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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.

Brown Hare 1
Lepus europaeus
European Rabbit 2
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Bush Rat 3
Rattus fuscipes
Australian Swamp Rat 4
Rattus lutreolus
Brown Rat 5
Rattus norvegicus
Black Rat 6
Rattus rattus
Long-haired Rat 7
Rattus villosissimus
Spinifex Hopping Mouse 8
Notomys alexis
Fawn Hopping Mouse 9
Notomys cervinus
Dusky Hopping Mouse
Notomys fuscus
Mitchell's Hopping Mouse 10
Notomys mitchellii
Silky Mouse
Pseudomys apodemoides
Plains Mouse 11
Pseudomys australis
Bolam's Mouse 12
Pseudomys bolami
Desert Mouse 13
Pseudomys desertor
Sandy Inland Mouse 14
Pseudomys hermannsburgensis
Heath Mouse 15
Pseudomys shortridgei
Central Short-tailed Mouse
Leggadina forresti
Rakali 16
Hydromys chrysogaster
Greater Stick-nest Rat 17
Leporillus conditor
House Mouse 18
Mus musculus
European Fallow Deer 19
Dama dama
Chital 20
Axis axis
Red Deer 21
Cervus elaphus
Javan Rusa 22
Rusa timorensis
Sambar 23
Rusa unicolor
Domestic Goat 24
Capra hircus
Wild Boar 25
Sus scrofa
Dromedary Camel 26
Camelus dromedarius
Pygmy Right Whale 27
Caperea marginata
Minke Whale 28
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Antarctic Minke Whale 29
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Sei Whale 30
Balaenoptera borealis
Eden's Whale 27
Balaenoptera edeni
Blue Whale 31
Balaenoptera musculus
Omura's Whale 27
Balaenoptera omurai
Fin Whale 32
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 33
Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern Right Whale 34
Eubalaena australis
Andrews' Beaked Whale 35
Mesoplodon bowdoini
Blainville's Beaked Whale 36
Mesoplodon densirostris
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale 37
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Gray's Beaked Whale 38
Mesoplodon grayi
Hector's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon hectori
Strap-toothed Whale 39
Mesoplodon layardii
True's Beaked Whale 40
Mesoplodon mirus
Southern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon planifrons
Shepherd's Beaked Whale 41
Tasmacetus shepherdi
Arnoux's Beaked Whale 42
Berardius arnuxii
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 43
Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm Whale 44
Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy Sperm Whale 45
Kogia breviceps
Dwarf Sperm Whale 46
Kogia sima
Spectacled Porpoise 47
Phocoena dioptrica
Southern Right Whale Dolphin 48
Lissodelphis peronii
Short-finned Pilot Whale 49
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Long-finned Pilot Whale 50
Globicephala melas
Pygmy Killer Whale 27
Feresa attenuata
False Killer Whale 51
Pseudorca crassidens
Risso's Dolphin 52
Grampus griseus
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin 53
Tursiops aduncus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 49
Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 4
Delphinus delphis
Dusky Dolphin 54
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Orca 55
Orcinus orca
Black Flying Fox 56
Pteropus alecto
Gray-headed Flying Fox 57
Pteropus poliocephalus
Little Red Flying Fox 58
Pteropus scapulatus
Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat 59
Saccolaimus flaviventris
Hill's Tomb Bat 10
Taphozous hilli
Common Bent-winged Bat 60
Miniopterus schreibersii
Western Broad-nosed Bat 61
Scotorepens balstoni
Little Broad-nosed Bat 62
Scotorepens greyii
Gould's Wattled Bat 61
Chalinolobus gouldii
Chocolate Wattled Bat 63
Chalinolobus morio
Little Pied Bat
Chalinolobus picatus
Eastern False Pipistrelle 61
Falsistrellus tasmaniensis
Corben's Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus corbeni
Lesser Long-eared Bat 61
Nyctophilus geoffroyi
Gould's Long-eared Bat 61
Nyctophilus gouldi
Western Long-eared Bat 62
Nyctophilus major
Inland Forest Bat 64
Vespadelus baverstocki
Large Forest Bat
Vespadelus darlingtoni
Finlayson's Cave Bat 65
Vespadelus finlaysoni
Southern Forest Bat 61
Vespadelus regulus
Little Forest Bat 66
Vespadelus vulturnus
Large-footed Myotis 67
Myotis macropus
Bristle-faced free-tailed bat 61
Mormopterus eleryi
Inland Free-tailed Bat 68
Mormopterus petersi
Eastern Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus ridei
White-striped Free-tailed Bat 61
Austronomus australis
Crabeater Seal 69
Lobodon carcinophaga
Leopard Seal 70
Hydrurga leptonyx
Ross Seal 71
Ommatophoca rossii
Southern Elephant Seal 70
Mirounga leonina
Weddell Seal 70
Leptonychotes weddellii
Long-nosed Fur Seal 72
Arctocephalus forsteri
Subantarctic Fur Seal 73
Arctocephalus tropicalis
Australian Fur Seal 74
Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus
Australian Sea Lion 75
Neophoca cinerea

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