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.

European Fallow Deer ¹
Dama dama

Chital ²
Axis axis

Red Deer ³
Cervus elaphus

Javan Rusa ⁴
Rusa timorensis

Sambar ⁵
Rusa unicolor

Domestic Goat ⁶
Capra hircus

Wild Boar ⁷
Sus scrofa

Dromedary Camel ⁸
Camelus dromedarius

Pygmy Right Whale ⁹
Caperea marginata

Minke Whale ¹⁰
Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Antarctic Minke Whale ¹¹
Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Sei Whale ¹²
Balaenoptera borealis

Eden's Whale ⁹
Balaenoptera edeni

Blue Whale ¹³
Balaenoptera musculus

Omura's Whale ⁹
Balaenoptera omurai

Fin Whale ¹⁴
Balaenoptera physalus

Humpback Whale ¹⁵
Megaptera novaeangliae

Southern Right Whale ¹⁶
Eubalaena australis

Andrews' Beaked Whale ¹⁷
Mesoplodon bowdoini

Blainville's Beaked Whale ¹⁸
Mesoplodon densirostris

Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale ¹⁹
Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Gray's Beaked Whale ²⁰
Mesoplodon grayi

Hector's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon hectori

Strap-toothed Whale ²¹
Mesoplodon layardii

True's Beaked Whale ²²
Mesoplodon mirus

Southern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon planifrons

Shepherd's Beaked Whale ²³
Tasmacetus shepherdi

Arnoux's Beaked Whale ²⁴
Berardius arnuxii

Cuvier's Beaked Whale ²⁵
Ziphius cavirostris

Sperm Whale ²⁶
Physeter macrocephalus

Pygmy Sperm Whale ²⁷
Kogia breviceps

Dwarf Sperm Whale ²⁸
Kogia sima

Spectacled Porpoise ²⁹
Phocoena dioptrica

Southern Right Whale Dolphin ³⁰
Lissodelphis peronii

Short-finned Pilot Whale ³¹
Globicephala macrorhynchus

Long-finned Pilot Whale ³²
Globicephala melas

Pygmy Killer Whale ⁹
Feresa attenuata

False Killer Whale ³³
Pseudorca crassidens

Risso's Dolphin ³⁴
Grampus griseus

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin ³⁵
Tursiops aduncus

Common Bottlenose Dolphin ³¹
Tursiops truncatus

Short-beaked Common Dolphin ³⁶
Delphinus delphis

Dusky Dolphin ³⁷
Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Orca ³⁸
Orcinus orca

Black Flying Fox ³⁹
Pteropus alecto

Gray-headed Flying Fox ⁴⁰
Pteropus poliocephalus

Little Red Flying Fox ⁴¹
Pteropus scapulatus

Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat ⁴²
Saccolaimus flaviventris

Hill's Tomb Bat ⁴³
Taphozous hilli

Common Bent-winged Bat ⁴⁴
Miniopterus schreibersii

Western Broad-nosed Bat ⁴⁵
Scotorepens balstoni

Little Broad-nosed Bat ⁴⁶
Scotorepens greyii

Gould's Wattled Bat ⁴⁵
Chalinolobus gouldii

Chocolate Wattled Bat ⁴⁷
Chalinolobus morio

Little Pied Bat
Chalinolobus picatus

Eastern False Pipistrelle ⁴⁵
Falsistrellus tasmaniensis

Corben's Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus corbeni

Lesser Long-eared Bat ⁴⁵
Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Gould's Long-eared Bat ⁴⁵
Nyctophilus gouldi

Western Long-eared Bat ⁴⁶
Nyctophilus major

Inland Forest Bat ⁴⁸
Vespadelus baverstocki

Large Forest Bat
Vespadelus darlingtoni

Finlayson's Cave Bat ⁴⁹
Vespadelus finlaysoni

Southern Forest Bat ⁴⁵
Vespadelus regulus

Little Forest Bat ⁵⁰
Vespadelus vulturnus

Large-footed Myotis ⁵¹
Myotis macropus

Bristle-faced free-tailed bat ⁴⁵
Mormopterus eleryi

Inland Free-tailed Bat ⁵²
Mormopterus petersi

Eastern Free-tailed Bat
Mormopterus ridei

White-striped Free-tailed Bat ⁴⁵
Austronomus australis

Crabeater Seal ⁵³
Lobodon carcinophaga

Leopard Seal ⁵⁴
Hydrurga leptonyx

Ross Seal ⁵⁵
Ommatophoca rossii

Southern Elephant Seal ⁵⁴
Mirounga leonina

Weddell Seal ⁵⁴
Leptonychotes weddellii

Long-nosed Fur Seal ⁵⁶
Arctocephalus forsteri

Subantarctic Fur Seal ⁵⁷
Arctocephalus tropicalis

Australian Fur Seal ⁵⁸
Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus

Australian Sea Lion ⁵⁹
Neophoca cinerea

Domestic Cat ⁵⁸
Felis catus

Dingo ⁶⁰
Canis familiaris dingo

Red Fox ⁶¹
Vulpes vulpes

Donkey ⁶²
Equus asinus

Domestic Horse ⁶³
Equus caballus

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Mammals of South Australia

European Fallow Deer 1 Dama dama

Chital 2 Axis axis

Red Deer 3 Cervus elaphus

Javan Rusa 4 Rusa timorensis

Sambar 5 Rusa unicolor

Domestic Goat 6 Capra hircus

Wild Boar 7 Sus scrofa

Dromedary Camel 8 Camelus dromedarius

Pygmy Right Whale 9 Caperea marginata

Minke Whale 10 Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Antarctic Minke Whale 11 Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Sei Whale 12 Balaenoptera borealis

Eden's Whale 9 Balaenoptera edeni

Blue Whale 13 Balaenoptera musculus

Omura's Whale 9 Balaenoptera omurai

Fin Whale 14 Balaenoptera physalus

Humpback Whale 15 Megaptera novaeangliae

Southern Right Whale 16 Eubalaena australis

Andrews' Beaked Whale 17 Mesoplodon bowdoini

Blainville's Beaked Whale 18 Mesoplodon densirostris

Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale 19 Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Gray's Beaked Whale 20 Mesoplodon grayi

Hector's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hectori

Strap-toothed Whale 21 Mesoplodon layardii

True's Beaked Whale 22 Mesoplodon mirus

Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon planifrons

Shepherd's Beaked Whale 23 Tasmacetus shepherdi

Arnoux's Beaked Whale 24 Berardius arnuxii

Cuvier's Beaked Whale 25 Ziphius cavirostris

Sperm Whale 26 Physeter macrocephalus

Pygmy Sperm Whale 27 Kogia breviceps

Dwarf Sperm Whale 28 Kogia sima

Spectacled Porpoise 29 Phocoena dioptrica

Southern Right Whale Dolphin 30 Lissodelphis peronii

Short-finned Pilot Whale 31 Globicephala macrorhynchus

Long-finned Pilot Whale 32 Globicephala melas

Pygmy Killer Whale 9 Feresa attenuata

False Killer Whale 33 Pseudorca crassidens

Risso's Dolphin 34 Grampus griseus

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin 35 Tursiops aduncus

Common Bottlenose Dolphin 31 Tursiops truncatus

Short-beaked Common Dolphin 36 Delphinus delphis

Dusky Dolphin 37 Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Orca 38 Orcinus orca

Black Flying Fox 39 Pteropus alecto

Gray-headed Flying Fox 40 Pteropus poliocephalus

Little Red Flying Fox 41 Pteropus scapulatus

Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat 42 Saccolaimus flaviventris

Hill's Tomb Bat 43 Taphozous hilli

Common Bent-winged Bat 44 Miniopterus schreibersii

Western Broad-nosed Bat 45 Scotorepens balstoni

Little Broad-nosed Bat 46 Scotorepens greyii

Gould's Wattled Bat 45 Chalinolobus gouldii

Chocolate Wattled Bat 47 Chalinolobus morio

Little Pied Bat Chalinolobus picatus

Eastern False Pipistrelle 45 Falsistrellus tasmaniensis

Corben's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus corbeni

Lesser Long-eared Bat 45 Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Gould's Long-eared Bat 45 Nyctophilus gouldi

Western Long-eared Bat 46 Nyctophilus major

Inland Forest Bat 48 Vespadelus baverstocki

Large Forest Bat Vespadelus darlingtoni

Finlayson's Cave Bat 49 Vespadelus finlaysoni

Southern Forest Bat 45 Vespadelus regulus

Little Forest Bat 50 Vespadelus vulturnus

Large-footed Myotis 51 Myotis macropus

Bristle-faced free-tailed bat 45 Mormopterus eleryi

Inland Free-tailed Bat 52 Mormopterus petersi

Eastern Free-tailed Bat Mormopterus ridei

White-striped Free-tailed Bat 45 Austronomus australis

Crabeater Seal 53 Lobodon carcinophaga

Leopard Seal 54 Hydrurga leptonyx

Ross Seal 55 Ommatophoca rossii

Southern Elephant Seal 54 Mirounga leonina

Weddell Seal 54 Leptonychotes weddellii

Long-nosed Fur Seal 56 Arctocephalus forsteri

Subantarctic Fur Seal 57 Arctocephalus tropicalis

Australian Fur Seal 58 Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus

Australian Sea Lion 59 Neophoca cinerea