List of mammals of South Australia

This is a list of mammals of South Australia. It includes all mammals recorded in South Australia since European settlement, including some known only from subfossil remains, and including non-feral introduced species.

Except where otherwise referenced, this list is based upon Kemper, Catherine; Reardon, Terry; Queale, Lynette (2000). "Mammals". In Robinson, A. C.; Casperson, K. D.; Hutchinson, M. N. (eds.). A List of the Vertebrates of South Australia. Biological Survey of South Australia..[1]

## Subclass Prototheria

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### Order Monotremata

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#### Family Ornithorhynchidae

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* Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus)

#### Family Tachyglossidae

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* Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna)

## Subclass Marsupialia

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### Order Dasyuromorphia

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#### Family Myrmecobiidae

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* Myrmecobius fasciatus (numbat) reintroduced

#### Family Dasyuridae

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Subfamily Dasyurinae

* Dasycercus byrnei (kowari)
* Dasycercus cristicauda (mulgara)
* Dasyurus geoffroii (western quoll) locally extinct
* Dasyurus maculatus (tiger quoll) locally extinct
* Dasyurus viverrinus (eastern quoll) locally extinct
* Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (fat-tailed pseudantechinus)

Subfamily Phascogalinae

* Antechinus flavipes (yellow-footed antechinus)
* Antechinus minimus (swamp antechinus)
* Phascogale calura (red-tailed phascogale) locally extinct
* Phascogale tapoatafa (brush-tailed phascogale)

Subfamily Planigalinae

* Ningaui ridei (Wonai ningaui)
* Ningaui yvonneae (southern ningaui)
* Planigale gilesi (Giles' planigale)
* Planigale cf. ingrami (long-tailed planigale)
* Planigale tenuirostris (narrow-nosed planigale)

Subfamily Sminthopsinae

* Antechinomys laniger (kultarr)
* Sminthopsis aitkeni (Kangaroo Island dunnart)
* Sminthopsis crassicaudata (fat-tailed dunnart)
* Sminthopsis dolichura (little long-tailed dunnart)
* Sminthopsis hirtipes (hairy-footed dunnart)
* Sminthopsis macroura (stripe-faced dunnart)
* Sminthopsis murina (common dunnart)
* Sminthopsis ooldea (Ooldea dunnart)
* Sminthopsis psammophila (sandhill dunnart)
* Sminthopsis youngsoni (lesser hairy-footed dunnart)

### Order Peramelemorphia

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#### Family †Chaeropodidae

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* †Chaeropus ecaudatus (pig-footed bandicoot)

#### Family Peramelidae

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Subfamily Peramelinae

* Isoodon auratus (golden bandicoot) locally extinct
* Isoodon obesulus (southern brown bandicoot)
* Perameles bougainville (western barred bandicoot) locally extinct
* †Perameles eremiana (desert bandicoot)
* Perameles gunnii (eastern barred bandicoot) locally extinct

Subfamily Thylacomyinae

* Macrotis lagotis (bilby)
* †Macrotis leucura (lesser bilby)

### Order Notoryctemorphia

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#### Family Notoryctidae

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* Notoryctes typhlops (marsupial mole)

### Order Diprotodontia

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#### Family Phascolarctidae

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* Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) reintroduced

#### Family Vombatidae

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* Lasiorhinus latifrons (southern hairy-nosed wombat)
* Vombatus ursinus (common wombat)

#### Family Phalangeridae

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* Trichosurus vulpecula (common brushtail possum)

#### Family Potoroidae

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* Bettongia lesueur (burrowing bettong)
* Bettongia penicillata (brush-tailed bettong)
* †Caloprymnus campestris (desert rat-kangaroo)
* †Potorous tridactylus (long-nosed potoroo)

#### Family Macropodidae

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* Lagorchestes hirsutus (rufous hare-wallaby) locally extinct
* †Lagorchestes leporides (eastern hare-wallaby)
* Macropus fuliginosus (western grey kangaroo)
* Macropus giganteus (eastern grey kangaroo)
* Notamacropus eugenii (tammar wallaby) reintroduced
* N. e. decres
* N. e. eugenii reintroduced[2]
* †Notamacropus greyi (toolache wallaby)
* Notamacropus rufogriseus (red-necked wallaby)
* Osphranter robustus (euro)
* Osphranter rufus (red kangaroo)
* †Onychogalea lunata (crescent nailtail wallaby)
* Petrogale lateralis (black-footed rock-wallaby)
* P. l. pearsoni (Pearson Island rock-wallaby)
* Petrogale xanthopus (yellow-footed rock-wallaby)
* Thylogale billardierii (Tasmanian pademelon) locally extinct
* Wallabia bicolor (swamp wallaby)

#### Family Burramyidae

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* Cercartetus concinnus (western pygmy-possum)
* Cercartetus lepidus (little pygmy-possum)
* Cercartetus nanus (eastern pygmy-possum)

#### Family Pseudocheiridae

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* Pseudocheirus peregrinus (common ringtail possum)

#### Family Petauridae

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* Petaurus australis (yellow-bellied glider)
* Petaurus notatus (Krefft's glider)[3][4]
* Petaurus norfolcensis (squirrel glider) locally extinct

#### Acrobatidae

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* Acrobates pygmaeus (feathertail glider)

## Subclass Eutheria

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### Order Chiroptera

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#### Suborder Megachiroptera

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##### Family Pteropodidae

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* Pteropus poliocephalus (grey-headed flying-fox)
* Pteropus scapulatus (little red flying-fox)

#### Suborder Microchiroptera

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##### Family Emballonuridae

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* Saccolaimus flaviventris (yellow-bellied sheathtail bat)
* Taphozous hilli (sheathtail bat)

##### Family Megadermatidae

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* Macroderma gigas (ghost bat) locally extinct

##### Family Molossidae

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* Ozimops petersi (inland free-tailed bat)
* Ozimops planiceps (southern free-tailed bat)
* Ozimops ridei (eastern free-tailed bat)
* Tadarida australis (white-striped freetail-bat)

##### Family Vespertilionidae

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Subfamily Miniopterinae

* Minipterus schreibersii (large bentwing-bat)

Subfamily Nytophilinae

* Nyctophilus geoffroyi (lesser long-eared bat)
* Nyctophilus gouldi (Gould's long-eared bat)
* Nyctophilus timoriensis (greater long-eared bat)

Subfamily Vespertilioninae

* Chalinolobus gouldii (Gould's wattled bat)
* Chalinolobus morio (chocolate wattled bat)
* Chalinolobus picatus (little pied bat)
* Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (eastern falsistrelle)
* Myotis macropus (southern myotis)
* Scotorepens balstoni (inland broad-nosed bat)
* Scotorepens greyii (little broad-nosed bat)
* Vespadelus baverstocki (inland forest bat)
* Vespadelus darlingtoni (large forest bat)
* Vespadelus finlaysoni (Finlayson's cave bat)
* Vespadelus regulus (southern forest bat)
* Vespadelus vulturnus (little forest bat)

### Order Carnivora

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#### Family Canidae

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* Canis familiaris dingo (dingo)
* Canis familiaris x C. f. dingo (dingo-domestic dog hybrid)[5][6]
* Vulpes vulpes (red fox) introduced

#### Family Otariidae

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Subfamily Arctocephalinae

* Arctocephalus pusillus (Australian fur-seal)
* Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus
* Arctophoca forsteri (long-nosed fur-seal)
* Arctophoca tropicalis (subantarctic fur-seal)

Subfamily Otariinae

* Neophoca cinerea (Australian sea-lion)

#### Family Phocidae

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* Hydrurga leptonyx (leopard seal)
* Leptonychotes weddellii (Weddell seal)
* Lobodon carcinophaga (crab-eater seal)
* Mirounga leonina (southern elephant seal)
* Ommatophoca rossii (Ross seal)

### Order Cetacea

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#### Suborder Mysticeti

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#### Family Balaenidae

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* Eubalaena australis (southern right whale)

#### Family Neobalaenidae

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* Caperea marginata (pygmy right whale)

#### Family Balaenopteridae

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* Balaenoptera acutorostrata (dwarf minke whale)
* Balaenoptera bonaerensis (Antarctic minke whale)
* Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale)
* Balaenoptera edeni (Bryde's whale)
* Balaenoptera omurai (Omura's whale)
* Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale)
* Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale)
* Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale)

#### Suborder Odontoceti

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##### Family Delphinidae

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* Delphinus delphis (common dolphin)
* Globicephala macrorhynchus (short-finned pilot whale)
* Globicephala melas (long-finned pilot whale)
* Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)
* Orcinus orca (killer whale)
* Pseudorca crassidens (false killer whale)
* Sagmatias obscurus (dusky dolphin)
* Tursiops truncatus (common bottlenose dolphin)
* Tursiops aduncus (Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin)

##### Family Phocoenidae

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* Phocoena dioptrica (spectacled porpoise)

##### Family Physeteridae

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* Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale)

##### Family Kogiidae

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* Kogia breviceps (pygmy sperm whale)
* Kogia sima (dwarf sperm whale)

##### Family Ziphiidae

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* Berardius arnuxii (Arnoux's beaked whale)
* Hyperoodon planifrons (southern bottlenose whale)
* Mesoplodon bowdoini (Andrews beaked whale)
* Mesoplodon grayi (Gray's beaked whale)
* Mesoplodon hectori (Hector's beaked whale)
* Mesoplodon layardii (strap-toothed whale)
* Tasmacetus shepherdi (Shepherd's beaked whale)
* Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale)

### Order Artiodactyla

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#### Family Cervidae

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* Dama dama (common fallow deer) introduced

### Order Rodentia

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#### Family Muridae

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Subfamily Hydromyinae

* Conilurus albipes (white-footed tree-rat) locally extinct [note 1][7]
* Hydromys chrysogaster (water-rat)
* Leggadina forresti (Forrest's mouse)
* †Leporillus apicalis (lesser stick-nest rat)
* Leporillus conditor (greater stick-nest rat) [note 2]
* Notomys alexis (spinifex hopping-mouse)
* †Notomys amplus (short-tailed hopping-mouse)
* Notomys cervinus (fawn hopping-mouse)
* Notomys fuscus (dusky hopping-mouse)
* †Notomys longicaudatus (long-tailed hopping-mouse)
* Notomys mitchellii (Mitchell's hopping-mouse)
* Pseudomys apodemoides (silky mouse)
* Pseudomys australis (plains mouse)
* Pseudomys bolami (Bolam's mouse)
* Pseudomys desertor (desert mouse)
* Pseudomys fieldi (Shark Bay mouse) locally extinct [note 3][7]
* †Pseudomys gouldii (Gould's mouse)
* Pseudomys hermannsburgensis (sandy inland mouse)
* Pseudomys shortridgei (heath rat)

Subfamily Murinae

* Mus musculus (house mouse) introduced
* Rattus fuscipes (bush rat)
* Rattus lutreolus (swamp rat)
* Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) introduced
* Rattus rattus (black rat) introduced
* Rattus tunneyi (pale field-rat) locally extinct
* Rattus villosissimus (long-haired rat)

### Order Lagomorpha

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#### Family Leporidae

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* Lepus europaeus (European hare) introduced
* Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit) introduced

## Notes

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1. ^ never collected live in South Australia, but reported by John Gould in 1863, and remains have since been found in subfossil deposits
2. ^ locally extinct on mainland; native populations remain on the Franklin Islands; introduced on Reevesby and St Peter Islands
3. ^ known in South Australia only from subfossil deposits, which are difficult to distinguish from those of P. gouldii

## References

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1. ^ Kemper, Catherine; Reardon, Terry; Queale, Lynette (2000). "Mammals". In Robinson, A. C.; Casperson, K. D.; Hutchinson, M. N. (eds.). A List of the Vertebrates of South Australia (PDF). Biological Survey of South Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
2. ^ 'Extinct' wallaby goes back on show ABC News, 15 February 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
3. ^ "Petaurus notatus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
4. ^ Cremona, T., Baker, A. M., Cooper, S. J., Montague-Drake, R., Stobo-Wilson, A. M., & Carthew, S. M. (2020). Integrative taxonomic investigation of Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) reveals three distinct species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
5. ^ Jooste, James (28 June 2016). "Wild dog populations will be out of control within five years without dedicated dogger, former trapper says". ABC News. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
6. ^ Dulaney, Michael (22 July 2016). "'Every possible genetic combination': The diverse street dogs of the APY Lands". ABC News. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
7. ^ a b Robinson, A. C.; Kemper, C. M.; Medlin, G. C.; Watts, C. H. S. (2000). "The rodents of South Australia". Wildlife Research. 27 (4): 379–404\. doi:10.1071/WR97044.