THREATENED

Within , parks and aquaria we place Threatened Species are placed into the following into categories indicating how close to extinction categories according to how threatened they are.

they are. ADELAIDE Threatened Species is a general term used to Status according to the World Conservation Union EDUCATION SERVICE identify species that are threatened with extinction. (IUCN) : CRITICALLY ENDANGERED (CR)- A species facing

Zoos SA works in partnership with many an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the organizations to help safeguard threatened species. immediate future. This includes native Australian species as well as ENDANGERED (EN)- not critically endangered, but

exotic species from South America, Eurasia, Africa facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the zoo notes zoo and South East Asia. near future. VULNERABLE (VU)- a species that is not critically Through Conservation Ark Zoos SA works together endangered or endangered, but is facing a high risk of with many partners from, universities, government, extinction in the wild in the medium-term future.

non government departments and private industry. Conservation Ark integrates science, education, At the Adelaide Zoo we use the following symbol to sustainable practices and on the ground represent all species that fall into these categories. conservation management into its programs. Their work includes the co-ordination and management of

threatened species programs, captive breeding for release to the wild and education programs.

In the current Adelaide Zoo collection there are 62 Threatened Species.

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Lion Brush-tailed Bettong Malayan Sun Bear Cotton-top Tamarin Double-wattled Cassowary

White-cheeked Gibbon Nepalese Red Panda Sumatran Orang-utan Freckled Duck Sumatran Tiger Binturong Orange Bellied Parrot Oriental Small-clawed Otter Western Swamp Tortoise Brazilian Tapir Fijian Crested Iguana Common Aruba Island Rattle Snake Barbary Sheep Axolotyl Double-wattled Cassowary Murray Cod Malleefowl Green Peafowl ENDANGERED Superb Parrot Northern Quoll Java Sparrow Tasmanian Devil Aldabra Tortoise Greater Bilby Spur-thighed Tortoise Golden-lion Tamarin Madagascar Tree Boa Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo Broad-headed Snake Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo Silver Perch Black-lion Tamarin Murray River Crafish Golden-lion Tamarin

Lion-tailed Macaque Other categories that may be referred to when Siamang discussing species in danger of extinction may Cape hunting Dog include: Persian Leopard EXTINCT (EX)- When there is no reasonable doubt Australian Sealion Malayan Tapir that the last individual of a species has died . Chattering Lory EXTINCT IN THE WILD (EW)- When a species is Baudin’s Black Cockatoo known only to survive in captivity or as a Hyacinth Macaw naturalised population(s) well outside the past Swift Parrot range. Golden-shouldered Parrot

Regent Honeyeater LOWER RISK (LR)- Species do not satisfy the Gouldian Finch Elongate Tortoise criteria for any of the categories CR,EN or VU. Pernatty Knob-tailed Gecko Pygmy Blue-tongued Lizard DATA DEFICIENT- a species is Data Deficient

Woma Python when there is inadequate information to make a Southern Bell Frog direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of

extinction based on its distribution and/or status. VULNERABLE

Greater Bilby Long-nosed Potoroo Quokka Ghost Bat Mandrill Greater Stick Nest Rat