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...

• Kultarr
  Kultarr
  The Kultarr , also known as the Jerboa-marsupial, the Jerboa Pouched-mouse, the Wuhl-wuhl or the Pitchi-pitchi, is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. It is the only species in the Antechinomys genus...
  
  , Antechinus laniger Endemic
• Yellow-footed Antechinus
  Yellow-footed Antechinus
  thumb|250pxThe Yellow-footed Antechinus , also known as the Mardo, is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia. One notable feature of the species is its sexual behavior...
  
  , Antechinus flavipes
• Brush-tailed Mulgara
  Brush-tailed Mulgara
  The Brush-tailed Mulgara is a large carnivorous Australian marsupial species. Its body mass is over 100grams, with males being slightly larger than females. Their head length is 15 cm, and tail length is 9 cm....
  
  , Dasycercus blythi
• Crest-tailed Mulgara
  Crest-tailed Mulgara
  The Crest-tailed Mulgara also called the Ampurta is a species of carnivorous marsupial from Australia. Also called the Crest-tailed Marsupial Mouse, this animal slightly resembles a placental rat....
  
  , Dasycercus cristicauda
• Kaluta
  Kaluta
  Kaluta has at least two meanings:*Little Red Kaluta - the Australian marsupial*Michael William Kaluta - the American artist...
  
  , Dasykaluta rosamondae
• Western Quoll
  Western Quoll
  The western quoll , also known as the chuditch or western native cat, is a medium sized predator and like its eastern and northern relatives, has a white-spotted brown coat and a long tail. It is most closely related to the eastern quoll from which it differs in possessing a first toe on the...
  
  , Dasyurus geoffroii
• Northern Quoll
  Northern Quoll
  The Northern Quoll , also known as the Northern Native Cat, the Satanellus, the North Australian Native Cat or the Njanmak , is a carnivorous marsupial mammal, native to Australia.- Taxonomy :The Northern Quoll is a member of the family Dasyuridae, and is often stated to be the most distinctive...
  
  , Dasyurus hallucatus
• Wongai Ningaui
  Wongai Ningaui
  The Wongai Ningaui , also known as the Inland Ningaui, is a small carnivorous marsupial native to Australia.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Ningaui ridei
• Pilbara Ningaui
  Pilbara Ningaui
  The Pilbara Ningaui , sometimes known as Ealey's Ningaui, is a tiny species of marsupial carnivore found in Australia. It rarely exceeds 5.8cm in body length, with a tail 6-7.6cm long and a weight of 5-9.4g...
  
  , Ningaui timealeyi Endemic
• Southern Ningaui
  Southern Ningaui
  The Southern Ningaui , also known as the Mallee Ningaui, is a tiny species of marsupial carnivore and a member of the family Dasyuridae...
  
  , Ningaui yvonnae
• Dibbler
  Dibbler
  Dibbler is the common name for Parantechinus apicalis, an endangered species of marsupial. It is an inhabitant of the southwest mainland of Western Australia and some offshore islands. It is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order, and the only member of the genus, Parantechinus...
  
  , Parantechinus apicalis Endemic
• Red-tailed Phascogale
  Red-tailed Phascogale
  The Red-tailed Phascogale , also known as the Red-tailed Wambenger, is a small carnivorous marsupial found in central and western Australia...
  
  , Phascogale calura
• Brush-tailed Phascogale
  Brush-tailed Phascogale
  The Brush-tailed Phascogale , also known as the Tuan, the Common Wambenger or the Black-tailed Phascogale, is a rat-sized arboreal carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, characterized by a tuft of black silky hairs on the terminal portion of its tail...
  
  , Phascogale tapoatafa
• Long-tailed Planigale
  Long-tailed Planigale
  The Long-tailed Planigale , also known as Ingram's Planigale or the Northern Planigale, is the smallest of all marsupials, and one of the smallest of all mammals...
  
  , Planigale ingrami
• Common Planigale, Planigale maculata
• Fat-tailed Pseudantechinus, Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
• Ningbing Pseudantechinus, Pseudantechinus ningbing
• Rory's Pseudantechinus, Pseudantechinus roryi
• Woolley's Pseudantechinus, Pseudantechinus woolleyae Endemic
• Butler's Dunnart, Sminthopsis butleri
• Fat-tailed Dunnart
  Fat-tailed Dunnart
  The Fat Tailed Dunnart is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae family, the family includes the Little Red Kaluta, quolls, and the Tasmanian Devil. It has an average body length of 60–90 mm with a tail of 45–70 mm. Ear length is 14–16 mm...
  
  , Sminthopsis crassicaudata
• Little Long-tailed Dunnart
  Little Long-tailed Dunnart
  The Little Long-tailed Dunnart is a dunnart that was, along with Gilbert's Dunnart, described in 1984. The length from snout to tail is 150-200 mm of which head to anus is 65-50 mm and tail 85-105 mm long...
  
  , Sminthopsis dolichura
• Gilbert's Dunnart
  Gilbert's Dunnart
  Gilbert's Dunnart is a recently discovered dunnart, described in 1984. The length from snout to tail being 155-180 mm of which head to anus is 80-90 mm and tail 75-90 mm long...
  
  , Sminthopsis gilberti
• White-tailed Dunnart
  White-tailed Dunnart
  The White-tailed Dunnart , also known as the Ash-grey Dunnart, is a dunnart native to Australia. It has an average body length of 126-168 mm, a snout to anus length of 70-100 mm, a tail measurement of 56-68 mm and a weight which varies between 18-35 grams...
  
  , Sminthopsis granulipes Endemic
• Grey-bellied Dunnart, Sminthopsis griseoventer Endemic
• Hairy-footed Dunnart
  Hairy-footed Dunnart
  The Hairy-footed Dunnart is a dunnart that has silver hairs on the soles of it hind feet accompanied by long hair on the side of its sole. It is an Australian marsupial similar to the Ooldea Dunnart, with its upper body yellow-brown and lower body white in colour...
  
  , Sminthopsis hirtipes
• Long-tailed Dunnart
  Long-tailed Dunnart
  Long-tailed Dunnart is an Australian dunnart that, like the Little Long-tailed Dunnart, has a tail longer than its body. It is also one of the larger dunnarts at a length from snout to tail of 260-306 mm of which head to anus is 80-96 mm and tail 180-210 mm long...
  
  , Sminthopsis longicaudata
• Stripe-faced Dunnart
  Stripe-faced Dunnart
  The Striped-faced Dunnart is an Australian marsupial. This dunnart has an average length of 155-198 mm from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail, snout to anus distance of 75-98 mm, a tail measuring 80-100 mm and an ear length of 17-18 mm. Its weight varies between 15-25 grams. It has a...
  
  , Sminthopsis macroura
• Ooldea Dunnart
  Ooldea Dunnart
  The Ooldea Dunnart , also called Troughton's Dunnart after the person who found the species, is an Australian marsupial similar to the Hairy-footed Dunnart. It is greyish-yellow on its upper body and white on the underside with dark patches on its crown, forehead and in front of the eyes, and a...
  
  , Sminthopsis ooldea
• Sandhill Dunnart
  Sandhill Dunnart
  The Sandhill Dunnart is a species of small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is known from four scattered arid areas of Australia: near Lake Amadeus in Northern Territory, the central Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, the southwestern edge of the Great Victoria Desert...
  
  , Sminthopsis psammophila
• Red-cheeked Dunnart
  Red-cheeked Dunnart
  The Red-cheeked Dunnart is so called because of the distinctive red hair on its cheek. It is an Australasian marsupial. Its total length is 167–270 mm; its average body length is 80–135 mm with a tail of 87–135 mm. Ear length is 12–13 mm. Its weight varies between 18 and...
  
  , Sminthopsis virginiae
• Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart
  Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart
  The Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart is a small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is a widespread and fairly common species, being found in many desert areas of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland...
  
  , Sminthopsis youngsoni

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...

• †Pig-footed Bandicoot
  Pig-footed Bandicoot
  The Pig-footed Bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus, was a small marsupial of the arid and semi-arid plains of Australia. The distribution range of the species was later reduced to an inland desert region, where it was last recorded in the 1950s, and is now presumed to be extinct.-Classification:This...
  
  , Chaeropus ecaudatus - extinct
• Golden Bandicoot
  Golden Bandicoot
  The Golden Bandicoot is a short-nosed bandicoot found in northern Australia. It is by far the smallest of its genus, being a little over half the size of its relatives the Northern Brown Bandicoot and the Southern Brown Bandicoot .The Golden Bandicoot is now a threatened species...
  
  , Isoodon auratus
• Northern Brown Bandicoot
  Northern Brown Bandicoot
  The Northern Brown Bandicoot , a marsupial species, is a bandicoot found only on the northern and eastern coasts of Australia and nearby islands, mainly Papua New Guinea. It is not, however, found far inland....
  
  , Isoodon macrourus
• Southern Brown Bandicoot
  Southern Brown Bandicoot
  The Southern Brown Bandicoot , also known as the Quenda from the local Noongar tongue from South Western Australia, is a short-nosed bandicoot found mostly in southern Australia....
  
  , Isoodon obesulus
• Western Barred Bandicoot
  Western Barred Bandicoot
  The Western Barred Bandicoot , also known as the Marl, is a small species of bandicoot found in Australia. It was once widespread across southern Australia from Western Australia to central New South Wales, but it is now found on Bernier, Dorre and Faure islands in Shark Bay, Western Australia,...
  
  , Perameles bougainville
• †Desert Bandicoot
  Desert Bandicoot
  The Desert Bandicoot is an extinct bandicoot of the arid country in the centre of Australia. The last known specimen was collected in 1943 on the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia...
  
  , Perameles eremiana - extinct

Thylacomyidae

• Bilby
  Bilby
  Bilbies are desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores; they are members of the order Peramelemorphia. Before European colonisation of Australia, there were two species. One became extinct in the 1950s; the other survives but remains endangered....
  
  , Macrotis lagotis
• †Lesser Bilby
  Lesser Bilby
  The Lesser Bilby , also known as the Yallara, the Lesser Rabbit-eared Bandicoot or the White-tailed Rabbit-eared Bandicoot, was a rabbit-like marsupial. The species was first described by Oldfield Thomas as "Peregale leucura" in 1887 from a single specimen from a collection of mammals of the...
  
  , Macrotis leucura - extinct

Notoryctidae

• Northern Marsupial Mole
  Northern Marsupial Mole
  The Northern Marsupial Mole or Northwestern Marsupial Mole is a species of marsupial in the Notoryctidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. The Northern Marsupial Mole is yellow in color. Its diet consists of insect pupae and larvae. It lacks eyes and barely...
  
  , Notoryctes caurinus
• Southern Marsupial Mole
  Southern Marsupial Mole
  The Southern Marsupial Mole is a mole-like marsupial found in the desert of southwest Australia. It is extremely adapted to a burrowing way of life. It has large, shovel-like forepaws and silky fur, which helps it move easily. The Southern Marsupial Mole also lacks complete eyes as it has little...
  
  , Notoryctes typhlops

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 :...

• Burrowing Bettong, Bettongia lesueur
• Woylie
  Woylie
  The Woylie , also known as the Brush-tailed Bettong, is a small marsupial that belongs to the genus Bettongia. It is endemic to Australia...
  
  , Bettongia penicillata)
• Gilbert's Potoroo
  Gilbert's Potoroo
  Gilbert's Potoroo is an Australian marsupial, sometimes called a rat-kangaroo, that is critically endangered. It is described as pointed in the face and about the size of a rabbit. It lives in a restricted area on the southwest coast of Western Australia. Gilbert's Potoroos now exist on Bald...
  
  , Potorous gilbertii Endemic
• Broad-faced Potoroo
  Broad-faced Potoroo
  The Broad-faced Potoroo is an extinct species of marsupial that once lived in Australia. The first specimen was collected in 1839 and described by John Gould in 1844, but even then it was rare and only a handful of specimens were ever collected, the last in 1875...
  
  , Potorous platyops - Extinct

Macropodidae

• Central Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes asomatus
• Spectacled Hare-wallaby
  Spectacled Hare-wallaby
  The Spectacled Hare-wallaby is a species of macropod found in Australia and New Guinea. In Australia, a small sub-population is found on Barrow Island, while the mainland type is widespread, though in decline, across northern regions of the country.-Description:A species of Lagorchestes,...
  
  , Lagorchestes conspicillatus
• Mala
  Rufous Hare-wallaby
  The rufous hare-wallaby , also known as the Mala, is a small macropod found in Australia. It was formerly widely distributed across the western half of the continent but is now confined to Bernier Island and Dorre Island Islands off Western Australia...
  
  , Lagorchestes hirsutus
• Banded Hare-wallaby
  Banded Hare-wallaby
  The Banded Hare-wallaby or Mernine is a marsupial that is currently found on the Islands of Bernier and Dorre off western Australia. A small population has recently been established on Faure Island and it appears to have been successful...
  
  , Lagostrophus fasciatus Endemic
• Agile Wallaby
  Agile Wallaby
  The Agile Wallaby , also known as the Sandy Wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and New Guinea. It is the most common wallaby in Australia's north....
  
  , Macropus agilis
• Antilopine Wallaroo, Macropus antilopinus
• Tammar Wallaby
  Tammar Wallaby
  The Tammar Wallaby , also known as the Dama Wallaby or Darma Wallaby, is a small member of the kangaroo family and is the model species for research on kangaroos and marsupials. It is found on offshore islands on the South Australian and Western Australian coast...
  
  , Macropus eugenii
• Western Grey Kangaroo
  Western Grey Kangaroo
  The Western Grey Kangaroo is a large and very common kangaroo or macropod, found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland...
  
  , Macropus fuliginosus
• Western Brush Wallaby
  Western Brush Wallaby
  The Western Brush Wallaby , also known as the Black-gloved Wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in southwestern Western Australia. The main threat towards it seems to be predation by the introduced Red Fox...
  
  , Macropus irma Endemic
• Euro
  Euro
  The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
  
  , Macropus robustus
• Red Kangaroo
  Red Kangaroo
  The Red Kangaroo is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest mammal native to Australia, and the largest surviving marsupial. It is found across mainland Australia, avoiding only the more fertile areas in the south, the east coast, and the northern rainforests.-Description:This species is a very...
  
  , Macropus rufus
• †Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
  Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
  The Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby was a nail-tail wallaby that lived in the woodlands and scrubs of the west and centre of Australia. It had silky fur and, like other nail-tail wallabies, had a horny spur at the tip of its tail. It was the size of a hare and was the smallest nail-tail wallaby at...
  
  , Onychogalea lunata - extinct
• Northern Nail-tail Wallaby
  Northern Nail-tail Wallaby
  The Northern Nail-tail Wallaby , also known as the Sandy Nail-tail Wallaby, is a species of macropod found in Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Unlike the Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby , the Northern Nail-tail Wallaby is not a threatened species. The only other member of the genus,...
  
  , Onychogalea unguifera
• Short-eared Rock-wallaby
  Short-eared Rock-wallaby
  The Short-eared Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby found in northern Australia, in the northernmost parts of Northern Territory and Western Australia...
  
  , Petrogale brachyotis
• Monjon
  Monjon
  The Monjon , also known as the Warabi and Burbridge's Rock Weasel, is the smallest of the many species of rock-wallaby found in Australia. It is found in areas of the Kimberley region of Western Australia and also on some islands in the Bonaparte Archipelago.The Monjon was described in 1978, having...
  
  , Petrogale burbidgei
• Nabarlek
  Nabarlek
  The Nabarlek , also known as the Pygmy Rock-wallaby or the Little Rock-wallaby, is a very small species of macropod found in northern Australia...
  
  , Petrogale concinna
• Black-flanked Rock-wallaby
  Black-flanked Rock-wallaby
  The Black-flanked Rock-wallaby , also known as the Black-footed Rock-wallaby or Warru, is a kind of wallaby, one of several rock-wallabies in the genus Petrogale.-Description:...
  
  , Petrogale lateralis
• Rothchild's Rock-wallaby, Petrogale rothschildi Endemic
• Quokka
  Quokka
  The Quokka , the only member of the genus Setonix, is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the macropod family , the Quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal...
  
  , Setonix brachyurus Endemic

Phalangeridae

Phalangeridae

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

• Common Brushtail Possum
  Common Brushtail Possum
  The Common Brushtail Possum is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, it is native to Australia, and the largest of the possums.Like most possums, the Common Brushtail is nocturnal...
  
  , Trichosurus vulpecula
• Scaly-tailed Possum
  Scaly-tailed Possum
  The Scaly-tailed Possum or the Ilangnalya is found in northwestern Australia. It is restricted to the Kimberley region in Western Australia...
  
  , Wyulda squamicaudata Endemic

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:...

• Rock Ringtail Possum, Petropseudes dahli
• Western Ringtail Possum
  Western Ringtail Possum
  The Western Ringtail Possum or Ngwayir is a possum found in Western Australia, regarded as a subspecies of Common Ringtail Possum, or as a separate species.-Description:...
  
  , Pseudocheirus occidentalis Endemic

Pteropidae (Fruitbats)

• Northern Blossom-bat
  Northern Blossom-bat
  Macroglossus minimus nanus or the Northern Blossom-bat is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae....
  
  , Macroglossus minimus
• Black Flying-fox
  Black Flying-fox
  The Black Flying-Fox, Pteropus alecto, is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae. Members of the genus Pteropus include the largest bats in the world. The Pteropus genus has currently about 57 recognised species...
  
  , Pteropus alecto
• Little Red Flying-fox
  Little Red Flying-fox
  The Little Red Flying Fox is a species of megabat native to northern and eastern Australia. With a weight of it is large fruit bat, but the smallest Flying Fox in mainland Australia . It has the widest range of all the species, going much further inland than the larger fruit bats...
  
  , Pteropus scapulatus

Hipposideridae

• Dusky Leafnosed-bat, Hipposideros ater
• Northern Leaf-nosed Bat, Hipposideros stenotis
• Orange Leaf-nosed Bat
  Orange Leaf-nosed Bat
  The Orange Leaf-nosed Bat, Rhinonicteris aurantia, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is the only living species in the genus Rhinonicteris. It is endemic to Australia.-References:...
  
  , Rhinonicteris aurantius

Emballonuridae

• Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat, Saccolaimus flaviventris
• Common Sheathtail Bat
  Common Sheathtail Bat
  The Common Sheath-tailed Bat or Sharp-nosed Tomb Bat, Taphozous georgianus, is a species of sheath-tailed bat in the family Emballonuridae, found only in Australia.-References:...
  
  , Taphozous georgianus
• Hill's Sheathtail Bat, Taphozous hilli

Vespertilionidae

• Gould's Wattled Bat
  Gould's Wattled Bat
  Gould's Wattled Bat is a species of Australian wattled bat named after the English naturalist John Gould.-Range:C. gouldii is known throughout mainland Australia as well as Tasmania, New Caledonia, and Norfolk Island.-Appearance:C...
  
  , Chalinolobus gouldii
• Chocolate Wattled Bat
  Chocolate Wattled Bat
  The Chocolate Wattled Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Australia.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
  
  , Chalinolobus morio
• Hoary Wattled Bat
  Hoary Wattled Bat
  The Hoary Wattled Bat 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....
  
  , Chalinolobus nigrogriseus
• Western False Pipistrelle, Falsistrellus mackenziei Endemic
• Common Bentwing Bat
  Common Bentwing Bat
  The Common Bent-wing Bat, Schreiber's Long-Fingered Bat, or Schreiber's Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. The Common Bent-wing Bat is part of the largest group of bats; the M. schreibersii . The M...
  
  , Miniopterus schreibersii
• Large-footed Bat
  Large-footed Bat
  The Large-Footed Bat, Large-Footed Mouse-Eared Bat or Large-footed Myotis is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family....
  
  , Myotis moluccarum
• Arnhem Long-eared Bat, Nyctophilus arnhemensis
• Northwestern Long-eared Bat, Nyctophilus bifax
• Lesser Long-eared Bat
  Lesser Long-eared Bat
  The Lesser Long-Eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Australia.-Classification:...
  
  , Nyctophilus geoffroyi
• Gould's Long-eared Bat
  Gould's Long-eared Bat
  Gould's Long-eared bat is a microbat found in eastern Australia from Queensland to Victoria as well as in south-west Western Australia. These bats roost in tree hollows and eat a variety of insects. In southern Australia, they hibernate over winter from April until September....
  
  , Nyctophilus gouldi
• Greater Long-eared Bat
  Greater Long-eared Bat
  The Greater Long-Eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in the following countries: Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.-Source:...
  
  , Nyctophilus timoriensis
• Pygmy Long-eared Bat
  Pygmy Long-eared Bat
  The Pygmy Long-Eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Australia.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 09 July 2007....
  
  , Nyctophilus walkeri
• Northern Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus westralis
• Inland Broad-nosed Bat, Scotorepens balstoni
• Little Broad-nosed Bat
  Little Broad-nosed Bat
  The Little Broad-nosed Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Australia.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
  
  , Scotorepens greyii
• Northern Broad-nosed Bat
  Northern Broad-nosed Bat
  The Northern Broad-nosed Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.-References:...
  
  , Scotorepens sanborni
• Inland Forest Bat
  Inland Forest Bat
  The Inland Forest Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Australia.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 09 July 2007....
  
  , Vespadelus baverstocki
• Northern Cave Bat, Vespadelus caurinus
• Yellow-lipped Cave Bat, Vespadelus douglasorum Endemic
• Finlayson's Cave Bat
  Finlayson's Cave Bat
  The Finlayson's Cave Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Australia.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
  
  , Vespadelus finlaysoni
• Southern Forest Bat
  Southern Forest Bat
  The Southern Forest Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Australia. It is endemic to the southern parts of Australia and is found roosting in tree hollows and sometimes in buildings. It is found in wet to dry sclerophyll forests and low shrub woodlands...
  
  , Vespadelus regulus

Molossidae

• Northern Freetail-bat, Chaerephon jobensis
• Beccari's Freetail-bat, Mormopterus beccarii
• Little Northern Freetail-bat, Mormopterus loriae
• Southern Freetail-bat, Mormopterus planiceps
• White-striped Freetail Bat, Tadarida australis

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....

 (Rats & Mice)

• Brush-tailed Tree-Rat, Conilurus penicillatus
• Rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster
• Forrest's Mouse
  Forrest's Mouse
  Forrest's Mouse or Desert Short-tailed Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Australia....
  
  , Leggadina forresti
• Short-tailed Mouse, Leggadina lakedownensis
• †Lesser Stick-nest Rat, Leporillus apicalis - extinct
• Greater Stick-nest Rat
  Greater Stick-Nest Rat
  The Greater Stick-nest Rat, House-building Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Australia on the Franklin Islands and St Peter Island in the Nuyts Archipelago, Reevesby Island, Salutation Island, Faure Island and Heirisson Prong, and a fenced off area at Roxby Downs...
  
  , Leporillus conditor
• Grassland Melomys, Melomys burtoni
• Black-footed Tree-rat
  Black-footed Tree-rat
  The Black-footed Tree-rat, Mesembriomys gouldii, is one of two endemic arboreal rat species from the genus Mesembriomys found in Australia....
  
  , Mesembriomys gouldii
• Golden-backed Tree-rat, Mesembriomys macrurus
• House Mouse Mus musculus, - naturalised exotic
• Spinifex Hopping Mouse
  Spinifex Hopping Mouse
  The Spinifex Hopping Mouse , also known as the Tarkawara or Tarrkawarra, occurs throughout the central and western Australian arid zones, occupying both spinifex-covered sand flats and stabilised sand dunes, and loamy mulga and melaleuca flats.The population fluctuates greatly: in normal years it...
  
  , Notomys alexis
• †Long-tailed Hopping Mouse, Notomys longicaudatus - extinct
• †Big-eared Hopping Mouse, Notomys macrotis - extinct
• Mitchell's Hopping Mouse
  Mitchell's Hopping Mouse
  Mitchell's Hopping Mouse, Notomys mitchellii, is the largest extant member of the genus Notomys, weighing between . N. mitchellii is a bipedal rodent with large back legs, similar to a jerboa or kangaroo rat. The species occurs throughout much of semi-arid Southern Australia, and appears to be...
  
  , Notomys mitchelli
• Ash-grey Mouse, Pseudomys albocinereus
• Plains Mouse, Pseudomys australis
• Bolam's Mouse
  Bolam's Mouse
  Bolam's Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Australia.-References:* Rodent Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
  
  , Pseudomys bolami
• Western Pebble-mound Mouse
  Western Pebble-Mound Mouse
  The Western Pebble-mound Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is native to and found only in Australia, where it lives in pebbly soils in arid tussock grassland and acacia woodland...
  
  , Pseudomys chapmani Endemic
• Delicate Mouse
  Delicate Mouse
  The Delicate Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and possibly Eritrea.Its natural habitat is dry savanna....
  
  , Pseudomys delicatulus
• Desert Mouse, Pseudomys desertor
• Shark Bay Mouse
  Shark Bay Mouse
  The Shark Bay Mouse, Djoongari or Alice Springs Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Australia, restricted to four islands in the Shark Bay area. It was once found throughout the western two thirds of Australia but it suffered greatly after the arrival of...
  
  , Pseudomys fieldi
• Sandy Inland Mouse
  Sandy Inland Mouse
  The Sandy Inland Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Australia.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
  
  , Pseudomys hermannsburgensis
• Kimberley Mouse, Pseudomys laborifex (also known as the Kimberley Pebble-mound Mouse)
• Western Chestnut Mouse
  Western Chestnut Mouse
  The Western Chestnut Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Australia.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
  
  , Pseudomys nanus
• Western Mouse
  Western Mouse
  The Western Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Its Australian Aborigine name is Walyadji. It is found only in Australia....
  
  , Pseudomys occidentalis Endemic
• Heath Mouse
  Heath Mouse
  The Heath Mouse is one of the larger pseudomyine rodents found in Australia with a body mass of 55-90g, head and body length of 90-120 mm and a tail length of 80-110 mm . Its fur is grey brown dorsally, flecked with buff and black, with a distinctly paler belly...
  
  , Pseudomys shortridgei
• Pacific Rat, Rattus exulans - naturalised exotic
• Bush Rat
  Bush Rat
  The bush rat is a small Australian nocturnal animal. It is an omnivore. It is one of the most common species of rats and is found in many heathland areas of Victoria and NSW...
  
  , Rattus fuscipes
• Brown Rat
  Brown Rat
  The brown rat, common rat, sewer rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, Brown Norway rat, Norwegian rat, or wharf rat is one of the best known and most common rats....
  
  , Rattus norvegicus - naturalised exotic
• Black Rat
  Black Rat
  The black rat is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus in the subfamily Murinae . The species originated in tropical Asia and spread through the Near East in Roman times before reaching Europe by the 1st century and spreading with Europeans across the world.-Taxonomy:The black rat was...
  
  , Rattus rattus - naturalised exotic
• Pale Field Rat
  Pale Field Rat
  The Pale Field Rat is a nocturnal herbivore endemic in Australia. It once occupied almost all areas of mainland Australia, but is now found only in tall grassland in northern Australia....
  
  , Rattus tunneyi
• Long-haired Rat
  Long-Haired Rat
  Rattus villosissimus, the Australian Long-haired Rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Australia, where its core range is "the Barkly lake system of the Barkly Tableland of the Northern Territory and the Channel Country in Southwest Queensland and north-eastern South...
  
  , Rattus villosissimus
• Common Rock-rat, Zyzomys argurus
• Central Rock-rat, Zyzomys pedunculatus
• Kimberley Rock-rat, Zyzomys woodwardi Endemic

Sciuridae (Squirrels)

• Indian Palm Squirrel
  Indian Palm Squirrel
  The Indian Palm Squirrel also known as Three-Striped Palm Squirrel, is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family that can be easily domesticated and kept as pets. It is found naturally in India and Sri Lanka...
  
  , Funambulus pennanti - naturalised exotic

Balaenopteria

• Dwarf Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
• Antarctic Minke Whale
  Antarctic Minke Whale
  The Antarctic minke whale or southern minke whale , is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Balaenoptera bonaerensis
• Sei Whale
  Sei Whale
  The sei whale , Balaenoptera borealis, is a baleen whale, the third-largest rorqual after the blue whale and the fin whale. It inhabits most oceans and adjoining seas, and prefers deep offshore waters. It avoids polar and tropical waters and semi-enclosed bodies of water...
  
  , Balaenoptera borealis
• Bryde's Whale
  Bryde's Whale
  Bryde's whales are baleen whales, one of the "great whales" or rorquals. They prefer tropical and temperate waters over the polar seas that other whales in their family frequent. They are largely coastal rather than pelagic. Bryde's whales are very similar in appearance to sei whales and almost as...
  
  , Balaenoptera edeni
• Blue Whale
  Blue Whale
  The blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales . At in length and or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed....
  
  , Balaenoptera musculus
• Fin Whale
  Fin Whale
  The fin whale , also called the finback whale, razorback, or common rorqual, is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second longest whale and the sixth largest living animal after the blue whale, bowhead whale, and right whales, growing to nearly 27 metres long...
  
  , Balaenoptera physalus
• Humpback Whale
  Humpback Whale
  The humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from and weigh approximately . The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the...
  
  , Megaptera novaeangliae

Kogiidae

• Pygmy Sperm Whale
  Pygmy Sperm Whale
  The Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of three species of toothed whale in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Kogia breviceps
• Dwarf Sperm Whale
  Dwarf Sperm Whale
  The Dwarf Sperm Whale is one of three species in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea. As such, most information is a result of the study of stranded carcasses.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Kogia sima

Ziphiidae

• Arnoux's Beaked Whale, Berdius arnuxii
• Southern Bottlenose Whale
  Southern bottlenose whale
  The Southern bottlenose whale is a species of whale, in the ziphiid family, one of two members of the Hyperoodon genus. The southern bottlenose has been rarely observed, was seldom hunted, and is probably the most abundant whale in Antarctic waters.-Physical description:It is fairly rotund and...
  
  , Hyperoodon planifrons
• Andrews' beaked whale
  Andrews' Beaked Whale
  Andrews' beaked whale , sometimes known as the deep-crest beaked whale or splay-toothed whale, is one of the most poorly known members of a poorly known genus...
  
  , Mesoplodon bowdoini
• Blainville's Beaked Whale
  Blainville's Beaked Whale
  Blainville's beaked whale , or the dense-beaked whale, is the widest ranging mesoplodont whale and perhaps the most documented. Henri de Blainville first described the species in 1817 from a small piece of jaw—the heaviest bone he had ever come across—which resulted in the name densirostris...
  
  , Mesoplodon densirostris
• Gray's Beaked Whale
  Gray's Beaked Whale
  Gray's beaked whale , sometimes known as Haast's beaked whale, the Scamperdown whale, or the southern beaked whale, is one of the better-known members of the genus Mesoplodon. The scientific name refers to John Edward Gray, a zoologist at the British Museum. This species is fairly gregarious and...
  
  , Mesoplodon grayi
• Hector's Beaked Whale
  Hector's Beaked Whale
  Hector's beaked whale , is a small mesoplodont living in the Southern Hemisphere. This whale is named after Sir James Hector, a founder of the colonial museum in Wellington, New Zealand...
  
  , Mesoplodon hectori
• Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardi
• True's Beaked Whale
  True's Beaked Whale
  The True's Beaked Whale is a medium sized whale in the Mesoplodont genus. The common name is in reference to Frederick W. True, a curator at the United States National Museum...
  
  , Mesoplodon mirus
• Shepherd's Beaked Whale
  Shepherd's Beaked Whale
  Shepherd's beaked whale , also commonly called Tasman's beaked whale or simply the Tasman whale, is a cetacean of the family Ziphidae. The whale has been little studied. Only four confirmed at sea sightings have been made and 42 strandings recorded . It was first known to science in 1937, being...
  
  , Tasmancetus shepherdi
• Cuvier's beaked whale
  Cuvier's Beaked Whale
  Cuvier's beaked whale is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales. It is the only member of the genus Ziphius. Another common name for the species is goose-beaked whale because its head is said to be shaped like the beak of a goose. Georges Cuvier first described it in 1823 from part...
  
  , Ziphius cavirostris

Delphinidae

• Short-beaked common dolphin
  Short-beaked Common Dolphin
  The short-beaked common dolphin is a species of common dolphin. It has a larger range than the long-beaked common dolphin , occurring throughout warm-temperate and tropical oceans, with the possible exception of the Indian Ocean...
  
  , Delphinus delphis
• Pygmy Killer Whale
  Pygmy Killer Whale
  The pygmy killer whale is a small, rarely seen cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family . It derives its common name from sharing some physical characteristics with the orca It is the smallest species that has "whale" in its common name. In fact, "killer" may be more apt in the case of the pygmy...
  
  , Feresa attenuata
• Short-finned Pilot Whale
  Short-finned Pilot Whale
  The Short-finned Pilot Whale is one of the two species of cetacean in the genus Globicephala. It is part of the oceanic dolphin family , though its behaviour is closer to that of the larger whales....
  
  , Globicephala macrorhynchus
• Long-finned Pilot Whale
  Long-finned Pilot Whale
  The long-finned pilot whale is one of the two species of cetacean in the genus Globicephala. It belongs to the oceanic dolphin family , though its behavior is closer to that of the larger whales.-Description:...
  
  , Globicephala melas
• Risso's Dolphin
  Risso's Dolphin
  Risso's dolphin is the only species of dolphin in the genus Grampus.-Taxonomy:Risso's dolphin is named after Antoine Risso, whose description formed the basis of the first public description of the animal, by Georges Cuvier, in 1812...
  
  , Grampus griseus
• Fraser's Dolphin
  Fraser's Dolphin
  Fraser's Dolphin or Sarawak Dolphin is a cetacean in the family Delphinidae found in deep waters in the Pacific Ocean and to a lesser extent in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Lagenodelphis hosei
• Southern Right Whale Dolphin
  Southern Right Whale Dolphin
  The southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii, is a small and slender species of mammal found in cool waters of the southern hemisphere...
  
  , Lissadelphis peronii
• Australian Snubfin Dolphin
  Australian Snubfin Dolphin
  The Australian snubfin dolphin is a dolphin found off the northern coasts of Australia. It closely resembles the Irrawaddy dolphin and was not described as a separate species until 2005. The Australian snubfin is tri-coloured, while the Irrawaddy dolphin only has two colours on its skin...
  
  , Orcaella heinsohni
• Killer Whale, Orcinus orca
• Melon-headed Whale
  Melon-headed Whale
  The melon-headed whale is a cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family . It is closely related to the pygmy killer whale and pilot whale, and collectively these dolphin species are known by the common name blackfish. It is also related to the false killer whale...
  
  , Peponocephala electra
• False Killer Whale
  False Killer Whale
  The False Killer Whale is a cetacean, and the third largest member of the oceanic dolphin family . It lives in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. As its name implies, the False Killer Whale shares characteristics, such as appearance, with the more widely known Orca...
  
  , Pseudorca crassidens
• Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin, Sousa chinensis
• Spotted Dolphin
  Spotted Dolphin
  Spotted dolphin refers to either one of two closely related dolphin species, being:* Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis* pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata...
  
  , Stenella attenuata
• Striped Dolphin
  Striped Dolphin
  The Striped Dolphin is an extensively studied dolphin that is found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Stenella coeruleoalba
• Spinner Dolphin
  Spinner Dolphin
  The Spinner Dolphin is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which they spin longitudinally along their axis as they leap through the air.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Stenella longirostris
• Rough-toothed Dolphin
  Rough-toothed Dolphin
  The Rough-toothed dolphin is species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world.The species was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1823...
  
  , Steno bredanensis
• Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
  Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
  The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin is a species of bottlenose dolphin. The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin grows to long, and weigh up to . It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern coast of Africa. Its back is dark grey and its belly...
  
  , Tursiops aduncus
• Bottlenose Dolphin
  Bottlenose Dolphin
  Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Recent molecular studies show the genus contains two species, the common bottlenose dolphin and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin , instead of one...
  
  , Tursiops truncatus

Otariidae (Fur Seals)

• New Zealand Fur Seal
  New Zealand Fur Seal
  The Australian fur seal , or New Zealand fur seal or southern fur seal, is a species of fur seal found around the south coast of Australia, the coast of the South Island of New Zealand, and some of the small islands to the south and east of there...
  
  , Arctocephalus forsteri
• Subantarctic Fur Seal
  Subantarctic Fur Seal
  The subantarctic fur seal is a fur seal found in the southern parts of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. It was first described by Gray in 1872 from a specimen recovered in northern Australia—hence the inappropriate tropicalis specific name.- Description :The subantarctic fur seal is...
  
  , Arctocephalus tropicalis
• Australian sea lion
  Australian Sea Lion
  The Australian Sea Lion , also known as the Australian Sea-lion or Australian Sealion, is a species of sea lion that breeds only on the south and west coasts of Australia...
  
  , Neophoca cinerea

Phocidae (Seals)

• Leopard Seal
  Leopard Seal
  The leopard seal , also referred to as the sea leopard, is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic...
  
  , Hydrurga leptonyx
• Crabeater seal
  Crabeater Seal
  The crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus, is a true seal with a circumpolar distribution around the coast of Antarctica. They are medium to large-sized , relatively slender and pale-colored, found primarily on the free floating pack ice that extends seasonally out from the Antarctic coast, which...
  
  , Lobodon carcinophagus
• Southern Elephant Seal
  Southern Elephant Seal
  The Southern Elephant Seal is one of the two extant species of elephant seal. It is both the most massive pinniped and member of the order Carnivora living today...
  
  , Mirounga leonina

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...

 (Dogs)

• Dog
  Dog
  The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...
  
  , Canis lupus - naturalised exotic
• Dingo
  Dingo
  The Australian Dingo or Warrigal is a free-roaming wild dog unique to the continent of Australia, mainly found in the outback. Its original ancestors are thought to have arrived with humans from southeast Asia thousands of years ago, when dogs were still relatively undomesticated and closer to...
  
  , Canis lupus dingo - naturalised exotic
• Red Fox
  Red Fox
  The red fox is the largest of the true foxes, as well as being the most geographically spread member of the Carnivora, being distributed across the entire northern hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America, and the steppes of Asia...
  
  , Vulpes vulpes - naturalised exotic

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...

• Donkey
  Donkey
  The donkey or ass, Equus africanus asinus, is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass, E...
  
  , Equus asinus - naturalised exotic
• Horse
  Horse
  The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
  
  , Equus caballus - naturalised exotic

Bovidae

• European Cattle, Bos taurus - naturalised exotic
• Water Buffalo
  Water Buffalo
  The water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo is a large bovine animal, frequently used as livestock in southern Asia, and also widely in South America, southern Europe, northern Africa, and elsewhere....
  
  , Bubalus bubalis - naturalised exotic
• Goat
  Goat
  The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
  
  , Capra hircus - naturalised exotic

Cervidae

• Red Deer
  Red Deer
  The red deer is one of the largest deer species. Depending on taxonomy, the red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being...
  
  , Cervus elaphus - naturalised exotic
• Fallow Deer
  Fallow Deer
  The Fallow Deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. This common species is native to western Eurasia, but has been introduced widely elsewhere. It often includes the rarer Persian Fallow Deer as a subspecies , while others treat it as an entirely different species The Fallow...
  
  , Dama dama - naturalised exotic

Naturalised

• Camelus dromedarius (One-humped Camel)
• Capra hircus (Goat)
• Equus asinus (Donkey)
• Equus caballus (Horse)
• Felis catus (House Cat)
• Funambulus pennantii (Five-lined Palm Squirrel)
• Mus musculus (House Mouse)
• Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit)
• Rattus exulans (Pacific Rat)
• Rattus norvegicus (Brown Rat)
• Rattus rattus (Black Rat)
• Sus scrofa (Pig)
• Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox)