Macropus greyi

– Extinct

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

DIPROTODONTIA

Family:

MACROPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Macropus greyi

Species Authority:

Waterhouse, 1846

Common Name/s:

English

—

TOOLACHE WALLABY

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

EX ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group

Justification:

The last wild individuals of Macropus greyi were recorded in 1924, although a few captives survived until around 1937.

History:

1982	-	Extinct (Thornback and Jenkins 1982)
1986	-	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Range Description:	Macropus greyi was endemic to Australia.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Australia

Population

Population:

The last wild individuals were recorded in 1924, although a few captives survived until around 1937.

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Threats

Threats:

Introduced predators, competition from livestock, bounty and sport hunting, and direct killing for the animal's pelt have resulted in the extinction of M. greyi.

Citation:	Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. Macropus greyi. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 September 2008.
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