Toolache wallaby

Notamacropus greyi

Blamed on foxes

IUCN status: Extinct

Last seen: Notamacropus greyi were last seen in 1924 in Konetta Station, between Robe and Penola, SA (IUCN 2023)

IUCN claim: “The introduced red fox and hunting contributed to the extinction.”

Studies in support

Toolache wallabies were last confirmed at Konetta Station 34-44 years after foxes arrived (Wallach and Lundgren 2025).

Studies not in support

No studies

Is the threat claim evidence-based?

NA

Evidence linking Notamacropus greyi to foxes. Last records of extirpated populations relative to earliest local records of foxes. Error bars show record uncertainty range. Predator arrival records were digitized from Fairfax 2019.
Evidence linking Notamacropus greyi to foxes. Last records of extirpated populations relative to earliest local records of foxes. Error bars show record uncertainty range. Predator arrival records were digitized from Fairfax 2019.

References

Fairfax, Dispersal of the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) across Australia. Biol. Invasions 21, 1259-1268 (2019).

IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023

Wallach A.D., Lundgren E.J. (2025) Review of evidence that foxes and cats cause extinctions of Australia’s endemic mammals. BioScience. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf046