Australia
Checklist of Endemic Animal and Plant Families
This list of animal and plant families found exclusively in Australia is based on the taxonomy used in Wilson & Reeder (2005) for mammals, Dickinson (2003) for birds, the EMBL Reptile Database (2005) for reptiles, Frost (2004) for amphibians, and FishBase 2004 (2004) for fishes, Parker (1982) for invertebrates, and Mabberley (2008) for vascular plants. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
* = endemic order
Thylacomyidae (Chordata Mammals )
Thylacinidae (Chordata Mammals )
Chaeropodidae (Chordata Mammals )
Hypsiprymnodontidae (Chordata Mammals )
Tarsipedidae (Chordata Mammals )
Vombatidae (Chordata Mammals )
Myrmecobiidae (Chordata Mammals )
Notoryctidae * (Chordata Mammals )
Ornithorhynchidae (Chordata Mammals )
Phascolarctidae (Chordata Mammals )
Potoroidae (Chordata Mammals )
Pedionomidae (Chordata Birds )
Pardalotidae (Chordata Birds )
Atrichornithidae (Chordata Birds )
Corcoracidae (Chordata Birds )
Dasyornithidae (Chordata Birds )
Dromaiidae (Chordata Birds )
Menuridae (Chordata Birds )
Rheobatrachidae (Chordata Amphibians )
Lepidogalaxiidae (Chordata Fish (Freshwater) )
Ceratodontidae * (Chordata Fish (Freshwater) )
Dinolestidae (Chordata Fish (Marine) )
Enoplosidae (Chordata Fish (Marine) )
Brachionichthyidae (Chordata Fish (Marine) )
Gnathacanthidae (Chordata Fish (Marine) )
Pataecidae (Chordata Fish (Marine) )
Brachaeluridae (Chordata Fish (Marine) )
Promegistidae (Arthropoda Acari )
Astacocrotidae (Arthropoda Acari )
Hickmaniidae (Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae)
Nihotungidae (Arthropoda Crustacea Amphipoda)
Lomisidae (Arthropoda Crustacea Decapoda)
Anaspididae (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostracea)
Koonungidae (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostracea)
Psammaspididae (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostracea)
Australocytherideidae (Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda)
Osticytheridae (Arthropoda Crustacea Ostracoda)
Lamingtoniidae (Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera)
Fergusoninidae (Arthropoda Insecta Diptera)
Ironomyiidae (Arthropoda Insecta Diptera)
Australembiidae (Arthropoda Insecta Embiidina)
Aphylidae (Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera)
Hyocophalidae (Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera)
Lestoniidae (Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera)
Apiomorphidae (Arthropoda Insecta Homoptera)
Tettigarctidae (Arthropoda Insecta Homoptera)
Austroniidae (Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera)
Mastotermitidae (Arthropoda Insecta Isoptera)
Anomosetidae (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera)
Carthaeidae (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera)
Cyclotornidae (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera)
Lophocoronidae (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera)
Choristidae (Arthropoda Insecta Mecoptera)
Lestoideidae (Arthropoda Insecta Odonata)
Cooloolidae (Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera)
Morabidae (Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera)
Phasmodidae (Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera)
Antipodoeciidae (Arthropoda Insecta Trichoptera)
Plectrotarsidae (Arthropoda Insecta Trichoptera)
Pseudogorgiidae (Cnidaria Anthozoa )
Aporometridae (Echinodermata Crinozoa )
Ptilometridae (Echinodermata Crinozoa )
Pulvinitaidae (Mollusca Bivalvia )
Trigoniidae (Mollusca Bivalvia )
Mactromyidae (Mollusca Bivalvia )
Pleurolidiidae (Mollusca Gastropoda )
Choriplacidae (Mollusca Polyplacophora )
Triplotaeniidae (Platyhelminthes Cestoda )
Acholadidae (Platyhelminthes Turbellaria )
Anarthriaceae (Vascular Plants)
Aphanopetalaceae (Vascular Plants)
Austrobaileyaceae (Vascular Plants)
Blandfordiaceae (Vascular Plants)
Boryaceae (Vascular Plants)
Cephalotaceae (Vascular Plants)
Dasypogonaceae (Vascular Plants)
Doryanthaceae (Vascular Plants)
Ecdeiocoleaceae (Vascular Plants)
Emblingiaceae (Vascular Plants)
Gyrostemonaceae (Vascular Plants)
Petermanniaceae (Vascular Plants)
Xanthorrhoeaceae (Vascular Plants)