List of mammals of Western Australia
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This is a list of mammals of Western Australia, including both native and naturalised species.[1]
[edit] Native
- Antechinomys laniger (Kultarr)
- Antechinus flavipes leucogaster (Yellow-footed Antechinus)
- Arctocephalus forsteri (New Zealand Fur Seal)
- Arctocephalus tropicalis (Sub-antarctic Fur Seal)
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Dwarf Minke Whale)
- Balaenoptera bonaerensis (Antarctic Minke Whale)
- Balaenoptera borealis (Sei Whale)
- Balaenoptera edeni (Bryde's Whale)
- Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale)
- Balaenoptera physalus (Fin Whale)
- Berdius arnuxii (Arnoux's Beaked Whale)
- Bettongia lesueur (Burrowing Bettong)
- Bettongia penicillata (Woylie)
- Canis lupus dingo (Dingo)
- Caperea marginata (Pygmy Right Whale)
- Cercartetus concinnus (Western Pygmy Possum)
- Chaerephon jobensis (Northern Freetail Bat)
- Chaeropus ecaudatus (Pig-footed Bandicoot) (Presumed extinct)
- Chalinolobus gouldii (Gould's Wattled Bat)
- Chalinolobus morio (Chocolate Wattled Bat)
- Chalinolobus nigrogriseus (Hoary Wattled Bat)
- Conilurus penicillatus (Brush-tailed Rabbit Rat)
- Dasycercus cristicauda (Mulgara)
- Dasykaluta rosamondae (Kaluta)
- Dasyurus geoffroyi (Western Quoll)
- Dasyurus hallucatus (Northern Quoll)
- Delphinus delphis (Common Dolphin)
- Dugong dugon (Dugong)
- Eubalaena australis (Southern Right Whale)
- Falsistrellus mackenziei (Western False Pipistrelle)
- Feresa attenuata (Pygmy Killer Whale)
- Globicephala macrorhynchus (Short-flippered Pilot Whale)
- Globicephala melas (Long-flippered Pilot Whale)
- Grampus griseus (Risso's Dolphin)
- Hipposideros ater (Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat)
- Hipposideros stenotis (Northern Leaf-nosed Bat)
- Hydromys chrysogaster (Water Rat)
- Hydrurga leptonyx (Leopard Seal)
- Hyperoodon planifrons (Southern Bottlenose Whale)
- Isoodon auratus (Golden Bandicoot)
- Isoodon macrourus (Northern Brown Bandicoot)
- Isoodon obesulus (Southern Brown Bandicoot)
- Kogia breviceps (Pygmy Sperm Whale)
- Kogia simus (Dwarf Sperm Whale)
- Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's Dolphin)
- Lagorchestes conspicillatus (Spectacled Hare Wallaby)
- Lagorchestes hirsutus (Mala)
- Lagostrophus fasciatus (Banded Hare Wallaby)
- Lasiorhinus latifrons (Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat)
- Leggadina forresti (Desert Short-tailed Mouse)
- Leggadina lakedownensis (Tropical Short-tailed Mouse)
- Leporillus apicalis (Lesser Stick-nest Rat) (Presumed extinct)
- Leporillus conditor (Greater Stick-nest Rat)
- Lissadelphis peronii (Southern Rightwhale Dolphin)
- Lobodon carcinophagus (Crab-eater Seal)
- Macroderma gigas (Ghost Bat)
- Macroglossus minimus (Least Blossom Bat)
- Macropus agilis (Agile Wallaby)
- Macropus antilopinus (Antilopine Wallaroo)
- Macropus eugenii (Tammar Wallaby)
- Macropus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo)
- Macropus irma (Western Brush Wallaby)
- Macropus robustus (Euro)
- Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo)
- Macrotis lagotis (Bilby)
- Macrotis leucrura (Lesser Bilby) (Presumed extinct)
- Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale)
- Melomys burtoni (Grassland Melomys)
- Mesembriomys gouldi (Black-footed Tree Rat)
- Mesembriomys macrurus (Golden-backed Tree Rat)
- Mesoplodon bowdoini (Andrew's Beaked Whale)
- Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's Beaked Whale)
- Mesoplodon grayi (Gray's Beaked Whale)
- Mesoplodon hectori (Hector's Beaked Whale)
- Mesoplodon layardi (Strap-toothed Beaked Whale)
- Mesoplodon mirus (True's Beaked Whale)
- Miniopterus schreibersii (Common Bentwing Bat)
- Mirounga leonina (Southern Elephant Seal)
- Mormopterus beccarii (Beccari's Freetail Bat)
- Mormopterus loriae coburgensis (Mangrove Freetail Bat)
- Mormopterus planiceps (Inland Freetail Bat)
- Mormopterus planiceps (Western Freetail Bat)
- Myotis adversus (Large-footed Myotis)
- Myrmecobius fasciatus (Numbat)
- Neophoca cinerea (Australian Sea-lion)
- Ningaui ridei (Wongai Ningaui)
- Ningaui timealeyi (Pilbara Ningaui)
- Ningaui yvonneae (Mallee Ningaui)
- Notomys alexis (Spinifex Hopping Mouse)
- Notomys longicaudatus (Long-tailed Hopping Mouse) (Presumed extinct)
- Notomys macrotis (Big-eared Hopping Mouse) (Presumed extinct)
- Notomys mitchelli (Mitchell's Hopping Mouse)
- Notorcytes caurinus (Northern Marsupial Mole)
- Notorcytes typhlops (Southern Marsupial Mole)
- Nyctophilus arnhemensis (Arnhem Long-eared Bat)
- Nyctophilus bifax (Northern Long-eared Bat)
- Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Lesser Long-eared Bat)
- Nyctophilus gouldi (Gould's Long-eared Bat)
- Nyctophilus timoriensis (Greater Long-eared Bat)
- Nyctophilus walkeri (Pygmy Long-eared Bat)
- Onychogalea lunata (Crescent Nailtail Wallaby) (Presumed extinct)
- Onychogalea unguifera (Northern Nailtail Wallaby)
- Orcaella brevirostris (Irrawaddy Dolphin)
- Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)
- Parantechinus apicalis (Dibbler)
- Peponocephala electra (Melon-headed Whale)
- Perameles bougainville (Western Barred Bandicoot)
- Perameles eremiana (Desert Bandicoot) (Presumed extinct)
- Petaurus breviceps (Sugar Glider)
- Petrogale brachyotis (Short-eared Rock Wallaby)
- Petrogale burbidgei (Monjon)
- Petrogale concinna (Nabarlek)
- Petrogale lateralis (Black-flanked Rock Wallaby)
- Petrogale rothschildi (Rothschild's Rock Wallaby)
- Petropseudes dahli (Rock Ringtail Possum)
- Phascogale calura (Red-tailed Phascogale)
- Phascogale tapoatafa (Brush-tailed Phascogale)
- Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale)
- Pipistrellus westralis (Mangrove Pipistrelle)
- Planigale ingrami (Long-tailed Planigale)
- Planigale maculata (Common Planigale)
- Potorous gilbertii (Gilbert's Potoroo)
- Potorous platyops (Broad-faced Potoroo) (Presumed extinct)
- Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Fat-tailed False Antechinus)
- Pseudantechinus ningbing (Ningbing False Antechinus)
- Pseudantechinus roryi (Tan False Antechinus)
- Pseudantechinus woolleyae (Woolley's False Antechinus)
- Pseudocheirus occidentalis (Western Ringtail Possum)
- Pseudomys albocinereus (Ash-grey Mouse)
- Pseudomys australis (Plains Mouse)
- Pseudomys bolami (Bolam's Mouse)
- Pseudomys chapmani (Pilbara Pebble-mound Mouse)
- Pseudomys delicatulus (Delicate Mouse)
- Pseudomys desertor (Desert Mouse)
- Pseudomys fieldi (Djoongari)
- Pseudomys hermannsbergensis (Sandy Inland Mouse)
- Pseudomys laborifax (Kimberley Pebble-mound Mouse)
- Pseudomys nanus (Western Chestnut Mouse)
- Pseudomys occidentalis (Western Mouse)
- Pseudomys shortridgei (Heath Mouse)
- Pseudorca crassidens (False Killer Whale)
- Pteropus alecto (Black Flying-fox)
- Pteropus scapulatus (Little Red Flying-fox)
- Rattus fuscipes fuscipes (Bush Rat)
- Rattus tunneyi (Pale Field Rat)
- Rattus villosisimus (Long-haired Rat)
- Rhinonicteris aurantius (Orange Leaf-nosed Bat)
- Saccolaimus flaviventris (Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat)
- Sausa chinensis (Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin)
- Scotorepens balstoni (Inland Broad-nosed Bat)
- Scotorepens greyii (Little Broad-nosed Bat)
- Scotorepens sanborni (Northern Broad-nosed Bat)
- Setonix brachyurus (Quokka)
- Sminthopsis butleri (Butler's Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Fat-tailed Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis dolichura (Little Long-tailed Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis gilberti (Gilbert's Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis granlipes (White-tailed Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis griseoventor (Grey-bellied Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis hirtipes (Hairy-footed Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis longicaudata (Long-tailed Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis macroura (Stripe-faced Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis ooldea (Ooldea Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis psammophila (Sandhill Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis virginiae (Red-cheeked Dunnart)
- Sminthopsis youngsoni (Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart)
- Stenella attenuata (Pantropical Spotted Dolphin)
- Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped Dolphin)
- Stenella longirostris (Spinner Dolphin)
- Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed Dolphin)
- Tachyglossus aculeatus (Short-beaked Echidna)
- Tadarida australis (White-striped Freetail Bat)
- Taphozous georgianus (Common Sheathtail Bat)
- Taphozous hilli (Hill's Sheathtail Bat)
- Tarsipes rostratus (Honey Possum)
- Tasmancetus shepherdi (Shepherd's Beaked Whale)
- Trichosurus vulpecula (Common Brushtail Possum)
- Tursiops aduncus (Long-beaked Bottlenose Dolphin)
- Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenose Dolphin)
- Vespadelus baverstocki (Inland Forest Bat)
- Vespadelus caurinus (Northern Cave Bat)
- Vespadelus douglasorum (Kimberley Cave Bat)
- Vespadelus finlaysoni (Inland Cave Bat)
- Vespadelus regulus (Southern Forest Bat)
- Wyulda squamicaudata (Scaly-tailed Possum)
- Ziphius cavirostris (Goose-beaked Whale)
- Zyzomys argurus (Common Rock Rat)
- Zyzomys woodwardi (Kimberley Rock Rat)
[edit] Naturalised
The following mammals are not native to Western Australia, but have naturalised there:
- Camelus dromedarius (One-humped Camel)
- Capra hircus (Goat)
- Equus asinus (Donkey)
- Equus caballus (Horse)
- Felis catus (House Cat)
- Funambulus pennantii (Five-lined Palm Squirrel)
- Mus musculus (House Mouse)
- Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit)
- Rattus exulans (Pacific Rat)
- Rattus norvegicus (Brown Rat)
- Rattus rattus (Black Rat)
- Sus scrofa (Pig)
- Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox)
