List of mammals of New South Wales
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Mammal
Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...

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New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

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Acrobatidae
Acrobatidae
Acrobatidae is a small family of gliding marsupials containing two genera, each with a single species, the Feathertail Glider from Australia and Feather-tailed Possum from New Guinea....

  • Acrobates pygmaeus (Feathertail Glider)

Balaenidae
Balaenidae
Balaenidae is a family of mysticete whales that contains two living genera. Commonly called the right whales as it contains mainly right whale species...

  • Eubalaena australis (Southern Right Whale)

Balaenopteridae
  • Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Dwarf Minke Whale)
  • Balaenoptera edeni (Bryde's Whale)
  • Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale)
  • Balaenoptera physalus (Fin Whale)
  • Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale)

Bovidae
  • Bos taurus (European cattle) — Naturalised
  • Capra hircus (Goat) — Naturalised
  • Ovis aries (Sheep (feral)) — Naturalised

Burramyidae
  • Burramys parvus (Mountain Pygmy-possum)
  • Cercartetus concinnus (Western Pygmy Possum)
  • Cercartetus nanus (Eastern Pygmy-possum)

Camelidae
  • Camelus dromedarius (Dromedary) — Naturalised

Canidae
Canidae
Canidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and domestic dogs. A member of this family is called a canid . The Canidae family is divided into two tribes: Canini and Vulpini...

  • Canis lupus dingo
    Canis lupus dingo
    The taxon Canis lupus dingo is named for its most famous and original member, the Australian Dingo, but it also includes non-Australian animals such as the New Guinea Singing Dog, the Thai Dog, and other animals which are considered taxonomically identical to the Australian Dingo. so any...

    (Dingo) — Naturalised
  • Canis lupus familiaris (Dog) — Naturalised
  • Vulpes vulpes (Fox) — Naturalised

Cervidae
  • Cervus elaphus (Red Deer) — Naturalised
  • Cervus timorensis (Rusa Deer) — Naturalised
  • Cervus unicolor (Sambar) — Naturalised
  • Dama dama (Fallow Deer) — Naturalised

Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae is a family of marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including 61 species divided into 15 genera. Many are small and mouse-like, giving them the misnomer marsupial mice, but the group also includes the cat-sized quolls, as well as the Tasmanian Devil...

  • Antechinomys laniger (Kultarr)
  • Antechinus agilis (Agile Antechinus)
  • Antechinus flavipes (Yellow-footed Antechinus)
  • Antechinus stuartii (Brown Antechinus)
  • Antechinus swainsonii (Dusky Antechinus)
  • Dasycercus cristicauda (Mulgara)
  • Dasyurus geoffroii (Western Quoll)
  • Dasyurus maculatus (Spotted-tailed Quoll)
  • Dasyurus viverrinus (Eastern Quoll)
  • Ningaui yvonneae (Southern Ningaui)
  • Phascogale calura (Red-tailed Phascogale)
  • Phascogale tapoatafa (Brush-tailed Phascogale)
  • Planigale gilesi (Paucident Planigale)
  • Planigale maculata (Common Planigale)
  • Planigale tenuirostris (Narrow-nosed Planigale)
  • Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Fat-tailed Dunnart)
  • Sminthopsis leucopus (White-footed Dunnart)
  • Sminthopsis macroura (Stripe-faced Dunnart)
  • Sminthopsis murina (Common Dunnart)

Delphinidae
  • Delphinus delphis (Common Dolphin)
  • Feresa attenuata (Pygmy Killer Whale)
  • Globicephala macrorhynchus (Short-finned Pilot Whale)
  • Globicephala melas (Long-finned Pilot Whale)
  • Grampus griseus (Risso's Dolphin)
  • Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's Dolphin)
  • Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Dusky Dolphin)
  • Lissodelphis peronii (Southern Right Whale Dolphin)
  • Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)
  • Peponocephala electra (Melon-headed Whale)
  • Pseudorca crassidens (False Killer Whale)
  • Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin)
  • Stenella attenuata (Spotted Dolphin)
  • Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped Dolphin)
  • Stenella longirostris (Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin)
  • Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed Dolphin)
  • Tursiops aduncus (Long-beaked Bottle-nosed Dolphin)
  • Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenose Dolphin)

Dugongidae
Dugongidae
Dugongidae is a family in the order of Sirenia.The family has one surviving species, the Dugong , one recently extinct species, the Steller's Sea Cow , and a number of extinct genera known from the fossil record....

  • Dugong dugon (Dugong)

Emballonuridae
  • Saccolaimus flaviventris (Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat)
  • Taphozous australis (North-eastern Sheathtail-bat)
  • Taphozous georgianus (Common Sheathtail-bat)

Equidae
Equidae
Equidae is the taxonomic family of horses and related animals, including the extant horses, donkeys, and zebras, and many other species known only from fossils. All extant species are in the genus Equus...

  • Equus asinus (Donkey) — Naturalised
  • Equus caballus (Horse) — Naturalised

Felidae
Felidae
Felidae is the biological family of the cats; a member of this family is called a felid. Felids are the strictest carnivores of the thirteen terrestrial families in the order Carnivora, although the three families of marine mammals comprising the superfamily pinnipedia are as carnivorous as the...

  • Felis catus (Cat) — Naturalised

Kogiidae
  • Kogia breviceps (Pygmy Sperm Whale)
  • Kogia simus (Dwarf Sperm Whale)

Leporidae
Leporidae
Leporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs...

  • Lepus capensis (Brown Hare) — Naturalised
  • Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit) — Naturalised

Macropodidae
  • Lagorchestes leporides (Eastern Hare-wallaby)
  • Macropus dorsalis (Black-striped Wallaby)
  • Macropus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo)
  • Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo)
  • Macropus parma (Parma Wallaby)
  • Macropus parryi (Whiptail Wallaby)
  • Macropus robustus (Common Wallaroo)
  • Macropus rufogriseus (Red-necked Wallaby)
  • Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo)
  • Onychogalea fraenata (Bridled Nailtail Wallaby)
  • Onychogalea lunata (Crescent Nailtail Wallaby)
  • Petrogale penicillata (Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby)
  • Petrogale xanthopus (Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby)
  • Thylogale stigmatica (Red-legged Pademelon)
  • Thylogale thetis (Red-necked Pademelon)
  • Wallabia bicolor (Swamp Wallaby)

Molossidae
  • Mormopterus beccarii (Beccari's Freetail-bat)
  • Mormopterus loriae (Little Northern Freetail-bat)
  • Mormopterus norfolkensis (Eastern Freetail-bat)
  • Mormopterus planiceps (Little Mastiff-bat)
  • Tadarida australis (White-striped Freetail-bat)

Muridae
Muridae
Muridae is the largest family of mammals. It contains over 600 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. They have been introduced worldwide. The group includes true mice and rats, gerbils, and relatives....

  • Conilurus albipes (White-footed Tree-rat)
  • Hydromys chrysogaster (Water-rat)
  • Leggadina forresti (Forrest's Mouse)
  • Leporillus apicalis (Lesser Stick-nest Rat)
  • Leporillus conditor (Greater Stick-nest Rat)
  • Mastacomys fuscus (Broad-toothed Rat)
  • Melomys burtoni (Grassland Melomys)
  • Melomys cervinipes (Fawn-footed Melomys)
  • Mus musculus (House Mouse) — Naturalised
  • 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
    Pseudomys australis
    The Plains Rat, or Plains Mouse, or Eastern Mouse, or Palyoora , is a threatened rodent species native to Australia.-Captivity:...

    (Plains Rat)
  • Pseudomys bolami (Bolam's Mouse)
  • Pseudomys delicatulus (Delicate Mouse)
  • Pseudomys desertor (Desert Mouse)
  • Pseudomys fumeus (Smoky Mouse)
  • Pseudomys gouldii (Gould's Mouse)
  • Pseudomys gracilicaudatus (Eastern Chestnut Mouse)
  • Pseudomys hermannsburgensis (Sandy Inland Mouse)
  • Pseudomys novaehollandiae (New Holland Mouse)
  • Pseudomys oralis (Hastings River Mouse)
  • Pseudomys pilligaensis (Pilliga Mouse)
  • Rattus fuscipes (Bush Rat)
  • Rattus lutreolus (Swamp Rat)
  • Rattus norvegicus (Brown Rat) — Naturalised
  • Rattus rattus (Black Rat) — Naturalised
  • Rattus sordidus (Canefield Rat)
  • Rattus tunneyi (Pale Field-rat)
  • Rattus villosissimus (Long-haired Rat)

Myrmecobiidae
  • Myrmecobius fasciatus (Numbat)

Neobalaenidae
  • Caperea marginata (Pygmy Right Whale)

Ornithorhynchidae
Ornithorhynchidae
Ornithorhynchidae is one of the two extant families in the order Monotremata, and contains the Platypus and its extinct relatives. The other family is the Tachyglossidae, or echidnas...

  • Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Platypus)

Otariidae
  • Arctocephalus forsteri (New Zealand Fur-seal)
  • Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Australian Fur-seal)
  • Arctocephalus tropicalis (Subantarctic Fur-seal)
  • Neophoca cinerea (Australian Sea-lion)

Peramelidae
Peramelidae
Peramelidae is the family of marsupials that contains all of the extant bandicoots. One known extinct species of bandicoot, the Pig-footed Bandicoot, was so different than the other species that it was recently moved into its own family. There are four described fossil Peramelids...

  • Chaeropus ecaudatus (Pig-footed Bandicoot)
  • Isoodon auratus auratus (Golden Bandicoot)
  • Isoodon macrourus (Northern Brown Bandicoot)
  • Isoodon obesulus obesulus (Southern Brown Bandicoot)
  • Macrotis lagotis (Bilby)
  • Perameles bougainville fasciata (Western Barred Bandicoot)
  • Perameles nasuta (Long-nosed Bandicoot)

Petauridae
Petauridae
The family Petauridae includes 11 medium-sized possum species: four striped possums, the six species wrist-winged gliders in genus Petaurus, and Leadbeater's Possum which has only vestigal gliding membranes...

  • Petaurus australis (Yellow-bellied Glider)
  • Petaurus breviceps (Sugar Glider)
  • Petaurus norfolcensis (Squirrel Glider)

Phalangeridae
Phalangeridae
Phalangeridae is a family of nocturnal marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including the cuscuses, brushtail possums, and their close relatives...

  • Trichosurus caninus (Short-eared Possum)
  • Trichosurus vulpecula (Common Brushtail Possum)
  • Trichosurus vulpecula arnhemensis (Northern Brushtail Possum)

Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctidae is a family of marsupials of the order Diprotodontia, consisting of only one extant species, the Koala, six well known fossil species, with another 5 less well known fossil species, and 2 fossil species whose taxonomy is debatable but is put in this group...

  • Phascolarctos cinereus (Koala)

Phocidae
  • Hydrurga leptonyx (Leopard Seal)
  • Lobodon carcinophaga (Crab-eater Seal)
  • Mirounga leonina (Southern Elephant Seal)

Physeteridae
  • Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale)

Potoroidae
Potoroidae
The marsupial family Potoroidae includes the bettongs, potoroos, and two of the rat-kangaroos. All are rabbit-sized, brown, jumping marsupials and resemble a large rodent or a very small wallaby.- Characteristics :...

  • Aepyprymnus rufescens (Rufous Bettong)
  • Bettongia gaimardi (Tasmanian Bettong)
  • Bettongia lesueur graii (Boodie, Burrowing Bettong)
  • Bettongia penicillata penicillata (Brush-tailed Bettong)
  • Bettongia tropica (Northern Bettong)
  • Potorous longipes (Long-footed Potoroo)
  • Potorous tridactylus (Long-nosed Potoroo)

Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheiridae is a family of arboreal marsupials containing 17 extant species of ringtailed possums and close relatives. They are found in forested areas and shrublands throughout Australia and New Guinea.-Characteristics:...

  • Petauroides volans (Greater Glider)
  • Pseudocheirus occidentalis (Western Ringtail Possum)
  • Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Common Ringtail Possum)

Pteropodidae
  • Nyctimene robinsoni (Eastern Tube-nosed Bat)
  • Pteropus alecto (Black Flying-fox)
  • Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying-fox)
  • Pteropus scapulatus (Little Red Flying-fox)
  • Syconycteris australis (Common Blossom-bat)

Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus megaphyllus (Eastern Horseshoe-bat)

Suidae
Suidae
Suidae is the biological family to which pigs belong. In addition to numerous fossil species, up to sixteen extant species are currently recognized, classified into between four and eight genera...

  • Sus scrofa (Pig) — Naturalised

Tachyglossidae
  • Tachyglossus aculeatus (Short-beaked Echidna)

Vespertilionidae
  • Chalinolobus dwyeri (Large-eared Pied Bat)
  • Chalinolobus gouldii (Gould's Wattled Bat)
  • Chalinolobus morio (Chocolate Wattled Bat)
  • Chalinolobus nigrogriseus (Hoary Wattled Bat)
  • Chalinolobus picatus (Little Pied Bat)
  • Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Eastern False Pipistrelle)
  • Kerivoula papuensis (Golden-tipped Bat)
  • Miniopterus australis (Little Bentwing-bat)
  • Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis (Eastern Bentwing-bat)
  • Myotis adversus (Large-footed Myotis)
  • Nyctophilus arnhemensis (Arnhem Long-eared Bat)
  • Nyctophilus bifax
    Nyctophilus bifax
    The Eastern Long-eared Bat, Nyctophilus bifax, is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

    (Eastern Long-eared Bat)
  • Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Lesser Long-eared Bat)
  • Nyctophilus gouldi (Gould's Long-eared Bat)
  • Nyctophilus timoriensis (Eastern Long-eared Bat)
  • Scoteanax rueppellii (Greater Broad-nosed Bat)
  • Scotorepens balstoni (Inland Broad-nosed Bat)
  • Scotorepens greyii (Little Broad-nosed Bat)
  • Scotorepens orion (Eastern Broad-nosed Bat)
  • Vespadelus baverstocki (Inland Forest Bat)
  • Vespadelus darlingtoni (Large Forest Bat)
  • Vespadelus pumilus (Eastern Forest Bat)
  • Vespadelus regulus (Southern Forest Bat)
  • Vespadelus troughtoni (Eastern Cave Bat)
  • Vespadelus vulturnus (Little Forest Bat)

Vombatidae
  • Lasiorhinus krefftii (Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat)
  • Lasiorhinus latifrons (Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat)
  • Vombatus ursinus (Common Wombat)

Ziphiidae
  • Hyperoodon planifrons (Southern Bottle-nosed Whale)
  • Mesoplodon bowdoini (Andrews' Beaked Whale)
  • Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's Beaked Whale)
  • Mesoplodon ginkgodens (Ginko-toothed Beaked Whale)
  • Mesoplodon grayi (Gray's Beaked Whale)
  • Mesoplodon layardii (Strap-toothed Beaked Whale)
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