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.

Gray's Beaked Whale ¹
Mesoplodon grayi

Hector's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon hectori

Strap-toothed Whale ²
Mesoplodon layardii

True's Beaked Whale ³
Mesoplodon mirus

Southern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon planifrons

Shepherd's Beaked Whale ⁴
Tasmacetus shepherdi

Arnoux's Beaked Whale ⁵
Berardius arnuxii

Cuvier's Beaked Whale ⁶
Ziphius cavirostris

Sperm Whale ⁷
Physeter macrocephalus

Pygmy Sperm Whale ⁸
Kogia breviceps

Dwarf Sperm Whale ⁹
Kogia sima

Spectacled Porpoise ¹⁰
Phocoena dioptrica

Southern Right Whale Dolphin ¹¹
Lissodelphis peronii

Short-finned Pilot Whale ¹²
Globicephala macrorhynchus

Long-finned Pilot Whale ¹³
Globicephala melas

Pygmy Killer Whale ¹⁴
Feresa attenuata

False Killer Whale ¹⁵
Pseudorca crassidens

Risso's Dolphin ¹⁶
Grampus griseus

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin ¹⁷
Tursiops aduncus

Common Bottlenose Dolphin ¹²
Tursiops truncatus

Short-beaked Common Dolphin ¹⁸
Delphinus delphis

Dusky Dolphin ¹⁹
Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Orca ²⁰
Orcinus orca

Black Flying Fox ²¹
Pteropus alecto

Gray-headed Flying Fox ²²
Pteropus poliocephalus

Little Red Flying Fox ²³
Pteropus scapulatus

Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat ²⁴
Saccolaimus flaviventris

Hill's Tomb Bat ²⁵
Taphozous hilli

Common Bent-winged Bat ²⁶
Miniopterus schreibersii

Western Broad-nosed Bat ²⁷
Scotorepens balstoni

Little Broad-nosed Bat ²⁸
Scotorepens greyii

Gould's Wattled Bat ²⁷
Chalinolobus gouldii

Chocolate Wattled Bat ²⁹
Chalinolobus morio

Little Pied Bat
Chalinolobus picatus

Eastern False Pipistrelle ²⁷
Falsistrellus tasmaniensis

Corben's Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus corbeni

Lesser Long-eared Bat ²⁷
Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Gould's Long-eared Bat ²⁷
Nyctophilus gouldi

Western Long-eared Bat ²⁸
Nyctophilus major

Inland Forest Bat ³⁰
Vespadelus baverstocki

Large Forest Bat
Vespadelus darlingtoni

Finlayson's Cave Bat ³¹
Vespadelus finlaysoni

Southern Forest Bat ²⁷
Vespadelus regulus

Little Forest Bat ³²
Vespadelus vulturnus

Large-footed Myotis ³³
Myotis macropus

Bristle-faced free-tailed bat ²⁷
Mormopterus eleryi

Inland Free-tailed Bat ³⁴
Mormopterus petersi

Eastern Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus ridei

White-striped Free-tailed Bat ²⁷
Austronomus australis

Crabeater Seal ³⁵
Lobodon carcinophaga

Leopard Seal ³⁶
Hydrurga leptonyx

Ross Seal ³⁷
Ommatophoca rossii

Southern Elephant Seal ³⁶
Mirounga leonina

Weddell Seal ³⁶
Leptonychotes weddellii

Long-nosed Fur Seal ³⁸
Arctocephalus forsteri

Subantarctic Fur Seal ³⁹
Arctocephalus tropicalis

Australian Fur Seal ⁴⁰
Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus

Australian Sea Lion ⁴¹
Neophoca cinerea

Domestic Cat ⁴⁰
Felis catus

Dingo ⁴²
Canis familiaris dingo

Red Fox ⁴³
Vulpes vulpes

Donkey ⁴⁴
Equus asinus

Domestic Horse ⁴⁵
Equus caballus

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Mammals of South Australia

Gray's Beaked Whale 1 Mesoplodon grayi

Hector's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hectori

Strap-toothed Whale 2 Mesoplodon layardii

True's Beaked Whale 3 Mesoplodon mirus

Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon planifrons

Shepherd's Beaked Whale 4 Tasmacetus shepherdi

Arnoux's Beaked Whale 5 Berardius arnuxii

Cuvier's Beaked Whale 6 Ziphius cavirostris

Sperm Whale 7 Physeter macrocephalus

Pygmy Sperm Whale 8 Kogia breviceps

Dwarf Sperm Whale 9 Kogia sima

Spectacled Porpoise 10 Phocoena dioptrica

Southern Right Whale Dolphin 11 Lissodelphis peronii

Short-finned Pilot Whale 12 Globicephala macrorhynchus

Long-finned Pilot Whale 13 Globicephala melas

Pygmy Killer Whale 14 Feresa attenuata

False Killer Whale 15 Pseudorca crassidens

Risso's Dolphin 16 Grampus griseus

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin 17 Tursiops aduncus

Common Bottlenose Dolphin 12 Tursiops truncatus

Short-beaked Common Dolphin 18 Delphinus delphis

Dusky Dolphin 19 Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Orca 20 Orcinus orca

Black Flying Fox 21 Pteropus alecto

Gray-headed Flying Fox 22 Pteropus poliocephalus

Little Red Flying Fox 23 Pteropus scapulatus

Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat 24 Saccolaimus flaviventris

Hill's Tomb Bat 25 Taphozous hilli

Common Bent-winged Bat 26 Miniopterus schreibersii

Western Broad-nosed Bat 27 Scotorepens balstoni

Little Broad-nosed Bat 28 Scotorepens greyii

Gould's Wattled Bat 27 Chalinolobus gouldii

Chocolate Wattled Bat 29 Chalinolobus morio

Little Pied Bat Chalinolobus picatus

Eastern False Pipistrelle 27 Falsistrellus tasmaniensis

Corben's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus corbeni

Lesser Long-eared Bat 27 Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Gould's Long-eared Bat 27 Nyctophilus gouldi

Western Long-eared Bat 28 Nyctophilus major

Inland Forest Bat 30 Vespadelus baverstocki

Large Forest Bat Vespadelus darlingtoni

Finlayson's Cave Bat 31 Vespadelus finlaysoni

Southern Forest Bat 27 Vespadelus regulus

Little Forest Bat 32 Vespadelus vulturnus

Large-footed Myotis 33 Myotis macropus

Bristle-faced free-tailed bat 27 Mormopterus eleryi

Inland Free-tailed Bat 34 Mormopterus petersi

Eastern Free-tailed Bat Mormopterus ridei

White-striped Free-tailed Bat 27 Austronomus australis

Crabeater Seal 35 Lobodon carcinophaga

Leopard Seal 36 Hydrurga leptonyx

Ross Seal 37 Ommatophoca rossii

Southern Elephant Seal 36 Mirounga leonina

Weddell Seal 36 Leptonychotes weddellii

Long-nosed Fur Seal 38 Arctocephalus forsteri

Subantarctic Fur Seal 39 Arctocephalus tropicalis

Australian Fur Seal 40 Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus

Australian Sea Lion 41 Neophoca cinerea

Domestic Cat 40 Felis catus

Dingo 42 Canis familiaris dingo

Red Fox 43 Vulpes vulpes

Donkey 44 Equus asinus

Domestic Horse 45 Equus caballus