Western Australian Organism List

The Western Australian Organism List (WAOL) database allows you to search for organisms declared under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (BAM Act). It is not a complete list of all organisms in Western Australia or their attributes. Use the database to find the legal status of organisms, control requirements, declared pest species and more.

You can search scientific name, common name, phylum, class, order or family name.

ResetExport results

This utility can be used for downloading organisms. Please select your desired download format and then click Download.

Please note: the export contains all control categories and control locations for each organism, so you will find more rows in the export result set (277) to the search result set (275).

A total of 275 results were found at 06:48 on 8th May 2024 when searching for mali.

Results

  • Coleophora malivorella Chambers, 1878 
    Family: Coleophoridae

    Synonym: Coleophora malivorella Riley, 1879. Common name: Pistol casebearer.

  • Colobus guereza 
    Family: Cercopithecidae

    Common names: Guereza, Eastern Black and White Colobus.

  • Contarinia mali Barnes, 1939 
    Family: Cecidomyiidae

    Common name: apple blossom midge.

  • Cotinis mutabilis Gory & Percheron, 1833 
    Family: Scarabaeidae

    Synonyms: Cotinis abdominalis Casey, 1915, Cotinis abdominalis discolor Casey, 1915, Cotinis arizonica Casey, 1915, Cotinis capito Casey, 1915, Cotinis malinus Janson, 1881, Cotinis mutabilis atra Kraatz, 1898, Cotinis mutabilis atropurpurea Kraatz, 1898, Cotinis mutabilis aurantiaca.... Common names: peach beetle, green fig beetle, fig eater, Fig beetle.

  • Cricetus Cricetus 
    Family: Muridae

    Common names: Common Hamster, Black-bellied Hamster.

  • Crocuta Crocuta 
    Family: Hyaenidae

    Common name: Spotted Hyaena.

  • Cuon alpinus 
    Family: Canidae

    Common names: Red Dog, Indian Dhole, Dhole, Asiatic Wild Dog.

  • Dactylopsila megalura 
    Family: Petauridae

    Common name: Great-tailed Triok.

  • Dama Dama 
    Family: Cervidae

    Common name: Fallow deer.

  • Dasineura mali (Kieffer, 1904) 
    Family: Cecidomyiidae

    Common names: Apple leafcurling midge, Apple leaf-curling midge, Apple leaf midge, (ALCM).

  • Dasyprocta azarae 
    Family: Agoutidae

    Common name: Azara's Agouti.

  • Dasyprocta leporina 
    Family: Agoutidae

    Common name: Brazilian Agouti.

  • Dasypus novemcinctus 
    Family: Dasypodidae

    Common name: Nine-banded Armadillo.

  • Dasyurus albopunctatus 
    Family: Dasyuridae

    Common name: New Guinean Quoll.

  • Dendrolagus dorianus 
    Family: Macropodidae

    Common name: Doria's Tree-kangaroo.

  • Dendrolagus goodfellowi 
    Family: Macropodidae

    Common name: Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo.

  • Dendrolagus matschiei 
    Family: Macropodidae

    Common name: Huon Tree-kangaroo.

  • Diceros bicornis 
    Family: Rhinocerotidae

    Common name: Black Rhinoceros.

  • Didelphis marsupialis 
    Family: Didelphidae

    Common name: Common Opossum.

  • Dolichotis patagonum 
    Family: Caviidae

    Common name: Patagonian Cavy.

Pages

Refine results

Use the filters below to reduce the result set or reset all filters.

Legal status

See the legend for legal status meaning.

Classification

The classification of the organism.

Ranking

The taxonomy ranking of the organism.

Local government area's

LGA names and boundaries as defined by Landgate (recent to Feb 2014).

Control categories

See the legend for control category meaning.

Keeping categories

See the legend for keeping category meaning.

Presence

Whether the organism is currently found in Western Australia.

BAM Act Definitions

Legal status

Each listed organism is declared under the Biosecurity Management act with certain legal requirements:

Declared Pest, Prohibited - s12

Prohibited organisms are declared pests by virtue of section 22(1), and may only be imported and kept subject to permits. Permit conditions applicable to some species may only be appropriate or available to research organisations or similarly secure institutions.

Permitted - s11

Permitted organisms must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported. They may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms.

Declared Pest - s22(2)

Declared pests must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported, and may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms. They may also be subject to control and keeping requirements once within Western Australia.

Permitted, Requires Permit - r73

Regulation 73 permitted organisms may only be imported subject to an import permit. These organisms may be subject to restriction under legislation other than the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007. Permit conditions applicable to some species may only be appropriate or available to research organisations or similarly secure institutions.

Unlisted - s14

If you are considering importing an unlisted organism/s you will need to submit the name/s for assessment, as unlisted organisms are automatically prohibited entry into WA.

Control categories

Declared pests can be assigned to a C1, C2 or C3 control category under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Regulations 2013. Prohibited organisms can be assigned to a C1 or C2 control category, the control categories are:

C1 Exclusion

Organisms which should be excluded from part or all of Western Australia.

C2 Eradication

Organisms which should be eradicated from part or all of Western Australia.

C3 Management

Organisms that should have some form of management applied that will alleviate the harmful impact of the organism, reduce the numbers or distribution of the organism or prevent or contain the spread of the organism.

Unassigned

Unassigned: Declared pests that are recognised as having a harmful impact under certain circumstances, where their subsequent control requirements are determined by a Plan or other legislative arrangements under the Act.

Keeping categories

The Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Regulations 2013 (BAM Regs) specify prohibited and restricted keeping categories for the purposes of regulating organisms declared under the BAM Act. In regards to the purposes for which they can be kept, and the entities that can keep them for that purpose. A keeping permit is the administrative tool used to assign specific conditions to the keeping of an organism.

Prohibited keeping

Can only be kept under a permit for public display and education purposes, and/or genuine scientific research, by entities approved by the state authority.

Restricted keeping

Organisms which, relative to other species, have a low risk of becoming a problem for the environment, primary industry or public safety and can be kept under a permit by private individuals.

Exempt keeping

No permit or conditions are required for keeping. There may be other requirements under BAMA such as those required for entry of livestock, pigeons and doves, or waybill requirements for stock movement. An organism in the exempt keeping category may also be regulated by other legislation such as the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (WCA), administered by DPaW.

Please ensure you have entered a search string before searching, or use the Browse all or Reset buttons.
If the species you are interested in is not listed on WAOL you may request to have it assessed. Please contact the Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) on (08) 9368 3080 or email padis@dpird.wa.gov.au, and they will transfer you to the relevant person.