List of mammals of South Australia

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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.

Contents

Except where otherwise referenced, this list is based upon Kemper, Catherine; Reardon, Terry; Queale, Lynette (2000). "Mammals". In Robinson, A. C.; Casperson, K. D.; Hutchinson, M. N. (eds.). A List of the Vertebrates of South Australia. Biological Survey of South Australia.. [1]

Subclass Prototheria

Order Monotremata

Family Ornithorhynchidae

Family Tachyglossidae

Subclass Marsupialia

Order Dasyuromorphia

Family Myrmecobiidae

Family Dasyuridae

Subfamily Dasyurinae
Subfamily Phascogalinae
Subfamily Planigalinae
Subfamily Sminthopsinae

Order Peramelemorphia

Family †Chaeropodidae

Family Peramelidae

Subfamily Peramelinae
Subfamily Thylacomyinae

Order Notoryctemorphia

Family Notoryctidae

Order Diprotodontia

Family Phascolarctidae

Family Vombatidae

Family Phalangeridae

Family Potoroidae

Family Macropodidae

Family Burramyidae

Family Pseudocheiridae

Family Petauridae

Acrobatidae

Subclass Eutheria

Order Chiroptera

Suborder Megachiroptera

Family Pteropodidae

Suborder Microchiroptera

Family Emballonuridae
Family Megadermatidae
Family Molossidae
Family Vespertilionidae
Subfamily Miniopterinae
Subfamily Nytophilinae
Subfamily Vespertilioninae

Order Carnivora

Family Canidae

Family Otariidae

Subfamily Arctocephalinae
Subfamily Otariinae

Family Phocidae

Order Cetacea

Suborder Mysticeti

Family Balaenidae

Family Neobalaenidae

Family Balaenopteridae

Suborder Odontoceti

Family Delphinidae
Family Phocoenidae
Family Physeteridae
Family Kogiidae
Family Ziphiidae

Order Artiodactyla

Family Cervidae

Order Rodentia

Family Muridae

Subfamily Hydromyinae
Subfamily Murinae

Order Lagomorpha

Family Leporidae

Notes

  1. ↑ never collected live in South Australia, but reported by John Gould in 1863, and remains have since been found in subfossil deposits
  2. ↑ locally extinct on mainland; native populations remain on the Franklin Islands; introduced on Reevesby and St Peter Islands
  3. ↑ known in South Australia only from subfossil deposits, which are difficult to distinguish from those of P. gouldii

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References

  1. ↑ Kemper, Catherine; Reardon, Terry; Queale, Lynette (2000). "Mammals". In Robinson, A. C.; Casperson, K. D.; Hutchinson, M. N. (eds.). A List of the Vertebrates of South Australia (PDF). Biological Survey of South Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ↑ 'Extinct' wallaby goes back on show ABC News, 15 February 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Petaurus notatus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.5. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. ↑ Cremona, T., Baker, A. M., Cooper, S. J., Montague-Drake, R., Stobo-Wilson, A. M., & Carthew, S. M. (2020). Integrative taxonomic investigation of Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) reveals three distinct species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
  5. ↑ Jooste, James (28 June 2016). "Wild dog populations will be out of control within five years without dedicated dogger, former trapper says". ABC News . Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Dulaney, Michael (22 July 2016). "'Every possible genetic combination': The diverse street dogs of the APY Lands". ABC News. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  7. 1 2 Robinson, A. C.; Kemper, C. M.; Medlin, G. C.; Watts, C. H. S. (2000). "The rodents of South Australia". Wildlife Research. 27 (4): 379–404. doi:10.1071/WR97044.
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