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 non-feral introduced species.
Except where otherwise referenced, this list is based upon.
Subclass [Prototheria]
Order [Monotremata]
Family [Ornithorhynchidae]
Family [Tachyglossidae]
Subclass [Marsupialia]
Order [Dasyuromorphia]
Family [Myrmecobiidae]
Myrmecobius fasciatus reintroducedFamily [Dasyuridae]
;Subfamily DasyurinaeDasycercus byrnei Dasycercus cristicauda Dasyurus geoffroii locally extinctDasyurus maculatus locally extinctDasyurus viverrinus locally extinctPseudantechinus macdonnellensis;Subfamily PhascogalinaeAntechinus flavipes Antechinus minimus Phascogale calura locally extinctPhascogale tapoatafa
;Subfamily PlanigalinaeNingaui ridei Ningaui yvonneae Planigale gilesi Planigale cf. ingrami Planigale tenuirostris
;Subfamily SminthopsinaeAntechinomys laniger Sminthopsis aitkeni Sminthopsis crassicaudata Sminthopsis dolichura Sminthopsis hirtipes Sminthopsis macroura Sminthopsis murina Sminthopsis ooldea Sminthopsis psammophila
Order [Peramelemorphia]
Family †Chaeropodidae
- †''Chaeropus ecaudatus''
Family [Peramelidae]
;Subfamily PeramelinaeIsoodon auratus locally extinctIsoodon obesulus Perameles bougainville locally extinct- †Perameles eremiana Perameles gunnii locally extinct
- †''Macrotis leucura''
Order [Notoryctemorphia]
Family [Notoryctidae]
Order [Diprotodontia]
Family [Phascolarctidae]
Phascolarctos cinereus reintroducedFamily [Vombatidae]
Lasiorhinus latifrons- ''Vombatus ursinus''
Family [Phalangeridae]
Family [Potoroidae]
Bettongia lesueur Bettongia penicillataFamily [Macropodidae]
Lagorchestes hirsutus locally extinct- †Lagorchestes leporides Macropus fuliginosus Macropus giganteus Notamacropus eugenii reintroduced
- *N. e. decres
- *N. e. eugenii reintroduced
- †Notamacropus greyi Notamacropus rufogriseus Osphranter robustus Osphranter rufus
- †Onychogalea lunata Petrogale lateralis
- *P. l. pearsoni Petrogale xanthopus Thylogale billardierii locally extinct
- ''Wallabia bicolor''
Family [Burramyidae]
Cercartetus concinnus Cercartetus lepidusFamily [Pseudocheiridae]
Family [Petauridae]
Petaurus australis Petaurus notatus Petaurus norfolcensis locally extinct[Acrobatidae]
Subclass [Eutheria]
Order [Chiroptera]
Suborder [Megachiroptera]
Family [Pteropodidae]
Pteropus poliocephalusSuborder [Microchiroptera]
Family [Emballonuridae]
Saccolaimus flaviventris- ''Taphozous hilli''
Family [Megadermatidae]
Macroderma gigas locally extinctFamily [Molossidae]
Ozimops petersi Ozimops planiceps Ozimops ridei - ''Tadarida australis''
Family [Vespertilionidae]
;Subfamily NytophilinaeNyctophilus geoffroyi Nyctophilus gouldi Nyctophilus timoriensis
;Subfamily VespertilioninaeChalinolobus gouldii Chalinolobus morio Chalinolobus picatus Falsistrellus tasmaniensis Myotis macropus Scotorepens balstoni Scotorepens greyii Vespadelus baverstocki Vespadelus darlingtoni Vespadelus finlaysoni Vespadelus regulus
Order [Carnivora]
Family [Canidae]
- Canis familiaris dingo
- *Canis familiaris x C. f. dingo
- Vulpes vulpes introduced
Family [Otariidae]
;Subfamily ArctocephalinaeArctocephalus pusillus;Subfamily Otariinae
- ''Neophoca cinerea''
Family [Phocidae]
Hydrurga leptonyx Leptonychotes weddellii Lobodon carcinophaga Mirounga leoninaOrder [Cetacea]
Family [Balaenidae]
Family [Neobalaenidae]
Family [Balaenopteridae]
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Balaenoptera bonaerensis Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera edeni Balaenoptera omurai Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalusSuborder [Odontoceti]
Family [Delphinidae]
Delphinus delphis Globicephala macrorhynchus Globicephala melas Grampus griseus Orcinus orca Pseudorca crassidens- Sagmatias obscurus 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 [Artiodactyla]
Family [Cervidae]
Dama dama introducedOrder [Rodent]ia
Family [Muridae]
;Subfamily HydromyinaeConilurus albipes locally extinct Hydromys chrysogaster Leggadina forresti- †Leporillus apicalis Leporillus conditor Notomys alexis
- †Notomys amplus Notomys cervinus Notomys fuscus
- †Notomys longicaudatus Notomys mitchellii Pseudomys apodemoides Pseudomys australis Pseudomys bolami Pseudomys desertor Pseudomys fieldi locally extinct
- †Pseudomys gouldii Pseudomys hermannsburgensis Pseudomys shortridgei