List of Australian mammal emblems

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This is a list of Australian mammal emblems.

Area representedImageCommon name Binomial nomenclature Reference
Australia
Kangur.rudy.drs.jpg
Red kangaroo (unofficial)Macropus rufus [1]
Australian Capital Territory
Petrogale penicillata 6.jpg
Southern Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata [2]
New South Wales
Platypus.jpg
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus [3]
Northern Territory
Kangur.rudy.drs.jpg
Red kangaroo Macropus rufus [4]
Queensland
Koala climbing tree.jpg
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus [5]
South Australia
Haarnasenwombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii).jpg
Southern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons [6]
Tasmania
Tasdevil large.jpg
Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii [7]
Victoria
Leadbeater's Possum 01 Pengo.jpg
Leadbeater's possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri [8]
Western Australia
Numbat.jpg
Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus [9]

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