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

Subfossil

Subfossil refers to remains whose fossilization process is not complete, either for lack of time or because the conditions in which they were buried were not optimal for fossilization....

 remains, and including naturalised alien species.

Except where otherwise referenced, this list is based upon .

Family Myrmecobiidae

• Myrmecobius fasciatus (Numbat) — Original South Australian populations are extinct, but the species has since been re-introduced.

Family 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...

Subfamily Dasyurinae

Dasyurinae

The subfamily Dasyurinae includes several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, Kowari, Mulgara, Kaluta, dibblers, phascogales pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian Devil...

• Dasycercus byrnei (Kowari)
• Dasycercus cristicauda (Mulgara)
• Dasyurus geoffroii (Western Quoll) — Extinct in South Australia
• Dasyurus maculatus (Spotted-tailed Quoll) — Extinct in South Australia
• Dasyurus viverrinus (Eastern Quoll) — Extinct in South Australia
• Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Fat-tailed Pseudantechinus)

Subfamily Phascogalinae

• Antechinus flavipes (Yellow-footed Antechinus)
• Antechinus minimum (Swamp Antechinus)
• Phascogale calura (Red-tailed Phascogale) — Extinct in South Australia
• Phascogale tapoatafa (Brush-tailed Phascogale)

Subfamily Planigalinae

Planigalinae

The former subfamily Planigalinae contained the planigales and the ningauis: very small marsupial carnivores native to Australia which are, like the quolls, antechinuses, dibblers, Tasmanian Devil, and many others, part of the biological order Dasyuromorphia: the carnivorous marsupials...

• Ningaui ridei (Wonai Ningaui)
• Ningaui yvonneae (Southern Ningaui)
• Planigale gilesi (Giles' Planigale)
• Planigale
  Planigale
  The genus Planigale are small carnivorous marsupials found in Australia and New Guinea. It is the only genus in the Planigalini tribe of the subfamily Sminthopsinae...
  
  cf ingrami (Long-tailed Planigale)
• Planigale tenuirostris (Narrow-nosed Planigale)

Subfamily Sminthopsinae

Sminthopsinae

- Classification :* Subfamily Sminthopsinae** Tribe Sminthopsini*** Genus Antechinomys**** Kultarr, Antechinomys laniger*** Genus Ningaui**** Wongai Ningaui, Ningaui ridei**** Pilbara Ningaui, Ningaui timealeyi...

• 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 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...

Subfamily Peramelinae

• Chaeropus ecaudatus (Pig-footed Bandicoot) — Extinct
• Isoodon auratus (Golden Bandicoot) — Extinct in South Australia
• Isoodon obesulus (Southern Brown Bandicoot)
• Perameles bougainville (Western Barred Bandicoot) — Extinct in South Australia
• Perameles eremiana (Desert Bandicoot) — Extinct
• Perameles gunnii (Eastern Barred Bandicoot) — Extinct in South Australia

Subfamily Thylacomyinae

• Macrotis lagotis (Bilby)
• Macrotis leucura (Lesser Bilby) — Extinct

Family 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) — Original South Australian populations are extinct, but the species has since been re-introduced.

Family Vombatidae

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

Family 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 :...

• Bettongia lesueur (Burrowing Bettong)
• Bettongia penicillata (Brush-tailed Bettong)
• Caloprymnus campestris (Desert Rat-kangaroo) — Extinct
• Potorous tridactylus (Long-nosed Potoroo) — Extinct

Family Macropodidae

• Lagorchestes hirsutus (Rufous Hare-wallaby) — Extinct in South Australia
• Lagorchestes leporides (Eastern Hare-wallaby) — Extinct
• Macropus eugenii (Tammar Wallabi)
  • Macropus eugenii eugenii — Extinct in South Australia, but South Australian populations have naturalised on Kawau Island
    Kawau Island
    Kawau Island is an island in the Hauraki Gulf, close to the north-eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. At its closest point it lies off the coast of the North Auckland Peninsula, just south of Tawharanui Peninsula, and about by sea journey from Sandspit Wharf, and shelters Kawau Bay...
    
    , New Zealand
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
    
    
  • Macropus eugenii decres
• Macropus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo)
• Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo)
• Macropus greyi (Toolache Wallaby) — Extinct
• Macropus robustus (Euro)
• Macropus rufogriseus (Red-necked Wallaby)
• Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo)
• Onychogalea lunata (Crescent Nailtail Wallaby) — Extinct
• Petrogale lateralis (Black-footed Rock-wallaby)
• Petrogale xanthopus (Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby)
• Thylogale billardierii (Tasmanian Pademelon) — Extinct in South Australia
• Wallabia bicolor (Swamp Wallaby)

Family Burramyidae

• Cercartetus concinnus (Western Pygmy-possum)
• Cercartetus lepidus (Little Pygmy-possum)
• Cercartetus nanus (Eastern Pygmy-possum)

Family 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) — Extinct in South Australia

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

Megadermatidae

Megadermatidae, or False Vampire Bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia. They are relatively large bats, ranging from 6.5 cm to 14 cm in head-body length. They have large eyes, very large ears and a prominent nose-leaf. They have a...

• Macroderma gigas (Ghost Bat) — Extinct in South Australia

Family Molossidae

• Mormopterus
  Mormopterus
  The bat genus Mormopterus belongs to a group commonly referred to as "free-tailed bats"...
  
  spp. (Southern Freetail-bats) — Three forms, soon to be published as species, commonly known as Inland Freetail-bat (short penis form), Eastern Freetail-bat (long penis form) and Hairy Rostrum Freetail-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

Vespertilioninae

Vespertilioninae is a subfamily of Vesper Bats from the family Vespertilionidae.-Classification:Subfamily Vespertilioninae*Tribe Eptesicini**Genus Arielulus***Collared Pipistrelle, Arielulus aureocollaris...

• 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

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

Family Otariidae

Subfamily Arctocephalinae

• Arctocephalus forsteri (New Zealand Fur-seal)
• Arctocephalus tropicalis (Subantarctic Fur-seal)
• Arctocephalus pusillus (Australian Fur-seal)
  • Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus

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 Balaenopteridae

• Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale) — This is sometimes treated as two species, namely B. acutorostrata (Dwarf Minke Whale) and B. bonaerensis (Antarctic Minke Whale). Both occur in South Australian waters.
• Balaenoptera borealis (Sei Whale)
• Balaenoptera edeni (Bryde'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)
• Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Dusky Dolphin)
• Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)
• Pseudorca crassidens (False Killer Whale)
• Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenose Dolphin)
  • Tursiops truncatus truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin)
  • Tursiops truncatus aduncus (Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphin)

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 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

Family Cervidae

• Cervus dama (Fallow Deer) — Naturalised
• Cervus elaphus (Red Deer) — Naturalised

Family Bovidae

• Bos taurus (Cattle) — Naturalised
• Capra hircus (Feral Goat) — Naturalised
• Ovis aries (Sheep) — Naturalised

Family 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....

Subfamily Hydromyinae

• Conilurus albipes (White-footed Tree-rat) — Extinct in South Australia; never collected live in South Australia, but reported by John Gould
  John Gould
  John Gould was an English ornithologist and bird artist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection...
  
   in 1863, and remains have since been found in subfossil
  Subfossil
  Subfossil refers to remains whose fossilization process is not complete, either for lack of time or because the conditions in which they were buried were not optimal for fossilization....
  
   deposits.
• Hydromys chrysogaster (Water-rat)
• Leggadina forresti (Forrest's Mouse)
• Leporillus apicalis (Lesser Stick-nest Rat) — Extinct
• Leporillus conditor (Greater Stick-nest Rat) — Extinct on South Australian mainland; native populations remain on the Franklin Islands; naturalised on Reevesby and St Peter Islands.
• Notomys alexis (Spinifex Hopping-mouse)
• Notomys amplus (Short-tailed Hopping-mouse) – Extinct; known in South Australia only from subfossil deposits
• Notomys cervinus (Fawn Hopping-mouse)
• Notomys fuscus (Dusky Hopping-mouse)
• Notomys longicaudatus (Long-tailed Hopping-mouse) – Extinct; known in South Australia only from subfossil deposits
• 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 Mouse)
• Pseudomys bolami (Bolam's Mouse)
• Pseudomys desertor (Desert Mouse)
• Pseudomys fieldi (Shark Bay Mouse) – Extinct in South Australia; known in South Australia only from subfossil deposits, which are difficult to distinguish from those of P. gouldii.
• Pseudomys gouldii (Gould's Mouse) – Extinct; known in South Australia only from widespread subfossil deposits.
• Pseudomys hermannsburgensis (Sandy Inland Mouse)
• Pseudomys shortridgei (Heath Rat)

Subfamily Murinae

Murinae

The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. This subfamily is larger than all mammal families except the Cricetidae and Muridae, and is larger than all mammal orders except the bats and the remainder of the...

• Mus musculus (House Mouse) — Naturalised
• Rattus fuscipes (Bush Rat)
• Rattus lutreolus (Swamp Rat)
• Rattus norvegicus (Brown Rat) — Naturalised
• Rattus rattus (Black Rat) — Naturalised
• Rattus tunneyi (Pale Field-rat) — Extinct in South Australia
• Rattus villosissimus (Long-haired Rat)

Family 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 (European Rabbit) — Naturalised