List of MAMMALIA species in Australia



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Australia according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Mormopterus kitcheneri South-western Free-tailed Bat 71532724 LC
Mormopterus halli Cape York free-tailed bat 71532803 DD
Mormopterus ridei Eastern Free-tailed Bat 71533043 LC
Antechinomys laniger Kultarr 1581 LC
Antechinus godmani Atherton Antechinus 1583 LC
Antechinus leo Cinnamon Antechinus 1584 LC
Antechinus agilis Agile Antechinus 1590 LC
Ozimops petersi Inland Free-tailed Bat 71534469 LC
Arctocephalus pusillus ssp. doriferus Tasmanian Fur Seal 2067 LC
Bettongia gaimardi Tasmanian Bettong 2783 NT
Bettongia lesueur Burrowing Bettong 2784 NT
Bettongia penicillata Woylie 2785 CR
Bettongia tropica Northern Bettong 2787 EN
Burramys parvus Mountain Pygmy Possum 3339 CR
Caloprymnus campestris Desert Rat Kangaroo 3626 EX
Mormopterus cobourgianus Western Little Free-tailed Bat 71536513 LC
Cercartetus caudatus Long-tailed Pygmy Possum 4192 LC
Chaerephon jobensis Greater Northern Free-tailed Bat 4312 LC
Chaeropus ecaudatus Pig-footed Bandicoot 4322 EX
Conilurus capricornensis Capricorn Rabbit-rat 75927841 EX
Chalinolobus dwyeri Large-eared Pied Bat 4414 NT
Pseudomys australis Plains Mouse 75927871 VU
Chalinolobus gouldii Gould's Wattled Bat 4417 LC
Chalinolobus morio Chocolate Wattled Bat 4419 LC
Chalinolobus nigrogriseus Hoary Wattled Bat 4421 LC
Chalinolobus picatus Little Pied Bat 4422 NT
Pseudomys auritus Long-eared Mouse 75927882 EX
Trichosurus cunninghami Mountain Brushtail Possum 136256 LC
Conilurus albipes White-footed Rabbit-rat 5223 EX
Conilurus penicillatus Brush-tailed Tree-rat 5224 VU
Orcaella heinsohni Australian Snubfin Dolphin 136315 VU
Phalanger mimicus Southern Common Cuscus 136450 LC
Petrogale purpureicollis Purple-necked Rock Wallaby 136463 NT
Petrogale mareeba Mareeba Rock Wallaby 136509 NT
Antechinus adustus Rusty Antechinus 136555 LC
Balaenoptera omurai Omura’s Whale 136623 DD
Myotis macropus Large-footed Myotis 136697 LC
Hipposideros inornatus Arnhem Leaf-nosed Bat 136739 VU
Antechinus subtropicus Subtropical Antechinus 136755 LC
Bettongia pusilla Nullarbor Dwarf Bettong 136805 EX
Pseudomys calabyi Kakadu Pebble Mouse 136808 VU
Dactylopsila trivirgata Striped Possum 6226 LC
Dasyuroides byrnei Kowari 6265 VU
Dasycercus cristicauda Crest-tailed Mulgara 6266 NT
Dasycercus blythi Brush-tailed Mulgara 6267 LC
Dasyurus geoffroii Western Quoll 6294 NT
Dasyurus hallucatus Northern Quoll 6295 EN
Dasyurus viverrinus Eastern Quoll 6296 EN
Dasyurus maculatus Spotted-tailed Quoll 6300 NT
Dendrolagus bennettianus Bennett's Tree Kangaroo 6426 NT
Dendrolagus lumholtzi Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo 6432 NT
Echymipera rufescens Long-nosed Echymipera 7019 LC
Vombatus ursinus Common Wombat 40556 LC
Ornithorhynchus anatinus Platypus 40488 NT
Antechinus bellus Fawn Antechinus 40523 VU
Antechinus flavipes Yellow-footed Antechinus 40524 LC
Antechinus minimus Swamp Antechinus 40525 LC
Antechinus stuartii Brown Antechinus 40526 LC
Dasykaluta rosamondae Kaluta 40527 LC
Ningaui ridei Wongai Ningaui 40529 LC
Ningaui timealeyi Pilbara Ningaui 40530 LC
Ningaui yvonneae Kitchener's Ningaui 40531 LC
Planigale gilesi Giles' Planigale 40533 LC
Planigale ingrami Long-tailed Planigale 40534 LC
Planigale maculata Common Planigale 40535 LC
Planigale tenuirostris Narrow-nosed Planigale 40536 LC
Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis Fat-tailed Pseudantechinus 40537 LC
Pseudantechinus ningbing Ningbing Pseudantechinus 40538 LC
Pseudantechinus woolleyae Woolley's Pseudantechinus 40539 LC
Sarcophilus harrisii Tasmanian Devil 40540 EN
Sminthopsis crassicaudata Fat-tailed Dunnart 40541 LC
Sminthopsis dolichura Little Long-tailed Dunnart 40542 LC
Sminthopsis gilberti Gilbert's Dunnart 40543 LC
Sminthopsis hirtipes Hairy-footed Dunnart 40544 LC
Sminthopsis longicaudata Long-tailed Dunnart 40545 LC
Sminthopsis macroura Stripe-faced Dunnart 40546 LC
Sminthopsis murina Common Dunnart 40547 LC
Sminthopsis ooldea Ooldea Dunnart 40548 LC
Sminthopsis virginiae Red-cheeked Dunnart 40549 LC
Sminthopsis bindi Kakadu Dunnart 40551 NT
Isoodon macrourus Northern Brown Bandicoot 40552 LC
Isoodon obesulus Southern Brown Bandicoot 40553 LC
Perameles nasuta Long-nosed Bandicoot 40554 LC
Lasiorhinus latifrons Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat 40555 NT
Sminthopsis youngsoni Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart 40550 LC
Trichosurus caninus Short-eared Brushtail Possum 40557 LC
Aepyprymnus rufescens Rufous Bettong 40558 LC
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Musky Rat Kangaroo 40559 LC
Macropus agilis Agile Wallaby 40560 LC
Macropus antilopinus Antilopine Wallaroo 40561 LC
Macropus dorsalis Black-striped Wallaby 40562 LC
Macropus fuliginosus Western Gray Kangaroo 40563 LC
Macropus parryi Whiptail Wallaby 40564 LC
Macropus robustus Common Wallaroo 40565 LC
Macropus rufogriseus Bennett's Wallaby 40566 LC
Macropus rufus Red Kangaroo 40567 LC
Petrogale assimilis Allied Rock Wallaby 40569 LC
Petrogale brachyotis Short-eared Rock Wallaby 40570 LC
Onychogalea unguifera Northern Nailtail Wallaby 40568 LC
Thylogale billardierii Tasmanian Pademelon 40571 LC
Thylogale thetis Red-necked Pademelon 40573 LC
Thylogale stigmatica Red-legged Pademelon 40574 LC
Cercartetus concinnus Western Pygmy Possum 40576 LC
Cercartetus lepidus Little Pygmy Possum 40577 LC
Cercartetus nanus Eastern Pygmy-possum 40578 LC
Petauroides volans Greater Glider 40579 VU
Petropseudes dahli Rock Ringtail Possum 40580 LC
Pseudocheirus peregrinus Common Ringtail Possum 40581 LC
Wallabia bicolor Swamp Wallaby 40575 LC
Tarsipes rostratus Honey Possum 40583 LC
Acrobates pygmaeus Pygmy Gliding Possum 40584 LC
Trichosurus vulpecula Common Brushtail Possum 40585 LC
Indopacetus pacificus Longman's Beaked Whale 40635 DD
Pseudantechinus bilarni Sandstone Antechinus 40636 LC
Vespadelus baverstocki Inland Forest Bat 7913 LC
Vespadelus caurinus Northern Cave Bat 7919 LC
Vespadelus darlingtoni Large Forest Bat 7920 LC
Vespadelus douglasorum Yellow-lipped Cave Bat 7923 LC
Vespadelus finlaysoni Finlayson's Cave Bat 7924 LC
Vespadelus pumilus Eastern Forest Bat 7938 LC
Vespadelus regulus Southern Forest Bat 7939 LC
Vespadelus troughtoni Troughton's Forest Bat 7944 LC
Vespadelus vulturnus Little Forest Bat 7945 LC
Tachyglossus aculeatus Short-beaked Echidna 41312 LC
Antechinus swainsonii Dusky Antechinus 41508 LC
Sminthopsis granulipes White-tailed Dunnart 41509 LC
Sminthopsis griseoventer Grey-bellied Dunnart 41510 LC
Potorous tridactylus Long-nosed Potoroo 41511 NT
Macropus eugenii Tammar Wallaby 41512 LC
Macropus giganteus Eastern Grey Kangaroo 41513 LC
Petrogale godmani Godman's Rock Wallaby 41514 NT
Petrogale herberti Herbert's Rock Wallaby 41515 LC
Petrogale inornata Unadorned Rock Wallaby 41516 LC
Petrogale rothschildi Rothschild's Rock Wallaby 41517 LC
Arctocephalus forsteri Antipodean Fur Seal 41664 LC
Axis porcinus Hog Deer 41784 EN
Rusa timorensis Javan Deer 41789 VU
Rusa unicolor Sambar 41790 VU
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri Leadbeater's Possum 9564 CR
Hemibelideus lemuroides Lemuroid Ringtail Possum 9869 NT
Pseudomys bolami Bolam's Mouse 42647 LC
Pseudomys chapmani Western Pebble Mouse 42648 LC
Hipposideros ater Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat 10111 LC
Hipposideros cervinus Gould's Leaf-nosed Bat 10118 LC
Hipposideros diadema Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat 10128 LC
Hipposideros semoni Semon's Leaf-nosed Bat 10160 LC
Hipposideros stenotis Northern Leaf-nosed Bat 10163 LC
Hydromys chrysogaster Common Water Rat 10310 LC
Bettongia anhydra Desert Bettong 71510353 EX
Isoodon auratus Golden Bandicoot 10863 VU
Phoniscus papuensis Golden-tipped Bat 10982 LC
Lagorchestes asomatus Central Hare Wallaby 11160 EX
Lagorchestes conspicillatus Spectacled Hare-wallaby 11161 LC
Lagorchestes hirsutus Mala 11162 VU
Lagorchestes leporides Eastern Hare Wallaby 11163 EX
Lagostrophus fasciatus Banded Hare Wallaby 11171 VU
Lasiorhinus krefftii Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat 11343 CR
Leggadina lakedownensis Northern Short-tailed Mouse 11384 LC
Leggadina forresti Forrest's Mouse 11385 LC
Leporillus apicalis Lesser Stick-nest Rat 11633 EX
Leporillus conditor Greater Stick-nest Rat 11634 NT
Macroderma gigas Ghost Bat 12590 VU
Macroglossus minimus Dagger-toothed Long-nosed Fruit Bat 12594 LC
Macropus bernardus Bernard's Wallaroo 12620 NT
Macropus greyi Toolache Wallaby 12625 EX
Macropus irma Western Brush Wallaby 12626 LC
Macropus parma Parma Wallaby 12627 NT
Macrotis lagotis Bilby 12650 VU
Macrotis leucura Yallara 12651 EX
Melomys burtoni Grassland Melomys 13116 LC
Melomys capensis Cape York Melomys 13117 LC
Melomys cervinipes Fawn-footed Melomys 13118 LC
Melomys rubicola Bramble Cay Melomys 13132 EX
Mesembriomys gouldii Black-footed Tree-rat 13211 VU
Mesembriomys macrurus Golden-backed Tree-rat 13212 NT
Mesoplodon mirus True's Beaked Whale 13250 DD
Sousa sahulensis Australian Humpback Dolphin 82031667 VU
Dobsonia moluccensis Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat 84882605 LC
Miniopterus australis Little Long-fingered Bat 13562 LC
Mormopterus norfolkensis East-coast Free-tailed Bat 13885 VU
Mormopterus planiceps Southern Free-tailed Bat 13888 LC
Murina florium Flute-nosed Bat 13939 LC
Myotis adversus Large-footed Myotis 14138 LC
Myrmecobius fasciatus Numbat 14222 EN
Neophoca cinerea Australian Sea Lion 14549 EN
Notomys amplus Short-tailed Hopping-mouse 14861 EX
Notomys aquilo Northern Hopping-mouse 14862 EN
Notomys fuscus Dusky Hopping-mouse 14863 VU
Notomys longicaudatus Long-tailed Hopping-mouse 14864 EX
Notomys mordax Darling Downs Hopping-mouse 14866 EX
Notomys alexis Spinifex Hopping Mouse 14867 LC
Notomys cervinus Fawn Hopping-mouse 14868 NT
Notomys macrotis Big-eared Hopping-mouse 14865 EX
Notomys mitchellii Mitchell's Hopping Mouse 14869 LC
Notoryctes caurinus Northwestern Marsupial Mole 14878 LC
Notoryctes typhlops Marsupial Mole 14879 LC
Scotorepens balstoni Inland Broad-nosed Bat 14942 LC
Scotorepens greyii Little Broad-nosed Bat 14943 LC
Scotorepens orion Eastern Broad-nosed Bat 14945 LC
Scoteanax rueppellii Rüppell's Broad-nosed Bat 14946 LC
Scotorepens sanborni Northern Broad-nosed Bat 14947 LC
Nyctimene robinsoni Eastern Tube-nosed Bat 14966 LC
Nyctophilus bifax Eastern Long-eared Bat 15001 LC
Nyctophilus arnhemensis Northern Long-eared Bat 15000 LC
Nyctophilus gouldi Gould's Long-eared Bat 15004 LC
Nyctophilus geoffroyi Lesser Long-eared Bat 15003 LC
Nyctophilus howensis Lord Howe Long-eared Bat 15006 CR
Nyctophilus sherrini Tasmanian Long-eared Bat 15009 DD
Nyctophilus walkeri Pygmy Long-eared Bat 15011 LC
Onychogalea fraenata Bridled Nailtail Wallaby 15330 VU
Onychogalea lunata Crescent Nailtail Wallaby 15331 EX
Parantechinus apicalis Dibbler 16138 EN
Perameles bougainville Western Barred Bandicoot 16569 VU
Perameles eremiana Desert Bandicoot 16570 EX
Perameles gunnii Eastern Barred Bandicoot 16572 VU
Petaurus gracilis Mahogany Glider 16727 EN
Petaurus norfolcensis Squirrel Glider 16728 LC
Petaurus australis Yellow-bellied Glider 16730 NT
Petaurus breviceps Sugar Glider 16731 LC
Petrogale burbidgei Monjon 16744 NT
Petrogale penicillata Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby 16746 VU
Petrogale persephone Proserpine Rock Wallaby 16747 EN
Petrogale xanthopus Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby 16750 NT
Petrogale lateralis Black-footed Rock Wallaby 16751 VU
Petrogale coenensis Cape York Rock Wallaby 16752 NT
Petrogale sharmani Mount Claro Rock Wallaby 16753 VU
Petrogale concinna Nabarlek 16761 EN
Phascogale calura Red-tailed Phascogale 16888 NT
Phascogale pirata Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale 16889 VU
Phascogale tapoatafa Brush-tailed Phascogale 16890 NT
Phascolarctos cinereus Koala 16892 VU
Phocarctos hookeri Hooker's Sea Lion 17026 EN
Pipistrellus adamsi Adams's Pipistrelle 17321 LC
Falsistrellus mackenziei Western False Pipistrelle 17348 NT
Falsistrellus tasmaniensis Eastern False Pipistrelle 17367 LC
Pipistrellus westralis Koopman's Pipistrelle 17370 LC
Notomys robustus Broad-cheeked Hopping-mouse 45958541 EX
Potorous longipes Long-footed Potoroo 18102 VU
Potorous platyops Broad-faced Potoroo 18103 EX
Potorous gilbertii Gilbert's Potoroo 18107 CR
Pseudantechinus mimulus Carpentarian Antechinus 18447 NT
Pseudocheirus occidentalis Western Ringtail Possum 18492 CR
Pseudochirops archeri Green Ringtail Possum 18502 NT
Pseudochirulus cinereus Daintree River Ringtail Possum 18508 NT
Pseudochirulus herbertensis Herbert River Ringtail Possum 18509 LC
Pseudomys fieldi Alice Springs Mouse 18549 VU
Pseudomys fumeus Smoky Mouse 18550 VU
Pseudomys gouldii Gould's Mouse 18551 EX
Pseudomys novaehollandiae New Holland Mouse 18552 VU
Pseudomys occidentalis Western Mouse 18553 NT
Pseudomys oralis Hastings River Mouse 18554 VU
Pseudomys pilligaensis Pilliga Mouse 18555 DD
Pseudomys shortridgei Shortridge's Native Mouse 18557 NT
Pseudomys delicatulus Delicate Mouse 18561 LC
Pseudomys desertor Desert Mouse 18562 LC
Mastacomys fuscus Broad-toothed Rat 18563 NT
Pseudomys glaucus Blue-grey Mouse 18564 EX
Pseudomys gracilicaudatus Eastern Chestnut Mouse 18565 LC
Pseudomys hermannsburgensis Sandy Inland Mouse 18566 LC
Pseudomys higginsi Long-tailed Mouse 18567 LC
Pseudomys johnsoni Central Pebble Mouse 18568 LC
Pseudomys nanus Western Chestnut Mouse 18570 LC
Pseudomys patrius Eastern Pebble Mouse 18571 LC
Pteropus alecto Black Flying Fox 18715 LC
Pteropus brunneus Percy Island Flying Fox 18718 EX
Pteropus conspicillatus Spectacled Flying Fox 18721 LC
Pteropus macrotis Large-eared Flying Fox 18735 LC
Pteropus neohibernicus Great Flying Fox 18742 LC
Pteropus poliocephalus Grey-headed Flying Fox 18751 VU
Pteropus scapulatus Little Red Flying Fox 18758 LC
Rattus colletti Dusky Rat 19326 LC
Rattus fuscipes Bush Rat 19333 LC
Rattus leucopus Cape York Rat 19340 LC
Rattus lutreolus Australian Swamp Rat 19343 LC
Rattus sordidus Canefield Rat 19363 LC
Rattus tunneyi Pale Field Rat 19369 LC
Rattus villosissimus Long-haired Rat 19371 LC
Rhinolophus megaphyllus Eastern Horseshoe Bat 19553 LC
Rhinolophus philippinensis Large-eared Horseshoe Bat 19560 LC
Rhinonicteris aurantia Orange Leaf-nosed Bat 19589 LC
Saccolaimus flaviventris Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat 19799 LC
Saccolaimus mixtus Papuan Sheath-tailed Bat 19800 NT
Saccolaimus saccolaimus Bare-rumped Sheathtail-bat 19802 LC
Setonix brachyurus Quokka 20165 VU
Sminthopsis douglasi Julia Creek Dunnart 20290 NT
Sminthopsis psammophila Sandhill Dunnart 20293 VU
Sminthopsis fuliginosus ssp. aitkeni Kangaroo Island Dunnart 20294 CR
Sminthopsis butleri Butler's Dunnart 20295 VU
Sminthopsis archeri Chestnut Dunnart 20296 DD
Sminthopsis leucopus White-footed Dunnart 20297 LC
Sminthopsis fuliginosus Sooty Dunnart 20299 DD
Spilocuscus maculatus Common Spotted Cuscus 20636 LC
Syconycteris australis Common Blossom Bat 21185 LC
Austronomus australis White-striped Free-tailed Bat 21313 LC
Taphozous australis Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat 21452 NT
Taphozous georgianus Common Sheath-tailed Bat 21454 LC
Taphozous hilli Hill's Sheath-tailed Bat 21457 LC
Taphozous kapalgensis Arnhem Sheath-tailed Bat 21458 LC
Taphozous troughtoni Troughton's Sheath-tailed Bat 21466 LC
Thylacinus cynocephalus Thylacine 21866 EX
Uromys caudimaculatus White-tailed Giant Rat 22801 LC
Uromys hadrourus Pygmy White-tailed Rat 22802 NT
Wyulda squamicaudata Scaly-tailed Possum 23091 NT
Xeromys myoides Water Mouse 23141 VU
Zaglossus bruijnii Western Long-beaked Echidna 23179 CR
Zyzomys pedunculatus Macdonnell Range Rock-rat 23324 CR
Zyzomys argurus Common Rock Rat 23325 LC
Zyzomys maini Arnhem Rock-rat 23326 VU
Zyzomys palatalis Carpentarian Rock-rat 23327 CR
Zyzomys woodwardi Kimberley Rock Rat 23328 LC
Pseudomys albocinereus Ash-grey Mouse 18558 LC
Pseudomys apodemoides Silky Mouse 18559 LC
Mormopterus eleryi Hairy-nosed Freetail Bat 71529901 NT
Mormopterus lumsdenae Northern Free-tailed Bat 71531227 LC
Pseudantechinus roryi Rory's Pseudantechinus 136620 LC

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)