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 .
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'Extinct' wallaby goes back on show ABC News, 15 February 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020. †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)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. 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) 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 Hydromys chrysogaster (water-rat) Leggadina forresti (Forrest's mouse) †Leporillus apicalis (lesser stick-nest rat) Leporillus conditor (greater stick-nest rat) 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 †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
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