List of Australian megafauna

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Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). Extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) megafauna of Australia are listed here.

Antilopine Kangaroo (Marcopus antilopinus) Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera brydei) Bluff Down Crocodile † (Quinkana) Bluff Down Euryzygoma † (Euryzygoma dunese) Bluff Down Giant Python † Brolga (Grus rubicunda) Carnivorus Kangaroo † (Propleopus oscillans) Carpet Python (Morelia spilota) Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) Congruus † Dingo (Canis dingo) Diprotodon † Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Marcopus gigantea) Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Genyornis † (Genyorns newtoni) Giant Echidna † (Zaglossus hacketii) Giant Kangaroo † (Simosthenurus occidentalis) Giant Maleefowl † (Leipoa gallinacea) Giant Platypus † (Ornithorhynchus maximus) Giant Koala † (Phascolarctos stroni) Great Tasmanian Devil † (Sarcophilus laniarius) Giant Tortoise † (Meiolania brevicollis) Giant Wallaby † (Protemnodon otibandus) Goanna (Varanus giganteus) Gould's Monitor (Varanus gouldi) Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae ) King Island Emu † (Dromaius ater) Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)

Diprotodon Megalania prisca † Marsupial Lion † (genus Thylacoleo) Minke Whale (Balaeonptera acutorostrata) Ninjemys † Palorchestes † Procoptodon † Red Kangaroo (Marcopus rufus) Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) Stirton's Thunder Bird † (Dromornis stirtoni) Tasmanian Tiger † (Thylacinus cynocephalus) Warrendja † Wonambi † Zygomaturus †

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• Australian megafauna