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Mammals of Greater Adelaide

This guide lists every extant mammal found in the Adelaide region (both terrestrial and marine), also known as Greater Adelaide. As well as resident species, vagrant or potentially locally extinct taxa are also included.

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Platypus 1
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Eastern Short-beaked Echidna 2
Tachyglossus aculeatus aculeatus
Fat-tailed Dunnart 2
Sminthopsis crassicaudata
Slender-tailed Dunnart 3
Sminthopsis murina murina
Yellow-footed Antechinus 4
Antechinus flavipes flavipes
Sugar Glider 5
Petaurus breviceps
Common Ringtail Possum 6
Pseudocheirus peregrinus peregrinus
Southwestern Pygmy Possum 7
Cercartetus concinnus
Common Brushtail Possum 8
Trichosurus vulpecula vulpecula
Western Grey Kangaroo 9
Macropus fuliginosus melanops
Euro 10
Macropus robustus erubescens
Red Kangaroo 11
Macropus rufus
Swamp Wallaby 12
Wallabia bicolor
Victorian Koala 13
Phascolarctos cinereus victor
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat 14
Lasiorhinus latifrons
Southern Brown Bandicoot 15
Isoodon obesulus
Brown Hare 16
Lepus europaeus
European Rabbit 17
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Bush Rat 18
Rattus fuscipes greyii
Australian Swamp Rat 5
Rattus lutreolus lutreolus
Brown Rat 19
Rattus norvegicus
Black Rat 20
Rattus rattus
Rakali 21
Hydromys chrysogaster
House Mouse 22
Mus musculus domesticus
European Fallow Deer 23
Dama dama
Red Deer 24
Cervus elaphus
Domestic Goat 25
Capra hircus
Pygmy Right Whale 26
Caperea marginata
Bryde's Whale 26
Balaenoptera edeni
Fin Whale 27
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 28
Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern Right Whale 29
Eubalaena australis
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin 30
Tursiops aduncus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 31
Tursiops truncatus
Orca 32
Orcinus orca
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 5
Delphinus delphis
Long-finned Pilot Whale 33
Globicephala melas
Pygmy Sperm Whale 34
Kogia breviceps
Black Flying Fox 35
Pteropus alecto
Grey-headed Flying-fox 36
Pteropus poliocephalus
Little Red Flying Fox 37
Pteropus scapulatus
Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat 38
Saccolaimus flaviventris
Southern Bent-winged Bat 3
Miniopterus oceanensis bassanii
Western Broad-nosed Bat 39
Scotorepens balstoni
Gould's Wattled Bat 39
Chalinolobus gouldii
Chocolate Wattled Bat 2
Chalinolobus morio
Large Forest Bat
Vespadelus darlingtoni
Southern Forest Bat 39
Vespadelus regulus
Little Forest Bat 40
Vespadelus vulturnus
Lesser Long-eared Bat 39
Nyctophilus geoffroyi
Southern Free-tailed Bat 39
Mormopterus planiceps
White-striped Free-tailed Bat 39
Austronomus australis
Leopard Seal 41
Hydrurga leptonyx
Southern Elephant Seal 42
Mirounga leonina
Weddell Seal 43
Leptonychotes weddellii
Long-nosed Fur Seal 44
Arctocephalus forsteri
Australian Sea Lion 45
Neophoca cinerea
Domestic Cat 46
Felis catus
Domestic Dog 47
Canis familiaris familiaris
Red Fox 48
Vulpes vulpes

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