List of marsupials by population

This is a list of estimated global populations of Marsupials species. This list is not comprehensive, as not all Marsupials have had their numbers quantified.

Common name	Scientific name	IUCN Red List status	Trend	Global population estimate (year)	Population notes	Range	Image
Common wombat	Vombatus ursinus	LC^IUCN		>915,090 (2020)[1]	Only includes subpopulations from three islands (Maria, Flinders, and Tasmania) of two subspecies (V. u. ursinus and V. u. tasmaniensis). Mainland subspecies (V. u. hirsutus) numbers are not known.
Southern hairy-nosed wombat	Lasiorhinus latifrons	NT^IUCN		1,300,000 (2016)[2][3]
Northern hairy-nosed wombat	Lasiorhinus krefftii	CR^IUCN		315 (2021)[4]
Koala	Phascolarctos cinereus	VU^IUCN		100,000–500,000^[citation needed]
Eastern grey kangaroo	Macropus giganteus	LC^IUCN		>12,977,181 (2021)[5]	Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Western grey kangaroo	Macropus fuliginosus	LC^IUCN		>2,571,158 (2021)[5]	Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Red kangaroo	Osphranter rufus	LC^IUCN		>10,848,470 (2021)[5]	Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Wallaroo, euro	Osphranter robustus	LC^IUCN		>2,338,076 (2021)[5]	Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Antilopine kangaroo	Osphranter antilopinus	LC^IUCN	^[citation needed]	[data missing]
Tasmanian devil	Sarcophilus harrisii	EN^IUCN		140,000^[citation needed]
Thylacine	Thylacinus cynocephalus	EX^IUCN		0 (1936)[6]	Last known individual died on 7 September, 1936.
Brown-eared woolly opossum	Caluromys lanatus	LC^IUCN		160,000,000 (2019)[7]
Brown four-eyed opossum	Metachirus nudicaudatus	LC^IUCN		128,000,000 (2019)[7]
Gray four-eyed opossum	Philander opossum	LC^IUCN		121,000,000 (2019)[7]
Linnaeus's mouse opossum	Marmosa murina	LC^IUCN		104,000,000 (2019)[7]

See also

• Lists of organisms by population
• Lists of mammals by population
• Lists of elephant species by population

References

1. Knoblauch, Wiebke; Carver, Scott; Driessen, Michael M.; Gales, Rosemary; Richards, Shane A. (4 September 2023). "Abundance and population growth estimates for bare-nosed wombats". Ecology and Evolution. 13 (9): e10465. Bibcode:2023EcoEv..1310465K. doi:10.1002/ece3.10465. PMC 10477484. PMID 37674647.
2. Swinbourne, Michael (November 2018). "Chapter 8: The species-wide distribution and abundance of southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons)". Southern hairy-nosed wombats: when, where, how many, and why (PhD thesis). University of Adelaide, School of Biological Sciences (published 2019). hdl:2440/120414. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
3. Swinbourne, Michael; Taggart, David; Ostendorf, Bertram (2021). "The population status of southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons). I. Distribution and abundance". Australian Mammalogy. 43 (1). CSIRO Publishing: 6. doi:10.1071/AM20016. hdl:2440/127470. ISSN 0310-0049. S2CID 225375892. Retrieved 2024-02-27. pp. 5–6: Therefore, the population numbers provided in this study should only be considered to be applicable at the time of the study (2016) and not for other times.
4. Lamond, Belle (2019-02-28). "Northern hairy-nosed wombat". Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
5. DCCEEW (2022). "Macropod quotas and harvest statistics for NSW, QLD, SA and WA commercial harvest areas" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
6. "Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | Thylacine mystery solved in TMAG collections". Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Department of State Growth. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
7. Greenspoon, Lior; Krieger, Eyal; Sender, Ron; Rosenberg, Yuval; Bar-On, Yinon M.; Moran, Uri; Antman, Tomer; Meiri, Shai; Roll, Uri; Noor, Elad; Milo, Ron (February 27, 2023). Marquet, Pablo (ed.). "The global biomass of wild mammals". PNAS. 120 (10): e2204892120. Bibcode:2023PNAS..12004892G. doi:10.1073/pnas.2204892120. PMC 10013851. PMID 36848563. Retrieved 2024-02-27.