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.

Family Ornithorhynchidae

 * Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus)

Family Tachyglossidae

 * Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna)

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)

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)

Family Notoryctidae

 * Notoryctes typhlops (marsupial mole)

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
 * †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)
 * Petaurus norfolcensis (squirrel glider) locally extinct

Acrobatidae

 * Acrobates pygmaeus (feathertail glider)

Family Pteropodidae

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Family Cervidae

 * Dama dama (common fallow deer) introduced

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)

Family Leporidae

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