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.

Strap-toothed Whale ¹
Mesoplodon layardii

True's Beaked Whale ²
Mesoplodon mirus

Southern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon planifrons

Shepherd's Beaked Whale ³
Tasmacetus shepherdi

Arnoux's Beaked Whale ⁴
Berardius arnuxii

Cuvier's Beaked Whale ⁵
Ziphius cavirostris

Sperm Whale ⁶
Physeter macrocephalus

Pygmy Sperm Whale ⁷
Kogia breviceps

Dwarf Sperm Whale ⁸
Kogia sima

Spectacled Porpoise ⁹
Phocoena dioptrica

Southern Right Whale Dolphin ¹⁰
Lissodelphis peronii

Short-finned Pilot Whale ¹¹
Globicephala macrorhynchus

Long-finned Pilot Whale ¹²
Globicephala melas

Pygmy Killer Whale ¹³
Feresa attenuata

False Killer Whale ¹⁴
Pseudorca crassidens

Risso's Dolphin ¹⁵
Grampus griseus

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin ¹⁶
Tursiops aduncus

Common Bottlenose Dolphin ¹¹
Tursiops truncatus

Short-beaked Common Dolphin ¹⁷
Delphinus delphis

Dusky Dolphin ¹⁸
Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Orca ¹⁹
Orcinus orca

Black Flying Fox ²⁰
Pteropus alecto

Gray-headed Flying Fox ²¹
Pteropus poliocephalus

Little Red Flying Fox ²²
Pteropus scapulatus

Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat ²³
Saccolaimus flaviventris

Hill's Tomb Bat ²⁴
Taphozous hilli

Common Bent-winged Bat ²⁵
Miniopterus schreibersii

Western Broad-nosed Bat ²⁶
Scotorepens balstoni

Little Broad-nosed Bat ²⁷
Scotorepens greyii

Gould's Wattled Bat ²⁶
Chalinolobus gouldii

Chocolate Wattled Bat ²⁸
Chalinolobus morio

Little Pied Bat
Chalinolobus picatus

Eastern False Pipistrelle ²⁶
Falsistrellus tasmaniensis

Corben's Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus corbeni

Lesser Long-eared Bat ²⁶
Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Gould's Long-eared Bat ²⁶
Nyctophilus gouldi

Western Long-eared Bat ²⁷
Nyctophilus major

Inland Forest Bat ²⁹
Vespadelus baverstocki

Large Forest Bat
Vespadelus darlingtoni

Finlayson's Cave Bat ³⁰
Vespadelus finlaysoni

Southern Forest Bat ²⁶
Vespadelus regulus

Little Forest Bat ³¹
Vespadelus vulturnus

Large-footed Myotis ³²
Myotis macropus

Bristle-faced free-tailed bat ²⁶
Mormopterus eleryi

Inland Free-tailed Bat ³³
Mormopterus petersi

Eastern Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus ridei

White-striped Free-tailed Bat ²⁶
Austronomus australis

Crabeater Seal ³⁴
Lobodon carcinophaga

Leopard Seal ³⁵
Hydrurga leptonyx

Ross Seal ³⁶
Ommatophoca rossii

Southern Elephant Seal ³⁵
Mirounga leonina

Weddell Seal ³⁵
Leptonychotes weddellii

Long-nosed Fur Seal ³⁷
Arctocephalus forsteri

Subantarctic Fur Seal ³⁸
Arctocephalus tropicalis

Australian Fur Seal ³⁹
Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus

Australian Sea Lion ⁴⁰
Neophoca cinerea

Domestic Cat ³⁹
Felis catus

Dingo ⁴¹
Canis familiaris dingo

Red Fox ⁴²
Vulpes vulpes

Donkey ⁴³
Equus asinus

Domestic Horse ⁴⁴
Equus caballus

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Mammals of South Australia

Strap-toothed Whale 1 Mesoplodon layardii

True's Beaked Whale 2 Mesoplodon mirus

Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon planifrons

Shepherd's Beaked Whale 3 Tasmacetus shepherdi

Arnoux's Beaked Whale 4 Berardius arnuxii

Cuvier's Beaked Whale 5 Ziphius cavirostris

Sperm Whale 6 Physeter macrocephalus

Pygmy Sperm Whale 7 Kogia breviceps

Dwarf Sperm Whale 8 Kogia sima

Spectacled Porpoise 9 Phocoena dioptrica

Southern Right Whale Dolphin 10 Lissodelphis peronii

Short-finned Pilot Whale 11 Globicephala macrorhynchus

Long-finned Pilot Whale 12 Globicephala melas

Pygmy Killer Whale 13 Feresa attenuata

False Killer Whale 14 Pseudorca crassidens

Risso's Dolphin 15 Grampus griseus

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin 16 Tursiops aduncus

Common Bottlenose Dolphin 11 Tursiops truncatus

Short-beaked Common Dolphin 17 Delphinus delphis

Dusky Dolphin 18 Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Orca 19 Orcinus orca

Black Flying Fox 20 Pteropus alecto

Gray-headed Flying Fox 21 Pteropus poliocephalus

Little Red Flying Fox 22 Pteropus scapulatus

Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat 23 Saccolaimus flaviventris

Hill's Tomb Bat 24 Taphozous hilli

Common Bent-winged Bat 25 Miniopterus schreibersii

Western Broad-nosed Bat 26 Scotorepens balstoni

Little Broad-nosed Bat 27 Scotorepens greyii

Gould's Wattled Bat 26 Chalinolobus gouldii

Chocolate Wattled Bat 28 Chalinolobus morio

Little Pied Bat Chalinolobus picatus

Eastern False Pipistrelle 26 Falsistrellus tasmaniensis

Corben's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus corbeni

Lesser Long-eared Bat 26 Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Gould's Long-eared Bat 26 Nyctophilus gouldi

Western Long-eared Bat 27 Nyctophilus major

Inland Forest Bat 29 Vespadelus baverstocki

Large Forest Bat Vespadelus darlingtoni

Finlayson's Cave Bat 30 Vespadelus finlaysoni

Southern Forest Bat 26 Vespadelus regulus

Little Forest Bat 31 Vespadelus vulturnus

Large-footed Myotis 32 Myotis macropus

Bristle-faced free-tailed bat 26 Mormopterus eleryi

Inland Free-tailed Bat 33 Mormopterus petersi

Eastern Free-tailed Bat Mormopterus ridei

White-striped Free-tailed Bat 26 Austronomus australis

Crabeater Seal 34 Lobodon carcinophaga

Leopard Seal 35 Hydrurga leptonyx

Ross Seal 36 Ommatophoca rossii

Southern Elephant Seal 35 Mirounga leonina

Weddell Seal 35 Leptonychotes weddellii

Long-nosed Fur Seal 37 Arctocephalus forsteri

Subantarctic Fur Seal 38 Arctocephalus tropicalis

Australian Fur Seal 39 Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus

Australian Sea Lion 40 Neophoca cinerea

Domestic Cat 39 Felis catus

Dingo 41 Canis familiaris dingo

Red Fox 42 Vulpes vulpes

Donkey 43 Equus asinus

Domestic Horse 44 Equus caballus