Mammals of South Australia

This is a complete list of the mammals found in South Australia. It includes terrestrial, marine and islander species as well as those reintroduced to feral-free reserves.

Platypus ¹
Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Short-beaked Echidna ²
Tachyglossus aculeatus

Wongai Ningaui ³
Ningaui ridei

Southern Ningaui ⁴
Ningaui yvonneae

Kangaroo Island Dunnart
Sminthopsis aitkeni

Fat-tailed Dunnart ⁵
Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Little Long-tailed Dunnart ⁶
Sminthopsis dolichura

Gray-bellied Dunnart
Sminthopsis griseoventer

Hairy-footed Dunnart
Sminthopsis hirtipes

Stripe-faced Dunnart ⁷
Sminthopsis macroura

Slender-tailed Dunnart ⁸
Sminthopsis murina

Ooldea Dunnart ³
Sminthopsis ooldea

Sandhill Dunnart
Sminthopsis psammophila

Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart ⁹
Sminthopsis youngsoni

Kultarr ⁶
Antechinomys laniger

Paucident Planigale ¹⁰
Planigale gilesi

Long-tailed Planigale
Planigale ingrami

Narrow-nosed Planigale ⁷
Planigale tenuirostris

Red-tailed Phascogale ¹¹
Phascogale calura

Brush-tailed Phascogale ¹²
Phascogale tapoatafa

Agile Antechinus ¹³
Antechinus agilis

Yellow-footed Antechinus ¹⁴
Antechinus flavipes

Swamp Antechinus ¹⁵
Antechinus minimus

Western Quoll ¹⁶
Dasyurus geoffroii

Brush-tailed Mulgara ¹⁷
Dasycercus blythi

Crest-tailed Mulgara ¹⁸
Dasycercus cristicauda

Fat-tailed False Antechinus ³
Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Kowari ¹⁹
Dasyuroides byrnei

Numbat ¹⁶
Myrmecobius fasciatus

Feather-tailed Glider ²⁰
Acrobates pygmaeus

Yellow-bellied Glider ²¹
Petaurus australis

Sugar Glider ¹⁵
Petaurus breviceps

Squirrel Glider ²²
Petaurus norfolcensis

Common Ringtail Possum ²³
Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Southwestern Pygmy Possum ²⁴
Cercartetus concinnus

Tasmanian Pygmy Possum
Cercartetus lepidus

Eastern Pygmy Possum ²⁵
Cercartetus nanus

Common Brushtail Possum ²⁶
Trichosurus vulpecula

Tammar Wallaby ²⁷
Macropus eugenii

Western Grey Kangaroo ²⁸
Macropus fuliginosus

Eastern Grey Kangaroo ²⁹
Macropus giganteus

Common Wallaroo ³⁰
Macropus robustus

Red-necked Wallaby ³¹
Macropus rufogriseus

Red Kangaroo ³²
Macropus rufus

Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby ³³
Onychogalea fraenata

Swamp Wallaby ³¹
Wallabia bicolor

Black-flanked Rock-wallaby ³⁴
Petrogale lateralis

Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby ³⁵
Petrogale xanthopus

Koala ³⁶
Phascolarctos cinereus

Boodie ¹⁶
Bettongia lesueur

Woylie ¹⁶
Bettongia penicillata

Long-nosed Potoroo ³⁷
Potorous tridactylus

Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat ³⁸
Lasiorhinus latifrons

Common Wombat ²
Vombatus ursinus

Southern Marsupial Mole ³⁹
Notoryctes typhlops

Southern Brown Bandicoot ⁴⁰
Isoodon obesulus

Western Barred Bandicoot
Perameles bougainville

Greater Bilby ¹⁶
Macrotis lagotis

Brown Hare ⁴¹
Lepus europaeus

European Rabbit ⁴²
Oryctolagus cuniculus

Bush Rat ⁴³
Rattus fuscipes

Australian Swamp Rat ¹⁵
Rattus lutreolus

Brown Rat ⁴⁴
Rattus norvegicus

Black Rat ⁴⁵
Rattus rattus

Long-haired Rat ⁴⁶
Rattus villosissimus

Spinifex Hopping Mouse ⁴⁷
Notomys alexis

Fawn Hopping Mouse ⁴⁸
Notomys cervinus

Dusky Hopping Mouse
Notomys fuscus

Mitchell's Hopping Mouse ³
Notomys mitchellii

Silky Mouse
Pseudomys apodemoides

Plains Mouse ⁴⁹
Pseudomys australis

Bolam's Mouse ⁵⁰
Pseudomys bolami

Desert Mouse ⁶
Pseudomys desertor

Sandy Inland Mouse ⁵¹
Pseudomys hermannsburgensis

Heath Mouse ⁵²
Pseudomys shortridgei

Central Short-tailed Mouse
Leggadina forresti

Rakali ³⁷
Hydromys chrysogaster

Greater Stick-nest Rat ⁵³
Leporillus conditor

House Mouse ⁵⁴
Mus musculus

European Fallow Deer ⁵⁵
Dama dama

Chital ⁵⁶
Axis axis

Red Deer ⁵⁷
Cervus elaphus

Javan Rusa ⁵⁸
Rusa timorensis

Sambar ⁵⁹
Rusa unicolor

Domestic Goat ⁶⁰
Capra hircus

Wild Boar ⁶¹
Sus scrofa

Dromedary Camel ⁶²
Camelus dromedarius

Pygmy Right Whale ⁶³
Caperea marginata

Minke Whale ⁶⁴
Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Antarctic Minke Whale ⁶⁵
Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Sei Whale ⁶⁶
Balaenoptera borealis

Eden's Whale ⁶³
Balaenoptera edeni

Blue Whale ⁶⁷
Balaenoptera musculus

Omura's Whale ⁶³
Balaenoptera omurai

Fin Whale ⁶⁸
Balaenoptera physalus

Humpback Whale ⁶⁹
Megaptera novaeangliae

Southern Right Whale ⁷⁰
Eubalaena australis

Andrews' Beaked Whale ⁷¹
Mesoplodon bowdoini

Blainville's Beaked Whale ⁷²
Mesoplodon densirostris

Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale ⁷³
Mesoplodon ginkgodens

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Mammals of South Australia

Platypus 1 Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Short-beaked Echidna 2 Tachyglossus aculeatus

Wongai Ningaui 3 Ningaui ridei

Southern Ningaui 4 Ningaui yvonneae

Kangaroo Island Dunnart Sminthopsis aitkeni

Fat-tailed Dunnart 5 Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Little Long-tailed Dunnart 6 Sminthopsis dolichura

Gray-bellied Dunnart Sminthopsis griseoventer

Hairy-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis hirtipes

Stripe-faced Dunnart 7 Sminthopsis macroura

Slender-tailed Dunnart 8 Sminthopsis murina

Ooldea Dunnart 3 Sminthopsis ooldea

Sandhill Dunnart Sminthopsis psammophila

Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart 9 Sminthopsis youngsoni

Kultarr 6 Antechinomys laniger

Paucident Planigale 10 Planigale gilesi

Long-tailed Planigale Planigale ingrami

Narrow-nosed Planigale 7 Planigale tenuirostris

Red-tailed Phascogale 11 Phascogale calura

Brush-tailed Phascogale 12 Phascogale tapoatafa

Agile Antechinus 13 Antechinus agilis

Yellow-footed Antechinus 14 Antechinus flavipes

Swamp Antechinus 15 Antechinus minimus

Western Quoll 16 Dasyurus geoffroii

Brush-tailed Mulgara 17 Dasycercus blythi

Crest-tailed Mulgara 18 Dasycercus cristicauda

Fat-tailed False Antechinus 3 Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Kowari 19 Dasyuroides byrnei

Numbat 16 Myrmecobius fasciatus

Feather-tailed Glider 20 Acrobates pygmaeus

Yellow-bellied Glider 21 Petaurus australis

Sugar Glider 15 Petaurus breviceps

Squirrel Glider 22 Petaurus norfolcensis

Common Ringtail Possum 23 Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Southwestern Pygmy Possum 24 Cercartetus concinnus

Tasmanian Pygmy Possum Cercartetus lepidus

Eastern Pygmy Possum 25 Cercartetus nanus

Common Brushtail Possum 26 Trichosurus vulpecula

Tammar Wallaby 27 Macropus eugenii

Western Grey Kangaroo 28 Macropus fuliginosus

Eastern Grey Kangaroo 29 Macropus giganteus

Common Wallaroo 30 Macropus robustus

Red-necked Wallaby 31 Macropus rufogriseus

Red Kangaroo 32 Macropus rufus

Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby 33 Onychogalea fraenata

Swamp Wallaby 31 Wallabia bicolor

Black-flanked Rock-wallaby 34 Petrogale lateralis

Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby 35 Petrogale xanthopus

Koala 36 Phascolarctos cinereus

Boodie 16 Bettongia lesueur

Woylie 16 Bettongia penicillata

Long-nosed Potoroo 37 Potorous tridactylus

Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat 38 Lasiorhinus latifrons

Common Wombat 2 Vombatus ursinus

Southern Marsupial Mole 39 Notoryctes typhlops

Southern Brown Bandicoot 40 Isoodon obesulus

Western Barred Bandicoot Perameles bougainville

Greater Bilby 16 Macrotis lagotis

Brown Hare 41 Lepus europaeus

European Rabbit 42 Oryctolagus cuniculus

Bush Rat 43 Rattus fuscipes

Australian Swamp Rat 15 Rattus lutreolus

Brown Rat 44 Rattus norvegicus

Black Rat 45 Rattus rattus

Long-haired Rat 46 Rattus villosissimus

Spinifex Hopping Mouse 47 Notomys alexis

Fawn Hopping Mouse 48 Notomys cervinus

Dusky Hopping Mouse Notomys fuscus

Mitchell's Hopping Mouse 3 Notomys mitchellii

Silky Mouse Pseudomys apodemoides

Plains Mouse 49 Pseudomys australis

Bolam's Mouse 50 Pseudomys bolami

Desert Mouse 6 Pseudomys desertor

Sandy Inland Mouse 51 Pseudomys hermannsburgensis

Heath Mouse 52 Pseudomys shortridgei

Central Short-tailed Mouse Leggadina forresti

Rakali 37 Hydromys chrysogaster

Greater Stick-nest Rat 53 Leporillus conditor

House Mouse 54 Mus musculus