List of mammals of South Australia

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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[]
Family Vespertilionidae[]
Subfamily Miniopterinae
  • (large bentwing-bat)
Subfamily
  • 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
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
  • 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[]

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

References[]

  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.
  7. ^ 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.
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