Australian Mammals List

Based on the Wikipedia Australian Mammals list. 382 species in this list.

Order: Monotremata

Family: Ornithorhynchidae (Platypus)

Platypus   Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Family: Tachyglossidae (Echidnas)

Short-beaked Echidna   Tachyglossus aculeatus

Order: Dasyuromorphia

Family: Thylacinidae

Thylacine   Thylacinus cynocephalus

Family: Dasyuridae (Marsupial Mice, Quolls & relatives)

Agile Antechinus   Antechinus agilis

Fawn Antechinus   Antechinus bellus

Yellow-footed Antechinus   Antechinus flavipes

Atherton Antechinus   Antechinus godmani

Cinnamon Antechinus   Antechinus leo

Swamp Antechinus   Antechinus minimus

Brown Antechinus   Antechinus stuartii

Subtropical Antechinus   Antechinus subtropicus

Dusky Antechinus   Antechinus swainsonii

Brush-tailed Mulgara   Dasycercus blythi

Crest-tailed Mulgara   Dasycercus cristicauda

Kaluta   Dasykaluta rosamondae

Kowari   Dasyuroides byrnei

Western Quoll   Dasyurus geoffroii

Northern Quoll   Dasyurus hallucatus

Tiger Quoll   Dasyurus maculatus

Eastern Quoll   Dasyurus viverrinus

Wongai Ningaui   Ningaui ridei

Pilbara Ningaui   Ningaui timealeyi

Mallee Ningaui   Ningaui yvonnae

Dibbler   Parantechinus apicalis

Red-tailed Phascogale   Phascogale calura

Brush-tailed Phascogale   Phascogale tapoatafa

Kultarr   Antechinomys laniger

Paucident Planigale   Planigale gilesi

Long-tailed Planigale   Planigale ingrami

Common Planigale   Planigale maculata

Narrow-nosed Planigale   Planigale tenuirostris

Sandstone False Antechinus   Pseudantechinus bilarni

Fat-tailed False Antechinus   Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Alexandria False Antechinus   Pseudantechinus mimulus

Ningbing False Antechinus   Pseudantechinus ningbing

Rory Cooper's False Antechinus   Pseudantechinus roryi

Woolley's False Antechinus   Pseudantechinus woolleyae

Tasmanian Devil   Sarcophilus harrisii

Fat-tailed Dunnart   Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Kakadu Dunnart   Sminthopsis bindi

Carpentarian Dunnart   Sminthopsis butleri

Julia Creek Dunnart   Sminthopsis douglasi

Stripe-faced Dunnart   Sminthopsis macroura

Red-cheeked Dunnart   Sminthopsis virginiae

White-tailed Dunnart   Sminthopsis granulipes

Kangaroo Island Dunnart   Sminthopsis aitkeni

Boullanger Island Dunnart   Sminthopsis boullangerensis

Grey-bellied Dunnart   Sminthopsis griseoventer

Long-tailed Dunnart   Sminthopsis longicaudata

Chestnut Dunnart   Sminthopsis archeri

Little Long-tailed Dunnart   Sminthopsis dolichura

Sooty Dunnart   Sminthopsis fulginosus

Gilbert's Dunnart   Sminthopsis gilberti

White-footed Dunnart   Sminthopsis leucopus

Slender-tailed Dunnart   Sminthopsis murina

Hairy-footed Dunnart   Sminthopsis hirtipes

Ooldea Dunnart   Sminthopsis ooldea

Sandhill Dunnart   Sminthopsis psammophila

Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart   Sminthopsis youngsoni

Family: Myrmecobiidae

Numbat   Myremecobius fasciatus

Order: Peramelemorphia

Family: Peroryctidae

Rufous Spiny Bandicoot   Echymipera rufescens

Family: Peramelidae (Bandicoots)

Pig-footed Bandicoot   Chaeropus ecaudatus

Golden Bandicoot   Isoodon auratus

Northern Brown Bandicoot   Isoodon macrourus

Southern Brown Bandicoot   Isoodon obesulus

Western Barred Bandicoot   Perameles bougainville

Desert Bandicoot   Perameles eremiana

Eastern Barred Bandicoot   Perameles gunnii

Long-nosed Bandicoot   Perameles nasuta

Family: Thylacomyidae

Bilby   Macrotis lagotis

Lesser Bilby   Macrotis leucura

Order: Notoryctemorphia

Family: Notoryctidae

Northern Marsupial Mole   Notoryctes caurinus

Southern Marsupial Mole   Notoryctes typhlops

Order: Diprotodontia

Family: Vombatidae

Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat   Lasiorhinus krefftii

Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat   Lasiorhinus latifrons

Common Wombat   Vombatus ursinus

Family: Phascolarctidae (Koalas)

Koala   Phascolarctos cinereus

Family: Phalangeridae (Brushtail Possums & Cuscuses)

Southern Common Cuscus   Phalanger mimicus

Common Spotted Cuscus   Spilocuscus maculatus

Northern Brushtail Possum   Trichosurus arnhemensis

Short-eared Brushtail Possum   Trichosurus caninus

Mountain Brushtail Possum   Trichosurus cunninghami

Coppery Brushtail Possum   Trichosurus johnstonii

Common Brushtail Possum   Trichosurus vulpecula

Scaly-tailed Possum   Wyulda squamicaudata

Family: Burramyidae

Mountain Pygmy Possum   Burramys parvus

Long-tailed Pygmy Possum   Cercartetus caudatus

Southwestern Pygmy Possum   Cercartetus concinnus

Tasmanian Pygmy Possum   Cercartetus lepidus

Eastern Pygmy Possum   Cercartetus nanus

Family: Tarsipedidae

Honey Possum   Tarsipes rostratus

Family: Petauridae (Gliders)

Striped Possum   Dactylopsila trivirgata

Leadbeater's Possum   Gymnobelideus leadbeateri

Yellow-bellied Glider   Petaurus australis

Sugar Glider   Petaurus breviceps

Mahogany Glider   Petaurus gracilis

Squirrel Glider   Petaurus norfolcensis

Family: Pseudocheiridae (Ringtail Possums & relatives)

Lemuroid Ringtail Possum   Hemibelideus lemuroides

Greater Glider   Petauroides volans

Rock Ringtail Possum   Petropseudes dahli

Western Ringtail Possum   Pseudocheirus occidentalis

Common Ringtail Possum   Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Green Ringtail Possum   Pseudochirops archeri

Daintree River Ringtail Possum   Pseudochirulus cinereus

Herbert River Ringtail Possum   Pseudochirulus herbertensis

Family: Acrobatidae (Feathertail Glider)

Feathertail Glider   Acrobates pygmaeus

Family: Hypsiprymnodontidae (Rat-kangaroos)

Musky Rat-kangaroo   Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

Family: Potoroidae (Bettongs, Potoroos & relatives)

Rufous Bettong   Aepyprymnus rufescens

Southern Bettong   Bettongia gaimardi

Burrowing Bettong   Bettongia lesueur

Woylie   Bettongia penicillata

Northern Bettong   Bettongia tropica

Desert Rat-kangaroo   Caloprymnus campestris

Gilbert's Potoroo   Potorous gilbertii

Long-footed Potoroo   Potorous longipes

Broad-faced Potoroo   Potorous platyops

Long-nosed Potoroo   Potorous tridactylus

Family: Macropodidae (Macropods)

Bennett's Tree-kangaroo   Dendrolagus bennettianus

Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo   Dendrolagus lumholtzi

Central Hare-wallaby   Lagorchestes asomatus

Spectacled Hare-wallaby   Lagorchestes conspicillatus

Mala   Lagorchestes hirsutus

Eastern Hare-wallaby   Lagorchestes leporides

Banded Hare-wallaby   Lagostrophus fasciatus

Agile Wallaby   Macropus agilis

Antilopine Kangaroo   Macropus antilopinus

Black Wallaroo   Macropus bernardus

Black-striped Wallaby   Macropus dorsalis

Tammar Wallaby   Macropus eugenii

Western Grey Kangaroo   Macropus fuliginosus

Eastern Grey Kangaroo   Macropus giganteus

Toolache Wallaby   Macropus greyii

Western Brush Wallaby   Macropus irma

Parma Wallaby   Macropus parma

Whiptail Wallaby   Macropus parryi

Wallaroo or Euro   Macropus robustus

Red-necked Wallaby   Macropus rufogriseus

Red Kangaroo   Macropus rufus

Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby   Onychogalea fraenata

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby   Onychogalea lunata

Northern Nail-tail Wallaby   Onychogalea unguifera

Allied Rock-wallaby   Petrogale assimilis

Short-eared Rock-wallaby   Petrogale brachyotis

Monjon   Petrogale burbidgei

Cape York Rock-wallaby   Petrogale coenensis

Nabarlek   Petrogale concinna

Godman's Rock-wallaby   Petrogale godmani

Herbert's Rock-wallaby   Petrogale herberti

Unadorned Rock-wallaby   Petrogale inornata

Black-flanked Rock-wallaby   Petrogale lateralis

Purple-necked Rock-wallaby   Petrogale purpureicollis

Mareeba Rock-wallaby   Petrogale mareeba

Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby   Petrogale penicillata

Proserpine Rock-wallaby   Petrogale persephone

Rothschild's Rock-wallaby   Petrogale rothschildi

Sharman's Rock-wallaby   Petrogale sharmani

Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby   Petrogale xanthopus

Quokka   Setonix brachyurus

Tasmanian Pademelon   Thylogale billardierii

Red-legged Pademelon   Thylogale stigmatica

Red-necked Pademelon   Thylogale thetis

Swamp Wallaby   Wallabia bicolor

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Pteropodidae (Flying Foxes / Fruit Bats)

Bare-backed Fruit-bat   Dobsonia moluccense magna

Northern Blossom-bat   Macroglossus minimus

Common Blossom-bat   Syconycteris australis

Torresian Tubenosed Bat   Nyctimene cephalotes

Eastern Tubenosed Bat   Nyctimene robinsoni

Black Flying-fox   Pteropus alecto

Spectacled Flying-fox   Pteropus conspicillatus

Large-eared Flying-fox   Pteropus macrotis

Christmas Island Flying Fox   Pteropus melanotus

Grey-headed Flying-fox   Pteropus poliocephalus

Little Red Flying-fox   Pteropus scapulatus

Family: Megadermatidae (False Vampire Bats)

Ghost Bat   Macroderma gigas

Family: Rhinolophidae

Eastern Horseshoe Bat   Rhinolophus megaphyllus

Greater Horseshoe Bat   Rhinolophus philippinensis achilles

Large-eared Horseshoe Bat   Rhinolophus philippinensis maros

Dusky Leafnosed Bat   Hipposideros ater

Fawn Leafnosed Bat   Hipposideros cervinus

Diadem Leafnosed Bat   Hipposideros diadema reginae

Semon's Leafnosed Bat   Hipposideros semoni

Northern Leafnosed Bat   Hipposideros stenotis

Orange Leafnosed Bat   Rhinonicteris aurantia

Family: Emballonuridae (Sheath-tailed Bats)

Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat   Saccolaimus flaviventris

Cape York Sheathtail-bat   Saccolaimus mixtus

Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat   Saccolaimus saccolaimus

Coastal Sheathtail Bat   Taphozous australis

Common Sheathtail Bat   Taphozous georgianus

Hill's Sheathtail Bat   Taphozous hilli

Arnhem Sheathtail Bat   Taphozous kapalgensis

Troughton's Sheathtail Bat   Taphozous troughtoni

Family: Molossidae

Northern Freetail Bat   Chaerephon jobensis

Beccari's Freetail Bat   Mormopterus beccarii

East-coast Freetail Bat   Mormopterus norfolkensis

Eastern Freetial Bat   Mormopterus sp.

Inland Freetail Bat   Mormopterus sp.

Little Northern Freetail Bat   Mormopterus sp.

Little Western Freetail Bat   Mormopterus sp.

Southern Freetail Bat   Mormopterus sp.

Western Freetail Bat   Mormopterus sp.

Hairy-nosed Freetail Bat   Mormopterus sp.

White-striped Freetail Bat   Nyctinomus australis

Family: Vespertilionidae (Vesper bats)

Large-eared Pied Bat   Chalinolobus dwyeri

Gould's Wattled Bat   Chalinolobus gouldii

Chocolate Wattled Bat   Chalinolobus morio

Hoary Wattled Bat   Chalinolobus nigrogriseus

Little Pied Bat   Chalinolobus picatus

Western Falsistrelle   Falsistrellus mackenziei

Eastern Falsistrelle   Falsistrellus tasmaniensis

Little Bentwing Bat   Miniopterus australis

Common Bentwing Bat   Miniopterus schreibersii

Flute-nosed Bat   Murina florium

Large-footed Myotis   Myotis adversus

Arnhem Longeared Bat   Nyctophilus arnhemensis

Northern Longeared Bat   Nyctophilus bifax

Lesser Longeared Bat   Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Gould's Long-eared Bat   Nyctophilus gouldii

Greater Longeared Bat   Nyctophilus timoriensis

Pygmy Longeared Bat   Nyctophilus walkeri

Golden-tipped Bat   Phoniscus papuensis

Cape York Pipistrelle   Pipistrellus adamsi

Christmas Island Pipistrelle   Pipistrellus murrayi

Northern Pipistrelle   Pipistrellus westralis

Greater Broadnosed Bat   Scoteanax rueppellii

Inland Broadnosed Bat   Scotorepends balstoni

Little Broadnosed Bat   Scotorepens greyii

Eastern Broadnosed Bat   Scotorepens orion

Northern Broadnosed Bat   Scotorepens sanborni

Inland Forest Bat   Vespadelus baverstocki

Northern Cave Bat   Vespadelus caurinus

Large Forest Bat   Vespadelus darlingtoni

Kimberley Cave Bat   Vespadelus douglasorum

Inland Cave Bat   Vespadelus finlaysoni

Eastern Forest Bat   Vespadelus pumilus

Southern Forest Bat   Vespadelus regulus

Eastern Cave Bat   Vespadelus troughtoni

Little Forest Bat   Vespadelus vulturnus

Order: Rodentia

Family: Muridae (Mice, Rats & relatives)

White-footed Rabbit Rat   Conilurus albipes

Brush-tailed Rabbit Rat   Conilurus penicillatus

Water Rat   Hydromys chrysogaster

Forrest's Mouse   Leggadina forresti

Lakeland Downs Mouse   Leggadina lakedownensis

Lesser Stick-nest Rat   Leporillus apicalis

Greater Stick-nest Rat   Leporillus conditor

Broad-toothed Mouse   Pseudomys fuscus

Grassland Melomys   Melomys burtoni

Cape York Melomys   Melomys capensis

Fawn-footed Melomys   Melomys cervinipes

Bramble Cay Melomys   Melomys rubicola

Black-footed Tree-rat   Mesembriomys gouldi

Golden-backed Tree-rat   Mesembriomys macrurus

Spinifex Hopping Mouse   Notomys alexis

Short-tailed Hopping Mouse   Notomys amplus

Northern Hopping Mouse   Notomys aquilo

Fawn Hopping Mouse   Notomys cervinus

Dusky Hopping Mouse   Notomys fuscus

Long-tailed Hopping Mouse   Notomys longicaudatus

Big-eared Hopping Mouse   Notomys macrotis

Mitchell's Hopping Mouse   Notomys mitchelli

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse   Notomys mordax

Great Hopping Mouse   Notomys sp.

Prehensile-tailed Rat   Pogonomys mollipilosus

Ash-grey Mouse   Pseudomys albocinereus

Silky Mouse   Pseudomys apodemoides

Plains Rat   Pseudomys australis

Bolam's Mouse   Pseudomys bolami

Kakadu Pebble-mound Mouse   Pseudomys calabyi

Western Pebble-mound Mouse   Pseudomys chapmani

Delicate Mouse   Pseudomys delicatulus

Desert Mouse   Pseudomys desertor

Shark Bay Mouse   Pseudomys fieldi

Smoky Mouse   Pseudomys fumeus

Blue-grey Mouse   Pseudomys glaucus

Gould's Mouse   Pseudomys gouldi

Eastern Chestnut Mouse   Pseudomys gracilicaudatus

Sandy Inland Mouse   Pseudomys hermannsburgensis

Long-tailed Mouse   Pseudomys higginsi

Central Pebble-mound Mouse   Pseudomys johnsoni

Kimberley Mouse   Pseudomys laborifex

Western Chestnut Mouse   Pseudomys nanus

New Holland Mouse   Pseudomys novaehollandiae

Western Mouse   Pseudomys occidentalis

Hastings River Mouse   Pseudomys oralis

Pilliga Mouse   Pseudomys pilligaensis

Eastern Pebble-mound Mouse   Pseudomys patrius

Heath Mouse   Pseudomys shortridgei

Giant White-tailed Rat   Uromys caudimaculatus

Masked White-tailed Rat   Uromys hadrourus

False Water-rat   Xeromys myoides

Common Rock-rat   Zyzomys argurus

Arnhem Land Rock-rat   Zyzomys maini

Carpentarian Rock-rat   Zyzomys palatalis

Central Rock-rat   Zyzomys pedunculatus

Kimberley Rock-rat   Zyzomys woodwardi

House Mouse   Mus musculus

Dusky Rat   Rattus colletti

Pacific Rat   Rattus exulans

Bush Rat   Rattus fuscipes

Cape York Rat   Rattus leucopus

Swamp Rat   Rattus lutreolus

Brown Rat   Rattus norvegicus

Black Rat   Rattus rattus

Canefield Rat   Rattus sordidus

Pale Field Rat   Rattus tunneyi

Long-haired Rat   Rattus villosissimus

Family: Sciuridae

Five-lined Palm Squirrel   Funambulus pennantii

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Dingo   Canis familiaris dingo

Red Fox   Vulpes vulpes

Family: Felidae

House Cat   Felis silvestris catus

Order: Perissodactyla

Family: Equidae

Donkey   Equus asinus

Domestic Horse   Equus caballus

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Bovidae (Bovids)

Water Buffalo   Bubalus bubalus

Goat   Capra aegagris hircus

Banteng   Bos javanicus

Family: Camelidae

Dromedary   Camelus dromedarius

Family: Cervidae (Deer)

Chital   Axis axis

Hog Deer   Axis porcinus

Red Deer   Cervus elaphus

Rusa Deer   Cervus timorensis

Sambar   Cervus unicolor

Fallow Deer   Dama dama

Family: Suidae (Pigs)

Pig   Sus scrofa

Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)

European Hare   Lepus europaeus

European Rabbit   Oryctolagus cuniculus

Order: Cetacea

Family: Balaenidae

Southern Right Whale   Eubalaena australis

Family: Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)

Minke Whale   Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Southern Minke Whale   Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Sei Whale   Balaenoptera borealis

Pygmy Bryde's Whale   Balaenoptera edeni

Blue Whale   Balaenoptera musculus

Fin Whale   Balaenoptera physalus

Humpback Whale   Megaptera novaeangliae

Family: Neobalaenidae

Pygmy Right Whale   Caperea marginata

Family: Delphinidae (Dolphins, Killer & Pilot Whales)

Short-beaked Common Dolphin   Delphinus delphis

Pygmy Killer Whale   Feresa attenuata

Short-finned Pilot Whale   Globicephala macrorhynchus

Long-finned Pilot Whale   Globicephala melas

Risso's Dolphin   Grampus griseus

Fraser's Dolphin   Lagenodelphis hosei

Hourglass Dolphin   Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Dusky Dolphin   Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Southern Rightwhale Dolphin   Lissodelphis peronii

Irrawaddy Dolphin   Orcaella brevirostris

Australian Snubfin Dolphin   Orcaella heinsohni

Orca (Killer Whale)   Orcinus orca

Melon-headed Whale   Peponocephala electra

False Killer Whale   Pseudorca crassidens

Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin   Sousa chinensis

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin   Stenella attenuata

Striped Dolphin   Stenella coeruleoalba

Spinner Dolphin   Stenella longirostris

Rough-toothed Dolphin   Steno bredanensis

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin   Tursiops aduncus

Bottlenose Dolphin   Tursiops truncatus

Family: Kogiidae

Pygmy Sperm Whale   Kogia breviceps

Dwarf Sperm Whale   Kogia simus

Family: Phocoenidae

Spectacled Porpoise   Phocoena dioptrica

Family: Physeteridae

Sperm Whale   Physeter macrocephalus

Family: Ziphiidae

Arnoux's Beaked Whale   Berardius arnuxii

Southern Bottlenose Whale   Hyperoodon planifrons

Longman's Beaked Whale   Indopacetus pacificus

Andrew's Beaked Whale   Mesoplodon bowdoini

Blainville's Beaked Whale   Mesoplodon densirostris

Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale   Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Gray's Beaked Whale   Mesoplodon grayi

Hector's Beaked Whale   Mesoplodon hectori

Strap-toothed Whale   Mesoplodon layardii

True's Beaked Whale   Mesoplodon mirus

Shepherd's Beaked Whale   Tasmacetus shepherdi

Cuvier's Beaked Whale   Ziphius cavirostris

Order: Sirenia

Family: Dugongidae

Dugong   Dugong dugon

Order: Carnivora [Pinnipeda]

Family: Otariidae (Eared Seals)

New Zealand Fur Seal   Arctocephalus forsteri

Antarctic Fur Seal   Arctocephalus gazella

Australian Fur Seal   Arctocephalus pusillus

Subantarctic Fur Seal   Arctocephalus tropicalis

Australian Sea Lion   Neophoca cinerea

New Zealand Sea Lion   Phocarctos hookeri

Family: Phocidae

Leopard Seal   Hydrurga leptonyx

Weddell Seal   Leptonychotes weddelli

Crabeater Seal   Lobodon carcinophagus

Southern Elephant Seal   Mirounga leonina

Ross Seal   Ommatophoca rossi