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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.

Wongai Ningaui 1
Ningaui ridei
Southern Ningaui 2
Ningaui yvonneae
Kangaroo Island Dunnart
Sminthopsis aitkeni
Fat-tailed Dunnart 3
Sminthopsis crassicaudata
Little Long-tailed Dunnart 4
Sminthopsis dolichura
Gray-bellied Dunnart
Sminthopsis griseoventer
Hairy-footed Dunnart
Sminthopsis hirtipes
Stripe-faced Dunnart 5
Sminthopsis macroura
Slender-tailed Dunnart 6
Sminthopsis murina
Ooldea Dunnart 1
Sminthopsis ooldea
Sandhill Dunnart
Sminthopsis psammophila
Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart 7
Sminthopsis youngsoni
Kultarr 4
Antechinomys laniger
Paucident Planigale 8
Planigale gilesi
Long-tailed Planigale
Planigale ingrami
Narrow-nosed Planigale 5
Planigale tenuirostris
Red-tailed Phascogale 9
Phascogale calura
Brush-tailed Phascogale 10
Phascogale tapoatafa
Agile Antechinus 11
Antechinus agilis
Yellow-footed Antechinus 12
Antechinus flavipes
Swamp Antechinus 13
Antechinus minimus
Western Quoll 14
Dasyurus geoffroii
Brush-tailed Mulgara 15
Dasycercus blythi
Crest-tailed Mulgara 16
Dasycercus cristicauda
Fat-tailed False Antechinus 1
Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
Kowari 17
Dasyuroides byrnei
Numbat 14
Myrmecobius fasciatus
Feather-tailed Glider 18
Acrobates pygmaeus
Yellow-bellied Glider 19
Petaurus australis
Sugar Glider 13
Petaurus breviceps
Squirrel Glider 20
Petaurus norfolcensis
Common Ringtail Possum 21
Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Southwestern Pygmy Possum 22
Cercartetus concinnus
Tasmanian Pygmy Possum
Cercartetus lepidus
Eastern Pygmy Possum 23
Cercartetus nanus
Common Brushtail Possum 24
Trichosurus vulpecula
Tammar Wallaby 25
Macropus eugenii
Western Grey Kangaroo 26
Macropus fuliginosus
Eastern Grey Kangaroo 27
Macropus giganteus
Common Wallaroo 28
Macropus robustus
Red-necked Wallaby 29
Macropus rufogriseus
Red Kangaroo 30
Macropus rufus
Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby 31
Onychogalea fraenata
Swamp Wallaby 29
Wallabia bicolor
Black-flanked Rock-wallaby 32
Petrogale lateralis
Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby 33
Petrogale xanthopus
Koala 34
Phascolarctos cinereus
Boodie 14
Bettongia lesueur
Woylie 14
Bettongia penicillata
Long-nosed Potoroo 35
Potorous tridactylus
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat 36
Lasiorhinus latifrons
Common Wombat 37
Vombatus ursinus
Southern Marsupial Mole 38
Notoryctes typhlops
Southern Brown Bandicoot 39
Isoodon obesulus
Western Barred Bandicoot
Perameles bougainville
Greater Bilby 14
Macrotis lagotis
Brown Hare 40
Lepus europaeus
European Rabbit 41
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Bush Rat 42
Rattus fuscipes
Australian Swamp Rat 13
Rattus lutreolus
Brown Rat 43
Rattus norvegicus
Black Rat 44
Rattus rattus
Long-haired Rat 45
Rattus villosissimus
Spinifex Hopping Mouse 46
Notomys alexis
Fawn Hopping Mouse 47
Notomys cervinus
Dusky Hopping Mouse
Notomys fuscus
Mitchell's Hopping Mouse 1
Notomys mitchellii
Silky Mouse
Pseudomys apodemoides
Plains Mouse 48
Pseudomys australis
Bolam's Mouse 49
Pseudomys bolami
Desert Mouse 4
Pseudomys desertor
Sandy Inland Mouse 50
Pseudomys hermannsburgensis
Heath Mouse 51
Pseudomys shortridgei
Central Short-tailed Mouse
Leggadina forresti
Rakali 35
Hydromys chrysogaster
Greater Stick-nest Rat 52
Leporillus conditor
House Mouse 53
Mus musculus
European Fallow Deer 54
Dama dama
Chital 55
Axis axis
Red Deer 56
Cervus elaphus
Javan Rusa 57
Rusa timorensis
Sambar 58
Rusa unicolor
Domestic Goat 59
Capra hircus
Wild Boar 60
Sus scrofa
Dromedary Camel 61
Camelus dromedarius
Pygmy Right Whale 62
Caperea marginata
Minke Whale 63
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Antarctic Minke Whale 64
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Sei Whale 65
Balaenoptera borealis
Eden's Whale 62
Balaenoptera edeni
Blue Whale 66
Balaenoptera musculus
Omura's Whale 62
Balaenoptera omurai
Fin Whale 67
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 68
Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern Right Whale 69
Eubalaena australis
Andrews' Beaked Whale 70
Mesoplodon bowdoini
Blainville's Beaked Whale 71
Mesoplodon densirostris
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale 72
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Gray's Beaked Whale 73
Mesoplodon grayi
Hector's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon hectori

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