hemideina ricta | Banks Peninsula weta |
| Galaxias argenteus | Giant kukupa |
| Leiopelma archeyi | Archey's frog |
| Leiopelma hamiltoni "Maud" | Maud Island frog |
| Leiopelma Hochstetteri | Hochstetter's frog |
| Cyclodina macgregori | McGregor's skink |
| Hoplodactylus kahutarae | Black-eyed gecko |
| Hoplodactylus rakiurae | Harlequin gecko |
| Hoplodactylus stephensi | Stephen's Island gecko |
| Sphenodon punctatus | Cook Strait tuatara |
| Sphenodon punctatus punctatus | Northern tuatara |
| Cephalorhynchus hectori | Hector's dolphin |
| Chalinolobus tuberculata | Long-tailed bat |
| Phocarctos hookeri | Hooker's sea lion |
Category 'C' |
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| Deinacrida fallai | Poor Knights giant weta |
| Deinacrida "Mahoenui" | Mahoenui giant weta |
| Neochanna diversus | Black mudfish |
| Hoplodactylus chrysosireticus | Gold-striped gecko |
| Leiolopisma fallai | Three Kings skink |
