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

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remains, and including non-feral introduced species. Except where otherwise referenced, this list is based upon .

Subclass Prototheria

Order Monotremata

Family Ornithorhynchidae

* ''Ornithorhynchus anatinus'' (platypus)

Family Tachyglossidae

* ''Tachyglossus aculeatus'' (short-beaked echidna)

Subclass Marsupialia

Order Dasyuromorphia

Family Myrmecobiidae

* ''Myrmecobius fasciatus'' (numbat) reintroduced

Family Dasyuridae

;Subfamily Dasyurinae * ''Dasycercus byrnei'' (kowari) * ''Dasycercus cristicauda'' (mulgara) * ''Dasyurus geoffroii'' (western quoll) locally extinct * ''Dasyurus maculatus'' (tiger quoll) locally extinct * ''Dasyurus viverrinus'' (eastern quoll) locally extinct * ''Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis'' (fat-tailed pseudantechinus) ;Subfamily Phascogalinae * ''Antechinus flavipes'' (yellow-footed antechinus) * ''Antechinus minimus'' (swamp antechinus) * ''Phascogale calura'' (red-tailed phascogale) locally extinct * ''Phascogale tapoatafa'' (brush-tailed phascogale) ;Subfamily Planigalinae * ''Ningaui ridei'' (Wonai ningaui) * ''Ningaui yvonneae'' (southern ningaui) * ''Planigale gilesi'' (Giles' planigale) * ''Planigale'' cf. ''Planigale ingrami, ingrami'' (long-tailed planigale) * ''Planigale tenuirostris'' (narrow-nosed planigale) ;Subfamily Sminthopsinae * ''Antechinomys laniger'' (kultarr) * ''Sminthopsis aitkeni'' (Kangaroo Island dunnart) * ''Sminthopsis crassicaudata'' (fat-tailed dunnart) * ''Sminthopsis dolichura'' (little long-tailed dunnart) * ''Sminthopsis hirtipes'' (hairy-footed dunnart) * ''Sminthopsis macroura'' (stripe-faced dunnart) * ''Sminthopsis murina'' (common dunnart) * ''Sminthopsis ooldea'' (Ooldea dunnart) * ''Sminthopsis psammophila'' (sandhill dunnart) * ''Sminthopsis youngsoni'' (lesser hairy-footed dunnart)

Order Peramelemorphia

Family †Chaeropodidae

* †''Chaeropus ecaudatus'' (pig-footed bandicoot)

Family Peramelidae

;Subfamily Peramelinae * ''Isoodon auratus'' (golden bandicoot) locally extinct * ''Isoodon obesulus'' (southern brown bandicoot) * ''Perameles bougainville'' (western barred bandicoot) locally extinct * †''Perameles eremiana'' (desert bandicoot) * ''Perameles gunnii'' (eastern barred bandicoot) locally extinct ;Subfamily Thylacomyinae * ''Macrotis lagotis'' (bilby) * †''Macrotis leucura'' (lesser bilby)

Order Notoryctemorphia

Family Notoryctidae

* ''Notoryctes typhlops'' (marsupial mole)

Order Diprotodontia

Family Phascolarctidae

* ''Phascolarctos cinereus'' (koala) reintroduced

Family Vombatidae

* ''Lasiorhinus latifrons'' (southern hairy-nosed wombat) * ''Vombatus ursinus'' (common wombat)

Family Phalangeridae

* ''Trichosurus vulpecula'' (common brushtail possum)

Family Potoroidae

* ''Bettongia lesueur'' (burrowing bettong) * ''Bettongia penicillata'' (brush-tailed bettong) * †''Caloprymnus campestris'' (desert rat-kangaroo) * †''Potorous tridactylus'' (long-nosed potoroo)

Family Macropodidae

* ''Lagorchestes hirsutus'' (rufous hare-wallaby) locally extinct * †''Lagorchestes leporides'' (eastern hare-wallaby) * ''Macropus fuliginosus'' (western grey kangaroo) * ''Macropus giganteus'' (eastern grey kangaroo) * ''Notamacropus eugenii'' (tammar wallaby) reintroduced **''N. e. decres'' **''N. e. eugenii'' reintroduced * †''Notamacropus greyi'' (toolache wallaby) * ''Notamacropus rufogriseus'' (red-necked wallaby) * ''Osphranter robustus'' (euro) * ''Osphranter rufus'' (red kangaroo) * †''Onychogalea lunata'' (crescent nailtail wallaby) * ''Petrogale lateralis'' (black-footed rock-wallaby) **''Pearson Island rock-wallaby, P. l. pearsoni'' (Pearson Island rock-wallaby) * ''Petrogale xanthopus'' (yellow-footed rock-wallaby) * ''Thylogale billardierii'' (Tasmanian pademelon) locally extinct * ''Wallabia bicolor'' (swamp wallaby)

Family Burramyidae

* ''Cercartetus concinnus'' (western pygmy-possum) * ''Cercartetus lepidus'' (little pygmy-possum) * ''Cercartetus nanus'' (eastern pygmy-possum)

Family Pseudocheiridae

* ''Pseudocheirus peregrinus'' (common ringtail possum)

Family Petauridae

* ''Petaurus australis'' (yellow-bellied glider) * ''Krefft's glider, Petaurus notatus'' (Krefft's glider) * ''Petaurus norfolcensis'' (squirrel glider) locally extinct

Acrobatidae

* ''Acrobates pygmaeus'' (feathertail glider)

Subclass Eutheria

Order Chiroptera

Suborder Megachiroptera

=Family Pteropodidae

= * ''Pteropus poliocephalus'' (grey-headed flying-fox) * ''Pteropus scapulatus'' (little red flying-fox)

Suborder Microchiroptera

=Family Emballonuridae

= * ''Saccolaimus flaviventris'' (yellow-bellied sheathtail bat) * ''Taphozous hilli'' (sheathtail bat)

=Family Megadermatidae

= * ''Macroderma gigas'' (ghost bat) locally extinct

=Family Molossidae

= * ''Ozimops petersi'' (inland free-tailed bat) * ''Ozimops planiceps'' (southern free-tailed bat) * ''Ozimops ridei'' (eastern free-tailed bat) * ''Tadarida australis'' (white-striped freetail-bat)

=Family Vespertilionidae

= ;Subfamily Miniopterinae * ''Minipterus schreibersii'' (large bentwing-bat) ;Subfamily Nytophilinae * ''Nyctophilus geoffroyi'' (lesser long-eared bat) * ''Nyctophilus gouldi'' (Gould's long-eared bat) * ''Nyctophilus timoriensis'' (greater long-eared bat) ;Subfamily Vespertilioninae * ''Chalinolobus gouldii'' (Gould's wattled bat) * ''Chalinolobus morio'' (chocolate wattled bat) * ''Chalinolobus picatus'' (little pied bat) * ''Falsistrellus tasmaniensis'' (eastern falsistrelle) * ''Myotis macropus'' (southern myotis) * ''Scotorepens balstoni'' (inland broad-nosed bat) * ''Scotorepens greyii'' (little broad-nosed bat) * ''Vespadelus baverstocki'' (inland forest bat) * ''Vespadelus darlingtoni'' (large forest bat) * ''Vespadelus finlaysoni'' (Finlayson's cave bat) * ''Vespadelus regulus'' (southern forest bat) * ''Vespadelus vulturnus'' (little forest bat)

Order Carnivora

Family Canidae

*''Canis familiaris dingo'' (dingo) **''Canis familiaris x C. f. dingo'' (dingo-dog hybrid, dingo-domestic dog hybrid) *''Vulpes vulpes'' (red fox) Red foxes in Australia, introduced

Family Otariidae

;Subfamily Arctocephalinae * ''Arctocephalus pusillus'' (Australian fur-seal) ** ''Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus'' *''Arctophoca forsteri'' (long-nosed fur-seal) *''Subantarctic fur seal, Arctophoca tropicalis'' (subantarctic fur-seal) ;Subfamily Otariinae * ''Neophoca cinerea'' (Australian sea-lion)

Family Phocidae

* ''Hydrurga leptonyx'' (leopard seal) * ''Leptonychotes weddellii'' (Weddell seal) * ''Lobodon carcinophaga'' (crab-eater seal) * ''Mirounga leonina'' (southern elephant seal) * ''Ommatophoca rossii'' (Ross seal)

Order Cetacea

Suborder Mysticeti

Family Balaenidae

* ''Eubalaena australis'' (southern right whale)

Family Neobalaenidae

* ''Caperea marginata'' (pygmy right whale)

Family Balaenopteridae

* ''Balaenoptera acutorostrata'' (dwarf minke whale) * ''Balaenoptera bonaerensis'' (Antarctic minke whale) * ''Balaenoptera borealis'' (sei whale) * ''Balaenoptera edeni'' (Bryde's whale) * ''Balaenoptera omurai'' (Omura's whale) * ''Balaenoptera musculus'' (blue whale) * ''Balaenoptera physalus'' (fin whale) * ''Megaptera novaeangliae'' (humpback whale)

Suborder Odontoceti

=Family Delphinidae

= * ''Delphinus delphis'' (common dolphin) * ''Globicephala macrorhynchus'' (short-finned pilot whale) * ''Globicephala melas'' (long-finned pilot whale) * ''Grampus griseus'' (Risso's dolphin) * ''Orcinus orca'' (killer whale) * ''Pseudorca crassidens'' (false killer whale) *''Dusky dolphin, Sagmatias obscurus'' (dusky dolphin) * ''Tursiops truncatus'' (common bottlenose dolphin) * ''Tursiops aduncus'' (Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin)

=Family Phocoenidae

= * ''Phocoena dioptrica'' (spectacled porpoise)

=Family Physeteridae

= * ''Physeter macrocephalus'' (sperm whale)

=Family Kogiidae

= * ''Kogia breviceps'' (pygmy sperm whale) * ''Kogia sima'' (dwarf sperm whale)

=Family Ziphiidae

= * ''Berardius arnuxii'' (Arnoux's beaked whale) * ''Hyperoodon planifrons'' (southern bottlenose whale) * ''Mesoplodon bowdoini'' (Andrews beaked whale) * ''Mesoplodon grayi'' (Gray's beaked whale) * ''Mesoplodon hectori'' (Hector's beaked whale) * ''Mesoplodon layardii'' (strap-toothed whale) * ''Tasmacetus shepherdi'' (Shepherd's beaked whale) * ''Ziphius cavirostris'' (Cuvier's beaked whale)

Order Artiodactyla

Family Cervidae

* ''Common fallow deer, Dama dama'' (common fallow deer) introduced

Order Rodentia

Family Muridae

;Subfamily Hydromyinae * ''Conilurus albipes'' (white-footed tree-rat) locally extinct * ''Hydromys chrysogaster'' (water-rat) * ''Leggadina forresti'' (Forrest's mouse) * †''Leporillus apicalis'' (lesser stick-nest rat) * ''Leporillus conditor'' (greater stick-nest rat) * ''Notomys alexis'' (spinifex hopping-mouse) * †''Notomys amplus'' (short-tailed hopping-mouse) * ''Notomys cervinus'' (fawn hopping-mouse) * ''Notomys fuscus'' (dusky hopping-mouse) * †''Notomys longicaudatus'' (long-tailed hopping-mouse) * ''Notomys mitchellii'' (Mitchell's hopping-mouse) * ''Pseudomys apodemoides'' (silky mouse) * ''Pseudomys australis'' (plains mouse) * ''Pseudomys bolami'' (Bolam's mouse) * ''Pseudomys desertor'' (desert mouse) * ''Pseudomys fieldi'' (Shark Bay mouse) locally extinct * †''Pseudomys gouldii'' (Gould's mouse) * ''Pseudomys hermannsburgensis'' (sandy inland mouse) * ''Pseudomys shortridgei'' (heath rat) ;Subfamily Murinae * ''Mus musculus'' (house mouse) introduced * ''Rattus fuscipes'' (bush rat) * ''Rattus lutreolus'' (swamp rat) * ''Rattus norvegicus'' (brown rat) introduced * ''Rattus rattus'' (black rat) introduced * ''Rattus tunneyi'' (pale field-rat) locally extinct * ''Rattus villosissimus'' (long-haired rat)

Order Lagomorpha

Family Leporidae

* ''Lepus europaeus'' (European hare) introduced * ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' (European rabbit) Rabbits in Australia, introduced

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