1 online resource (136 pages) : color illustrations
Contents
Big-eared hopping mouse -- Blue-grey mouse -- Bramble cay melomys -- Broad-cheeked hopping mouse -- Broad-faced potoroo -- Capricorn rabbit-rat -- Christmas Island pipistrelle -- Crescent nailtail wallaby -- Darling Downs hopping mouse -- Desert bandicoot -- Desert bettong -- Desert rat-kangaroo -- Dusky flying fox -- Eastern hare-wallaby -- Eungella gastric-brooding frog -- Gould's mouse -- Kangaroo Island emu -- King Island emu -- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby -- Lake Pedder earthworm -- Lesser bilby -- Lesser stick-nest rat -- Long-tailed hopping mouse -- Lord Howe flax snail -- Lord Howe gerygone -- Mount Glorious day frog -- Nullarbor dwarf bettong -- Paradise parrot -- Pig-footed bandicoot -- Robust white-eye -- Sharp snouted day frog -- Short-tailed hopping mouse -- Southern gastric-brooding frog -- Tasman starling -- Thylacine -- Toolache wallaby -- Tornelasmias Capricorni -- White gallinule -- White-footed rabbit-rat -- A story of hope: the mountain pgymy-possum and the bogong moth
Summary
"Australia is home to an incredible diversity of native animals. While Australian animals are among the most unique in the world, they are also among the most endangered, with hundreds currently on the brink of extinction. We must act quickly if we are to save these species, as once gone, they are gone forever. "Extinct" is a collection of artworks from established and emerging Australian fine artists, each depicting an Australian animal that has already, for various reasons, tumbled over the edge into extinction. Extinct laments their loss, but also celebrates their former existence, diversity and significance. The stunning artworks are accompanied by stories of each animal, highlighting the importance of what we have lost, so that we appreciate what we have not lost yet"--Publisher's description
