List of monotremes and marsupials of Australia
Mammals are divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes), and live birth mammals. The second subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the marsupials) and placental mammals.
Australia is home to two of the five extant species of monotremes and the majority of the world's marsupials (the remainder are from Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and the Americas). The taxonomy is somewhat fluid; this list generally follows Menkhorst and Knight[1] and Van Dyck and Strahan[2], with some input from the global list, which is derived from Gardner and Groves.[3][4]
This is a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia.
- Thylacine†, Thylacinus cynocephalus - extinct
- Agile Antechinus, Antechinus agilis
- Fawn Antechinus, Antechinus bellus
- Yellow-footed Antechinus, Antechinus flavipes
- Atherton Antechinus, Antechinus godmani
- Cinnamon Antechinus, Antechinus leo
- Swamp Antechinus, Antechinus minimus
- Brown Antechinus, Antechinus stuartii
- Subtropical Antechinus, Antechinus subtropicus
- Dusky Antechinus, Antechinus swainsonii
- Brush-tailed Mulgara, Dasycercus blythi
- Crest-tailed Mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda
- Kaluta, Dasykaluta rosamondae
- Kowari, Dasyuroides byrnei
- Western Quoll, Dasyurus geoffroii
- Northern Quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus
- Tiger Quoll, Dasyurus maculatus
- Eastern Quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus
- Wongai Ningaui, Ningaui ridei
- Pilbara Ningaui, Ningaui timealeyi
- Mallee Ningaui, Ningaui yvonnae
- Dibbler, Parantechinus apicalis
- Red-tailed Phascogale, Phascogale calura
- Brush-tailed Phascogale, Phascogale tapoatafa
- Kultarr, Antechinomys laniger
- Paucident Planigale, Planigale gilesi
- Long-tailed Planigale, Planigale ingrami
- Common Planigale, Planigale maculata
- Narrow-nosed Planigale, Planigale tenuirostris
- Sandstone False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus bilarni
- Fat-tailed False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
- Alexandria False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus mimulus
- Ningbing False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus ningbing
- Rory Cooper's False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus roryi
- Woolley's False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus woolleyae
- Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisii
- Fat-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis crassicaudata
- Kakadu Dunnart, Sminthopsis bindi
- Carpentarian Dunnart, Sminthopsis butleri
- Julia Creek Dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi
- Stripe-faced Dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura
- Red-cheeked Dunnart, Sminthopsis virginiae
- White-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis granulipes
- Kangaroo Island Dunnart, Sminthopsis aitkeni
- Boullanger Island Dunnart, Sminthopsis boullangerensis
- Grey-bellied Dunnart, Sminthopsis griseoventer
- Long-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis longicaudata
- Chestnut Dunnart, Sminthopsis archeri
- Little Long-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis dolichura
- Sooty Dunnart, Sminthopsis fulginosus
- Gilbert's Dunnart, Sminthopsis gilberti
- White-footed Dunnart, Sminthopsis leucopus
- Slender-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis murina
- Hairy-footed Dunnart, Sminthopsis hirtipes
- Ooldea Dunnart, Sminthopsis ooldea
- Sandhill Dunnart, Sminthopsis psammophila
- Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart, Sminthopsis youngsoni
- Numbat, Myremecobius fasciatus
- Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus
- Rufous Bettong, Aepyprymnus rufescens
- Southern Bettong, Bettongia gaimardi
- Burrowing Bettong, Bettongia lesueur
- Woylie, Bettongia penicillata)
- Northern Bettong, Bettongia tropica
- Desert Rat-kangaroo, Caloprymnus campestris
- Gilbert's Potoroo, Potorous gilbertii
- Long-footed Potoroo, Potorous longipes
- Broad-faced Potoroo, Potorous platyops
- Long-nosed Potoroo, Potorous tridactylus
- Bennett's Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus bennettianus
- Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi
- Central Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes asomatus
- Spectacled Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus
- Mala, Lagorchestes hirsutus
- Eastern Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides
- Banded Hare-wallaby, Lagostrophus fasciatus
- Agile Wallaby, Macropus agilis
- Antilopine Kangaroo, Macropus antilopinus
- Black Wallaroo, Macropus bernardus
- Black-striped Wallaby, Macropus dorsalis
- Tammar Wallaby, Macropus eugenii
- Western Grey Kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus
- Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Macropus giganteus
- Toolache Wallaby†, Macropus greyii - extinct
- Western Brush Wallaby, Macropus irma
- Parma Wallaby, Macropus parma
- Whiptail Wallaby, Macropus parryi
- Wallaroo or Euro, Macropus robustus
- Red-necked Wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus
- Red Kangaroo, Macropus rufus
- Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata
- Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby†, Onychogalea lunata - extinct
- Northern Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea unguifera
- Allied Rock-wallaby, Petrogale assimilis
- Short-eared Rock-wallaby, Petrogale brachyotis
- Monjon, Petrogale burbidgei
- Cape York Rock-wallaby, Petrogale coenensis
- Nabarlek, Petrogale concinna
- Godman's Rock-wallaby, Petrogale godmani
- Herbert's Rock-wallaby, Petrogale herberti
- Unadorned Rock-wallaby, Petrogale inornata
- Black-flanked Rock-wallaby, Petrogale lateralis
- Purple-necked Rock-wallaby, Petrogale purpureicollis
- Mareeba Rock-wallaby, Petrogale mareeba
- Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby, Petrogale penicillata
- Proserpine Rock-wallaby, Petrogale persephone
- Rothschild's Rock-wallaby, Petrogale rothschildi
- Sharman's Rock-wallaby, Petrogale sharmani
- Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby, Petrogale xanthopus
- Quokka, Setonix brachyurus
- Tasmanian Pademelon, Thylogale billardierii
- Red-legged Pademelon, Thylogale stigmatica
- Red-necked Pademelon, Thylogale thetis
- Swamp Wallaby, Wallabia bicolor
Notes
† Extinct
See also
References
- ^ Menkhorst, P. and Knight, F. (2001) A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0-19-550870-X
- ^ Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane ISBN 9781877069253
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1-2, 22-70. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 3-21. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.