List of mammals of South Australia facts for kids

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 .

Subclass Prototheria

Order Monotremata

Family Ornithorhynchidae

• Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus)

Family Tachyglossidae

• Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna)

Subclass Marsupialia

Order Dasyuromorphia

Family Myrmecobiidae

• Myrmecobius fasciatus (numbat) reintroduced

Family Dasyuridae

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

Family †Chaeropodidae

• †Chaeropus ecaudatus (pig-footed bandicoot)

Family Peramelidae

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

Family Notoryctidae

• Notoryctes typhlops (marsupial mole)

Order Diprotodontia

Family Phascolarctidae

• Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) reintroduced

Family Vombatidae

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

Family Phalangeridae

• Trichosurus vulpecula (common brushtail possum)

Family Potoroidae

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

Family Macropodidae

• 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
• †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

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

Family Pseudocheiridae

• Pseudocheirus peregrinus (common ringtail possum)

Family Petauridae

• Petaurus australis (yellow-bellied glider)
• Petaurus notatus (Krefft's glider)
• Petaurus norfolcensis (squirrel glider) locally extinct

Acrobatidae

• Acrobates pygmaeus (feathertail glider)

Subclass Eutheria

Order Chiroptera

Suborder Megachiroptera

Family Pteropodidae

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

Suborder Microchiroptera

Family Emballonuridae

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

Family Megadermatidae

• Macroderma gigas (ghost bat) locally extinct

Family Molossidae

• 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

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

Family Canidae

• Canis familiaris dingo (dingo)
  • Canis familiaris x C. f. dingo (dingo-domestic dog hybrid)
• Vulpes vulpes (red fox) introduced

Family Otariidae

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

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

Order Cetacea

Family Balaenidae

• Eubalaena australis (southern right whale)

Family Neobalaenidae

• Caperea marginata (pygmy right whale)

Family Balaenopteridae

• 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

Family Delphinidae

• 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

• Phocoena dioptrica (spectacled porpoise)

Family Physeteridae

• Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale)

Family Kogiidae

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

Family Ziphiidae

• 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

Family Cervidae

• Dama dama (common fallow deer) introduced

Order Rodentia

Family Muridae

Subfamily Hydromyinae

• Conilurus albipes (white-footed tree-rat) locally extinct
• Hydromys chrysogaster (water-rat)
• Leggadina forresti (Forrest's mouse)
• †Leporillus apicalis (lesser stick-nest rat)
• Leporillus conditor (greater stick-nest rat)
• 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
• †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

Family Leporidae

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