List of mammals of South Australia

This is a list of mammals of South Australia. It includes all mammals recorded in South Australia since European settlement, including some known only from subfossil remains, and including non-feral introduced species.

Except where otherwise referenced, this list is based upon Kemper, Catherine; Reardon, Terry; Queale, Lynette (2000). "Mammals". In Robinson, A. C.; Casperson, K. D.; Hutchinson, M. N. (eds.). A List of the Vertebrates of South Australia. Biological Survey of South Australia..^[1]

Subclass Prototheria

Order Monotremata

Family Ornithorhynchidae

Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus)

Family Tachyglossidae

Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna)

Subclass Marsupialia

Order Dasyuromorphia

Family Myrmecobiidae

Myrmecobius fasciatus (numbat) reintroduced

Family Dasyuridae

Subfamily Dasyurinae

Dasycercus byrnei (kowari)
Dasycercus cristicauda (mulgara)
Dasyurus geoffroii (western quoll) locally extinct
Dasyurus maculatus (tiger quoll) locally extinct
Dasyurus viverrinus (eastern quoll) locally extinct
Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (fat-tailed pseudantechinus)

Subfamily Phascogalinae

Antechinus flavipes (yellow-footed antechinus)
Antechinus minimus (swamp antechinus)
Phascogale calura (red-tailed phascogale) locally extinct
Phascogale tapoatafa (brush-tailed phascogale)

Subfamily Planigalinae

Ningaui ridei (Wonai ningaui)
Ningaui yvonneae (southern ningaui)
Planigale gilesi (Giles' planigale)
Planigale cf. ingrami (long-tailed planigale)
Planigale tenuirostris (narrow-nosed planigale)

Subfamily Sminthopsinae

Antechinomys laniger (kultarr)
Sminthopsis aitkeni (Kangaroo Island dunnart)
Sminthopsis crassicaudata (fat-tailed dunnart)
Sminthopsis dolichura (little long-tailed dunnart)
Sminthopsis hirtipes (hairy-footed dunnart)
Sminthopsis macroura (stripe-faced dunnart)
Sminthopsis murina (common dunnart)
Sminthopsis ooldea (Ooldea dunnart)
Sminthopsis psammophila (sandhill dunnart)
Sminthopsis youngsoni (lesser hairy-footed dunnart)

Order Peramelemorphia

Family †Chaeropodidae

†Chaeropus ecaudatus (pig-footed bandicoot)

Family Peramelidae

Subfamily Peramelinae

Isoodon auratus (golden bandicoot) locally extinct
Isoodon obesulus (southern brown bandicoot)
Perameles bougainville (western barred bandicoot) locally extinct
†Perameles eremiana (desert bandicoot)
Perameles gunnii (eastern barred bandicoot) locally extinct

Subfamily Thylacomyinae

Macrotis lagotis (bilby)
†Macrotis leucura (lesser bilby)

Order Notoryctemorphia

Family Notoryctidae

Notoryctes typhlops (marsupial mole)

Order Diprotodontia

Family Phascolarctidae

Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) reintroduced

Family Vombatidae

Lasiorhinus latifrons (southern hairy-nosed wombat)
Vombatus ursinus (common wombat)

Family Phalangeridae

Trichosurus vulpecula (common brushtail possum)

Family Potoroidae

Bettongia lesueur (burrowing bettong)
Bettongia penicillata (brush-tailed bettong)
†Caloprymnus campestris (desert rat-kangaroo)
†Potorous tridactylus (long-nosed potoroo)

Family Macropodidae

Lagorchestes hirsutus (rufous hare-wallaby) locally extinct
†Lagorchestes leporides (eastern hare-wallaby)
Macropus fuliginosus (western grey kangaroo)
Macropus giganteus (eastern grey kangaroo)
Notamacropus eugenii (tammar wallaby) reintroduced
- N. e. decres
- N. e. eugenii reintroduced^[2]
†Notamacropus greyi (toolache wallaby)
Notamacropus rufogriseus (red-necked wallaby)
Osphranter robustus (euro)
Osphranter rufus (red kangaroo)
†Onychogalea lunata (crescent nailtail wallaby)
Petrogale lateralis (black-footed rock-wallaby)
- P. l. pearsoni (Pearson Island rock-wallaby)
Petrogale xanthopus (yellow-footed rock-wallaby)
Thylogale billardierii (Tasmanian pademelon) locally extinct
Wallabia bicolor (swamp wallaby)

Family Burramyidae

Cercartetus concinnus (western pygmy-possum)
Cercartetus lepidus (little pygmy-possum)
Cercartetus nanus (eastern pygmy-possum)

Family Pseudocheiridae

Pseudocheirus peregrinus (common ringtail possum)

Family Petauridae

Petaurus australis (yellow-bellied glider)
Petaurus notatus (Krefft's glider)^[3]^[4]
Petaurus norfolcensis (squirrel glider) locally extinct

Acrobatidae

Acrobates pygmaeus (feathertail glider)

Subclass Eutheria

Order Chiroptera

Suborder Megachiroptera

Family Pteropodidae

Pteropus poliocephalus (grey-headed flying-fox)
Pteropus scapulatus (little red flying-fox)

Suborder Microchiroptera

Family Emballonuridae

Saccolaimus flaviventris (yellow-bellied sheathtail bat)
Taphozous hilli (sheathtail bat)

Family Megadermatidae

Macroderma gigas (ghost bat) locally extinct

Family Molossidae

Ozimops petersi (inland free-tailed bat)
Ozimops planiceps (southern free-tailed bat)
Ozimops ridei (eastern free-tailed bat)
Tadarida australis (white-striped freetail-bat)

Family Vespertilionidae

Subfamily Miniopterinae

Minipterus schreibersii (large bentwing-bat)

Subfamily Nytophilinae

Nyctophilus geoffroyi (lesser long-eared bat)
Nyctophilus gouldi (Gould's long-eared bat)
Nyctophilus timoriensis (greater long-eared bat)

Subfamily Vespertilioninae

Chalinolobus gouldii (Gould's wattled bat)
Chalinolobus morio (chocolate wattled bat)
Chalinolobus picatus (little pied bat)
Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (eastern falsistrelle)
Myotis macropus (southern myotis)
Scotorepens balstoni (inland broad-nosed bat)
Scotorepens greyii (little broad-nosed bat)
Vespadelus baverstocki (inland forest bat)
Vespadelus darlingtoni (large forest bat)
Vespadelus finlaysoni (Finlayson's cave bat)
Vespadelus regulus (southern forest bat)
Vespadelus vulturnus (little forest bat)

Order Carnivora

Family Canidae

Canis familiaris dingo (dingo)
- Canis familiaris x C. f. dingo (dingo-domestic dog hybrid)^[5]^[6]
Vulpes vulpes (red fox) introduced

Family Otariidae

Subfamily Arctocephalinae

Arctocephalus pusillus (Australian fur-seal)
- Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus
Arctophoca forsteri (long-nosed fur-seal)
Arctophoca tropicalis (subantarctic fur-seal)

Subfamily Otariinae

Neophoca cinerea (Australian sea-lion)

Family Phocidae

Hydrurga leptonyx (leopard seal)
Leptonychotes weddellii (Weddell seal)
Lobodon carcinophaga (crab-eater seal)
Mirounga leonina (southern elephant seal)
Ommatophoca rossii (Ross seal)

Order Cetacea

Suborder Mysticeti

Family Balaenidae

Eubalaena australis (southern right whale)

Family Neobalaenidae

Caperea marginata (pygmy right whale)

Family Balaenopteridae

Balaenoptera acutorostrata (dwarf minke whale)
Balaenoptera bonaerensis (Antarctic minke whale)
Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale)
Balaenoptera edeni (Bryde's whale)
Balaenoptera omurai (Omura's whale)
Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale)
Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale)
Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale)

Suborder Odontoceti

Family Delphinidae

Delphinus delphis (common dolphin)
Globicephala macrorhynchus (short-finned pilot whale)
Globicephala melas (long-finned pilot whale)
Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)
Orcinus orca (killer whale)
Pseudorca crassidens (false killer whale)
Sagmatias obscurus (dusky dolphin)
Tursiops truncatus (common bottlenose dolphin)
Tursiops aduncus (Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin)

Family Phocoenidae

Phocoena dioptrica (spectacled porpoise)

Family Physeteridae

Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale)

Family Kogiidae

Kogia breviceps (pygmy sperm whale)
Kogia sima (dwarf sperm whale)

Family Ziphiidae

Berardius arnuxii (Arnoux's beaked whale)
Hyperoodon planifrons (southern bottlenose whale)
Mesoplodon bowdoini (Andrews beaked whale)
Mesoplodon grayi (Gray's beaked whale)
Mesoplodon hectori (Hector's beaked whale)
Mesoplodon layardii (strap-toothed whale)
Tasmacetus shepherdi (Shepherd's beaked whale)
Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale)

Order Artiodactyla

Family Cervidae

Dama dama (common fallow deer) introduced

Order Rodentia

Family Muridae

Subfamily Hydromyinae

Conilurus albipes (white-footed tree-rat) locally extinct ^{[note 1]}^[7]
Hydromys chrysogaster (water-rat)
Leggadina forresti (Forrest's mouse)
†Leporillus apicalis (lesser stick-nest rat)
Leporillus conditor (greater stick-nest rat) ^{[note 2]}
Notomys alexis (spinifex hopping-mouse)
†Notomys amplus (short-tailed hopping-mouse)
Notomys cervinus (fawn hopping-mouse)
Notomys fuscus (dusky hopping-mouse)
†Notomys longicaudatus (long-tailed hopping-mouse)
Notomys mitchellii (Mitchell's hopping-mouse)
Pseudomys apodemoides (silky mouse)
Pseudomys australis (plains mouse)
Pseudomys bolami (Bolam's mouse)
Pseudomys desertor (desert mouse)
Pseudomys fieldi (Shark Bay mouse) locally extinct ^{[note 3]}^[7]
†Pseudomys gouldii (Gould's mouse)
Pseudomys hermannsburgensis (sandy inland mouse)
Pseudomys shortridgei (heath rat)

Subfamily Murinae

Mus musculus (house mouse) introduced
Rattus fuscipes (bush rat)
Rattus lutreolus (swamp rat)
Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) introduced
Rattus rattus (black rat) introduced
Rattus tunneyi (pale field-rat) locally extinct
Rattus villosissimus (long-haired rat)

Order Lagomorpha

Family Leporidae

Lepus europaeus (European hare) introduced
Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit) introduced

Notes

^ never collected live in South Australia, but reported by John Gould in 1863, and remains have since been found in subfossil deposits
^ locally extinct on mainland; native populations remain on the Franklin Islands; introduced on Reevesby and St Peter Islands
^ known in South Australia only from subfossil deposits, which are difficult to distinguish from those of P. gouldii

References

^ Kemper, Catherine; Reardon, Terry; Queale, Lynette (2000). "Mammals". In Robinson, A. C.; Casperson, K. D.; Hutchinson, M. N. (eds.). A List of the Vertebrates of South Australia (PDF). Biological Survey of South Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^ 'Extinct' wallaby goes back on show ABC News, 15 February 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
^ "Petaurus notatus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ Cremona, T., Baker, A. M., Cooper, S. J., Montague-Drake, R., Stobo-Wilson, A. M., & Carthew, S. M. (2020). Integrative taxonomic investigation of Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) reveals three distinct species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
^ Jooste, James (28 June 2016). "Wild dog populations will be out of control within five years without dedicated dogger, former trapper says". ABC News. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^ Dulaney, Michael (22 July 2016). "'Every possible genetic combination': The diverse street dogs of the APY Lands". ABC News. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b Robinson, A. C.; Kemper, C. M.; Medlin, G. C.; Watts, C. H. S. (2000). "The rodents of South Australia". Wildlife Research. 27 (4): 379–404. doi:10.1071/WR97044.

[7] ver collected live in South Australia, but reported by John Gould in 1863, and remains have since been found in subfossil deposits

[9] y extinct on mainland; native populations remain on the Franklin Islands; introduced on Reevesby and St Peter Islands

[10] wn in South Australia only from subfossil deposits, which are difficult to distinguish from those of P. gouldii

[Kemper_2000-1] Kemper, Catherine; Reardon, Terry; Queale, Lynette (2000). "Mammals". In Robinson, A. C.; Casperson, K. D.; Hutchinson, M. N. (eds.). A List of the Vertebrates of South Australia (PDF). Biological Survey of South Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[2] 'Extinct' wallaby goes back on show ABC News, 15 February 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.

[3] "Petaurus notatus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[4] Cremona, T., Baker, A. M., Cooper, S. J., Montague-Drake, R., Stobo-Wilson, A. M., & Carthew, S. M. (2020). Integrative taxonomic investigation of Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) reveals three distinct species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

[5] Jooste, James (28 June 2016). "Wild dog populations will be out of control within five years without dedicated dogger, former trapper says". ABC News. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

[6] Dulaney, Michael (22 July 2016). "'Every possible genetic combination': The diverse street dogs of the APY Lands". ABC News. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

[Robinson_2000-8] Robinson, A. C.; Kemper, C. M.; Medlin, G. C.; Watts, C. H. S. (2000). "The rodents of South Australia". Wildlife Research. 27 (4): 379–404. doi:10.1071/WR97044.

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