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A guide to the mammals of Australia

A guide to take to Australia on safari

Long-haired Rat 1
Rattus villosissimus
Canefield Rat
Rattus sordidus
Cape York Rat
Rattus leucopus
Bush Rat 2
Rattus fuscipes
Polynesian Rat 3
Rattus exulans
Black Rat 4
Rattus rattus
Brown Rat 5
Rattus norvegicus
Australian Swamp Rat 6
Rattus lutreolus
Dusky Field Rat
Rattus colletti
Pale Field Rat 7
Rattus tunneyi
House Mouse 8
Mus musculus
Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Notomys mordax
Mitchell's Hopping Mouse 9
Notomys mitchellii
Big-eared Hopping Mouse
Notomys macrotis
Long-tailed Hopping Mouse
Notomys longicaudatus
Dusky Hopping Mouse 10
Notomys fuscus
Northern Hopping Mouse
Notomys aquilo
Spinifex Hopping Mouse 11
Notomys alexis
Fawn Hopping Mouse
Notomys cervinus
Short-tailed Hopping Mouse
Notomys amplus
Chestnut Tree Mouse
Pogonomys macrourus
Eastern Chestnut Mouse 12
Pseudomys gracilicaudatus
Heath Mouse 13
Pseudomys shortridgei
Pilliga Mouse 14
Pseudomys pilligaensis
Eastern Pebble-mound Mouse
Pseudomys patrius
Hastings River Mouse 12
Pseudomys oralis
Western Chestnut Mouse
Pseudomys nanus
Western Mouse
Pseudomys occidentalis
Central Pebble Mouse
Pseudomys johnsoni
Gould's Mouse
Pseudomys gouldii
Desert Mouse 15
Pseudomys desertor
Plains Mouse 16
Pseudomys australis
Shark Bay Mouse
Pseudomys fieldi
Western Pebble Mouse
Pseudomys chapmani
Smoky Mouse 13
Pseudomys fumeus
Blue-grey Mouse
Pseudomys glaucus
Silky Mouse 17
Pseudomys apodemoides
Bolam's Mouse
Pseudomys bolami
Delicate Mouse 18
Pseudomys delicatulus
Long-tailed Mouse
Pseudomys higginsi
Ash-grey Mouse
Pseudomys albocinereus
Sandy Inland Mouse 19
Pseudomys hermannsburgensis
New Holland Mouse 12
Pseudomys novaehollandiae
Central Short-tailed Mouse
Leggadina forresti
Northern Short-tailed Mouse
Leggadina lakedownensis
Rakali 20
Hydromys chrysogaster
Bramble Cay Melomys 21
Melomys rubicola
White-bellied Melomys
Melomys leucogaster
Black-tailed Melomys
Melomys rufescens
Cape York Melomys
Melomys capensis
Grassland Melomys
Melomys burtoni
Fawn-footed Melomys 22
Melomys cervinipes
White-tailed Giant Rat 23
Uromys caudimaculatus
Pygmy White-tailed Rat
Uromys hadrourus
Central Rock Rat
Zyzomys pedunculatus
Kimberley Rock Rat 24
Zyzomys woodwardi
Common Rock Rat 25
Zyzomys argurus
Arnhem Land Rock Rat
Zyzomys maini
False Water Rat 26
Xeromys myoides
Greater Stick-nest Rat 27
Leporillus conditor
Lesser Stick-nest Rat
Leporillus apicalis
Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat
Conilurus penicillatus
White-footed Rabbit-rat
Conilurus albipes
Lesser Tree Mouse
Chiruromys vates
Black-footed Tree Rat 28
Mesembriomys gouldii
Golden-backed Tree Rat 24
Mesembriomys macrurus
Broad-toothed Mouse 13
Mastacomys fuscus
Kakadu Pebble-mound Mouse
Pseudomys calabyi
Carpentarian Rock Rat
Zyzomys palatalis
Prehensile-tailed Rat
Pogonomys mollipilosus

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