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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.

Andrews' Beaked Whale 1
Mesoplodon bowdoini
Blainville's Beaked Whale 2
Mesoplodon densirostris
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale 3
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Gray's Beaked Whale 4
Mesoplodon grayi
Hector's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon hectori
Strap-toothed Whale 5
Mesoplodon layardii
True's Beaked Whale 6
Mesoplodon mirus
Southern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon planifrons
Shepherd's Beaked Whale 7
Tasmacetus shepherdi
Arnoux's Beaked Whale 8
Berardius arnuxii
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 9
Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm Whale 10
Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy Sperm Whale 11
Kogia breviceps
Dwarf Sperm Whale 12
Kogia sima
Spectacled Porpoise 13
Phocoena dioptrica
Southern Right Whale Dolphin 14
Lissodelphis peronii
Short-finned Pilot Whale 15
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Long-finned Pilot Whale 16
Globicephala melas
Pygmy Killer Whale 17
Feresa attenuata
False Killer Whale 18
Pseudorca crassidens
Risso's Dolphin 19
Grampus griseus
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin 20
Tursiops aduncus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 15
Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 21
Delphinus delphis
Dusky Dolphin 22
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Orca 23
Orcinus orca

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