List of mammals of South Australia
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 naturalised alien species.
Except where otherwise referenced, this list is based upon.
Subclass [Prototheria]
Order [Monotremata]
Family [Ornithorhynchidae]
- Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Family [Tachyglossidae]
- Tachyglossus aculeatus
Subclass [Marsupialia]
Order [Dasyuromorphia]
Family [Myrmecobiidae]
- Myrmecobius fasciatus — Original South Australian populations are extinct, but the species has since been re-introduced.
Family [Dasyuridae]
- Dasycercus byrnei
- Dasycercus cristicauda
- Dasyurus geoffroii — extinct in South Australia
- Dasyurus maculatus — extinct in South Australia
- Dasyurus viverrinus — extinct in South Australia
- Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
- Antechinus flavipes
- Antechinus minimus
- Phascogale calura — extinct in South Australia
- Phascogale tapoatafa
- Ningaui ridei
- Ningaui yvonneae
- Planigale gilesi
- Planigale cf. ingrami
- Planigale tenuirostris
- Antechinomys laniger
- Sminthopsis aitkeni
- Sminthopsis crassicaudata
- Sminthopsis dolichura
- Sminthopsis hirtipes
- Sminthopsis macroura
- Sminthopsis murina
- Sminthopsis ooldea
- Sminthopsis psammophila
- Sminthopsis youngsoni
Order [Peramelemorphia]
Family †Chaeropodidae
- Chaeropus ecaudatus — extinct
Family [Peramelidae]
- Isoodon auratus — extinct in South Australia
- Isoodon obesulus
- Perameles bougainville — extinct in South Australia
- Perameles eremiana — extinct
- Perameles gunnii — extinct in South Australia
- Macrotis lagotis
- Macrotis leucura — extinct
Order [Notoryctemorphia]
Family [Notoryctidae]
- Notoryctes typhlops
Order [Diprotodontia]
Family [Phascolarctidae]
- Phascolarctos cinereus — Original South Australian populations are extinct, but the species has since been re-introduced.
Family [Vombatidae]
- Lasiorhinus latifrons
- Vombatus ursinus
Family [Phalangeridae]
- Trichosurus vulpecula
Family [Potoroidae]
- Bettongia lesueur
- Bettongia penicillata
- Caloprymnus campestris — extinct
- Potorous tridactylus — extinct
Family [Macropodidae]
- Lagorchestes hirsutus — extinct in South Australia
- Lagorchestes leporides — extinct
- Macropus eugenii
- * Macropus eugenii eugenii — extinct in South Australia, but South Australian populations have naturalised on Kawau Island, New Zealand
- * Macropus eugenii decres
- Macropus fuliginosus
- Macropus giganteus
- Macropus greyi — extinct
- Macropus robustus
- Macropus rufogriseus
- Macropus rufus
- Onychogalea lunata — extinct
- Petrogale lateralis
- *Petrogale lateralis pearsoni
- Petrogale xanthopus
- Thylogale billardierii — extinct in South Australia
- Wallabia bicolor
Family [Burramyidae]
- Cercartetus concinnus
- Cercartetus lepidus
- Cercartetus nanus
Family [Pseudocheiridae]
- Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Family [Petauridae]
- Petaurus australis
- Petaurus breviceps
- Petaurus norfolcensis — extinct in South Australia
[Acrobatidae]
- Acrobates pygmaeus
Subclass [Eutheria]
Order [Chiroptera]
Suborder [Megachiroptera]
Family [Pteropodidae]
- Pteropus poliocephalus
- Pteropus scapulatus
Suborder [Microchiroptera]
Family [Emballonuridae]
- Saccolaimus flaviventris
- Taphozous hilli
Family [Megadermatidae]
- Macroderma gigas — extinct in South Australia
Family [Molossidae]
- Mormopterus spp. — Three forms, soon to be published as species, commonly known as inland freetail-bat, eastern freetail-bat and hairy rostrum freetail-bat.
- Tadarida australis
Family [Vespertilionidae]
- Minipterus schreibersii
- Nyctophilus geoffroyi
- Nyctophilus gouldi
- Nyctophilus timoriensis
- Chalinolobus gouldii
- Chalinolobus morio
- Chalinolobus picatus
- Falsistrellus tasmaniensis
- Myotis macropus
- Scotorepens balstoni
- Scotorepens greyii
- Vespadelus baverstocki
- Vespadelus darlingtoni
- Vespadelus finlaysoni
- Vespadelus regulus
- Vespadelus vulturnus
Order [Carnivora]
Family [Canidae]
- * Canis lupus familiaris — naturalised
- * Canis lupus dingo
- Vulpes vulpes — naturalised
Family [Felidae]
- Felis catus — naturalised
Family [Otariidae]
- Arctocephalus forsteri
- Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Arctocephalus pusillus
- * Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus
- Neophoca cinerea
Family [Phocidae]
- Hydrurga leptonyx
- Leptonychotes weddellii
- Lobodon carcinophaga
- Mirounga leonina
- Ommatophoca rossii
Order [Cetacea]
Suborder [Mysticeti]
Family [Balaenidae]
- Eubalaena australis
Family [Neobalaenidae]
- Caperea marginata
Family [Balaenopteridae]
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Balaenoptera bonaerensis
- Balaenoptera borealis
- Balaenoptera edeni
- Balaenoptera omurai
- Balaenoptera musculus
- Balaenoptera physalus
- Megaptera novaeangliae
Suborder [Odontoceti]
Family [Delphinidae]
- Delphinus delphis
- Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Globicephala melas
- Grampus griseus
- Lagenorhynchus obscurus
- Orcinus orca
- Pseudorca crassidens
- Tursiops truncatus
- Tursiops aduncus
Family [Phocoenidae]
- Phocoena dioptrica
Family [Physeteridae]
- Physeter macrocephalus
Family [Kogiidae]
- Kogia breviceps
- Kogia sima
Family [Ziphiidae]
- Berardius arnuxii
- Hyperoodon planifrons
- Mesoplodon bowdoini
- Mesoplodon grayi
- Mesoplodon hectori
- Mesoplodon layardii
- Tasmacetus shepherdi
- Ziphius cavirostris
Order [Perissodactyla]
Family [Equidae]
- Equus asinus — naturalised
- Equus caballus — naturalised
Order [Artiodactyla]
Family [Suidae]
- Sus scrofa — naturalised
Family [Camelidae]
- Camelus dromedarius — naturalised
Family [Cervidae]
- Dama dama — naturalised
Family [Bovidae]
- Bos taurus — naturalised
- Capra hircus — naturalised
Order [Rodent]ia
Family [Muridae]
;Subfamily Hydromyinae- Conilurus albipes — extinct in South Australia; never collected live in South Australia, but reported by John Gould in 1863, and remains have since been found in subfossil deposits.
- Hydromys chrysogaster
- Leggadina forresti
- Leporillus apicalis — extinct
- Leporillus conditor — extinct on South Australian mainland; native populations remain on the Franklin Islands; naturalised on Reevesby and St Peter Islands.
- Notomys alexis
- Notomys amplus – extinct; known in South Australia only from subfossil deposits
- Notomys cervinus
- Notomys fuscus
- Notomys longicaudatus – extinct; known in South Australia only from subfossil deposits
- Notomys mitchellii
- Pseudomys apodemoides
- Pseudomys australis
- Pseudomys bolami
- Pseudomys desertor
- Pseudomys fieldi – extinct in South Australia; known in South Australia only from subfossil deposits, which are difficult to distinguish from those of P. gouldii.
- Pseudomys gouldii – extinct; known in South Australia only from widespread subfossil deposits.
- Pseudomys hermannsburgensis
- Pseudomys shortridgei
- Mus musculus — naturalised
- Rattus fuscipes
- Rattus lutreolus
- Rattus norvegicus — naturalised
- Rattus rattus — naturalised
- Rattus tunneyi — extinct in South Australia
- Rattus villosissimus
Order [Lagomorpha]
Family [Leporidae]
- Lepus europaeus — naturalised
- Oryctolagus cuniculus — naturalised