Mammals of Yourka Reserve

Yourka is a reserve of Bush Heritage Australia. This guide is based on records for the wider region around the reserve that are listed in the Atlas of Living Australia.

Last updated January 2024

Krefft's Glider (previously sugar) - CONFIRMED 2
Petaurus notatus (Previously P. breviceps)
Australian Bush Rat 4
Rattus fuscipes
Delicate Mouse - CONFIRMED 5
Pseudomys delicatulus
Common Wallaroo - CONFIRMED 6
Osphranter robustus
Antilopine Wallaroo 7
Osphranter antilopinus
Tropical Antechinus
Antechinus adustus
European Rabbit - CONFIRMED 12
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Common Planigale - CONFIRMED 14
Planigale maculata
Yellow-footed Antechinus - CONFIRMED 15
Antechinus flavipes rubeculus
Slender-tailed Dunnart 16
Sminthopsis murina
Black Flying-fox 17
Pteropus alecto
Large-eared Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus philippinensis
Sharp-nosed Tomb Bat
Taphozous georgianus
Schreibers' long-fingered bat 19
Miniopterus schreibersii
Hoary Wattled Bat 20
Chalinolobus nigrogriseus
Lesser Long-eared Bat 20
Nyctophilus geoffroyi
Little Broad-nosed Bat
Scotorepens greyii
Northern Broad-nosed Bat 20
Scotorepens sanborni
Beccari's Mastiff Bat
Mormopterus beccarii
Common Ringtail Possum 22
Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Northern Greater Glider - CONFIRMED 23
Petauroides minor (northern species- previously part of P. volans)
Swamp Wallaby - CONFIRMED 23
Wallabia bicolor
Koala - CONFIRMED 29
Phascolarctos cinereus
Rufous Bettong - CONFIRMED 30
Aepyprymnus rufescens
Platypus - CONFIRMED 31
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Eastern Chestnut Mouse 16
Pseudomys gracilicaudatus
Rakali - CONFIRMED 2
Hydromys chrysogaster
Grassland Melomys
Melomys burtoni

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