Australia
Checklist of Endemic Mammal Species
This list of mammal species found exclusively in Australia is based on the taxonomy used in Wilson & Reeder (2005). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (Eds.)(2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
X = extinct
Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Monotremata - Ornithorhynchidae) Platypus
Notoryctes caurinus (Notoryctemorphia - Notoryctidae) Northern Marsupial Mole
Notoryctes typhlops (Notoryctemorphia - Notoryctidae) Southern Marsupial Mole
Thylacinus cynocephalus X? (Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae) Thylacine
Myrmecobius fasciatus (Dasyuromorphia - Myrmecobiidae) Numbat
Dasycercus cristicauda (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Mulgara
Dasykaluta rosamondae (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Little Red Kaluta
Dasyuroides byrnei (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Kowari
Dasyurus geoffroii (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Western Quoll
Dasyurus hallucatus (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Northern Quoll
Dasyurus maculatus (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Tiger Quoll
Dasyurus viverrinus (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Eastern Quoll
Parantechinus apicalis (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Southern Dibbler
Pseudantechinus bilarni (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Sandstone Dibbler
Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Fat-tailed False Antechinus
Pseudantechinus mimulus (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Alexandria False Antechinus
Pseudantechinus ningbing (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Ningbing False Antechinus
Pseudantechinus roryi (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Rory Cooper's False Antechinus
Pseudantechinus wooleyae (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Woolley's False Antechinus
Sarcophilus harrisii (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Tasmanian Devil
Antechinus adustus (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Tropical Antechinus
Antechinus agilis (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Agile Antechinus
Antechinus bellus (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Fawn Antechinus
Antechinus flavipes (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Yellow-footed Antechinus
Antechinus godmani (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Atherton Antechinus
Antechinus leo (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Cinnamon Antechinus
Antechinus minimus (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Swamp Antechinus
Antechinus stuartii (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Brown Antechinus
Antechinus subtropicus (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Subtropical Antechinus
Antechinus swainsonii (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Dusky Antechinus
Phascogale calura (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Red-tailed Phascogale
Phascogale tapoatafa (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Brush-tailed Phascogale
Antechinomys laniger (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Kultarr
Ningaui ridei (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Wongai Ningaui
Ningaui timealeyi (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Pilbara Ningaui
Ningaui yvonnae (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Southern Ningaui
Sminthopsis aitkeni (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Kangaroo Island Dunnart
Sminthopsis bindi (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Kakadu Dunnart
Sminthopsis boullangerensis (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Boullanger Island Dunnart
Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Fat-tailed Dunnart
Sminthopsis dolichura (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Little Long-tailed Dunnart
Sminthopsis douglasi (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Julia Creek Dunnart
Sminthopsis fuliginosus (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Sooty Dunnart
Sminthopsis gilberti (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Gilbert's Dunnart
Sminthopsis granulipes (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) White-tailed Dunnart
Sminthopsis griseoventer (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Gray-bellied Dunnart
Sminthopsis hirtipes (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Hairy-footed Dunnart
Sminthopsis leucopus (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) White-footed Dunnart
Sminthopsis longicaudata (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Long-tailed Dunnart
Sminthopsis macroura (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Stripe-faced Dunnart
Sminthopsis murina (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Slender-tailed Dunnart
Sminthopsis ooldea (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Ooldea Dunnart
Sminthopsis psammophila (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Sandhill Dunnart
Sminthopsis youngsoni (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart
Planigale gilesi (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Paucident Planigale
Planigale ingrami (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Long-tailed Planigale
Planigale maculata (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Pygmy Planigale
Planigale tenuirostris (Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae) Narrow-nosed Planigale
Macrotis lagotis (Peramelemorphia - Thylacomyidae) Greater Bilby
Macrotis leucura X (Peramelemorphia - Thylacomyidae) Lesser Bilby
Chaeropus ecaudatus X? (Peramelemorphia - Chaeropodidae) Pig-footed Bandicoot
Isoodon auratus (Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae) Golden Bandicoot
Isoodon obesulus (Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae) Southern Brown Bandicoot
Perameles bougainville (Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae) Western Barred Bandicoot
Perameles eremiana X (Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae) Desert Bandicoot
Perameles gunnii (Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae) Eastern Barred Bandicoot
Perameles nasuta (Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae) Long-nosed Bandicoot
Phascolarctos cinereus (Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae) Koala
Lasiorhinus krefftii (Diprotodontia - Vombatidae) Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Lasiorhinus latifrons (Diprotodontia - Vombatidae) Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Vombatus ursinus (Diprotodontia - Vombatidae) Common Wombat
Burramys parvus (Diprotodontia - Burramyidae) Mountain Pygmy Possum
Cercartetus concinnus (Diprotodontia - Burramyidae) Southwestern Pygmy Possum
Cercartetus lepidus (Diprotodontia - Burramyidae) Tasmanian Pygmy Possum
Cercartetus nanus (Diprotodontia - Burramyidae) Eastern Pygmy Possum
Trichosurus arnhemensis (Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae) Northern Brushtail
Trichosurus caninus (Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae) Short-eared Possum
Trichosurus cunninghami (Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae) Mountain Brushtail Possum
Trichosurus johnstonii (Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae) Coppery Brushtail
Trichosurus vulpecula IN (Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae) Common Brushtail
Wyulda squamicaudata (Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae) Scaly-tailed Possum
Hemibelideus lemuroides (Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae) Lemur-like Ringtail
Petauroides volans (Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae) Greater Glider
Petropseudes dahli (Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae) Rock-haunting Ringtail
Pseudochirus peregrinus (Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae) Common Ringtail
Pseudochirulus herbertensis (Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae) Herbert River Ringtail
Pseudochirops archeri (Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae) Green Ringtail
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri (Diprotodontia - Petauridae) Leadbeater's Possum
Petaurus gracilis (Diprotodontia - Petauridae) Ebony Glider
Petaurus norfolcensis (Diprotodontia - Petauridae) Squirrel Glider
Tarsipes rostratus (Diprotodontia - Tarsipedidae) Honey Possum
Acrobates pygmaeus (Diprotodontia - Acrobatidae) Feather-tailed Glider
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus (Diprotodontia - Hypsiprymnodontidae) Musky Rat-kangaroo
Aepyprymnus rufescens (Diprotodontia - Potoroidae) Rufous Rat-kangaroo
Bettongia gaimardi (Diprotodontia - Potoroidae) Eastern Bettong
Bettongia lesueur (Diprotodontia - Potoroidae) Boodie
Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia - Potoroidae) Woylie
Bettongia tropica (Diprotodontia - Potoroidae) Northern Bettong
Caloprymnus campestris X (Diprotodontia - Potoroidae) Desert Rat-kangaroo
Potorous gilbertii (Diprotodontia - Potoroidae) Gilbert's Potoroo
Potorous longipes (Diprotodontia - Potoroidae) Long-footed Potoroo
Potorous platyops X (Diprotodontia - Potoroidae) Broad-faced Potoroo
Potorous tridactylus (Diprotodontia - Potoroidae) Long-nosed Potoroo
Lagostrophus fasciatus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Banded Hare-wallaby
Dendrolagus bennettianus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Bennett's Tree-kangaroo
Dendrolagus lumholtzi (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo
Lagorchestes asomatus X (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby
Lagorchestes conspicillatus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Spectacled Hare-wallaby
Lagorchestes hirsutus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Rufous Hare-wallaby
Lagorchestes leporides X (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Eastern Hare-wallaby
Macropus antilopinus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Antilopine Kangaroo
Macropus bernardus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Woodward's Wallaroo
Macropus dorsalis (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Black-striped Wallaby
Macropus eugenii (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Tammar Wallaby
Macropus fuliginosus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Western Gray Kangaroo
Macropus giganteus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Eastern Gray Kangaroo
Macropus greyi X (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Toolache Wallaby
Macropus irma (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Western Brush allaby
Macropus parma IN (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Parma Wallaby
Macropus parryi (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Pretty-faced Wallaby
Macropus robustus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Wallaroo
Macropus rufogriseus IN (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Red-necked Wallaby
Macropus rufus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Red Kangaroo
Onychogalea fraenata (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby
Onychogalea lunata X? (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
Onychogalea unguifera (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Northern Nail-tail Wallaby
Petrogale assimilis (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Allied Rock-wallaby
Petrogale brachyotis (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Short-eared Rock-wallaby
Petrogale burbidgei (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Monjon
Petrogale coenensis (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Cape York Rock-wallaby
Petrogale concinna (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Nabarlek
Petrogale godmani (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Godman's Rock-wallaby
Petrogale herberti (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Herbert's Rock-wallaby
Petrogale inornata (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Unadorned Rock-wallaby
Petrogale lateralis (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Black-flanked Rock-wallaby
Petrogale mareeba (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Mareeba Rock-wallaby
Petrogale penicillata (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
Petrogale persephone (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Proserpine Rock-wallaby
Petrogale purpureicollis (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Purple-necked Rock-wallaby
Petrogale rothschildi (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Rothschild's Rock-wallaby
Petrogale sharmani (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby
Petrogale xanthopus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby
Setonix brachyurus (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Quokka
Thylogale billardierii (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Tasmanian Pademelon
Thylogale thetis (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Red-necked Pademelon
Wallabia bicolor (Diprotodontia - Macropodidae) Swamp Wallaby
Nyctimene robinsoni (Chiroptera - Pteropodidae) Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Pteropus banakrisi (Chiroptera - Pteropodidae) Torresian Flying Fox
Pteropus brunneus (Chiroptera - Pteropodidae) Dusky Flying Fox
Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera - Pteropodidae) Gray-headed Flying Fox
Hipposideros inornatus (Chiroptera - Hipposideridae) McKean's Leaf-nosed Bat
Hipposideros stenotis (Chiroptera - Hipposideridae) Narrow-eared Leaf-nosed Bat
Rhinonicteris aurantia (Chiroptera - Hipposideridae) Orange Leaf-nosed Bat
Macroderma gigas (Chiroptera - Megadermatidae) Australian False Vampire Bat
Taphozous georgianus (Chiroptera - Emballonuridae) Sharp-nosed Tomb Bat
Taphozous hilli (Chiroptera - Emballonuridae) Hill's Tomb Bat
Taphozous kapalgensis (Chiroptera - Emballonuridae) Arnhem Tomb Bat
Taphozous troughtoni (Chiroptera - Emballonuridae) Troughton's Tomb Bat
Mormopterus norfolkensis (Chiroptera - Molossidae) Eastern Little Mastiff Bat
Mormopterus planiceps (Chiroptera - Molossidae) Southern Free-tailed Bat
Tadarida australis (Chiroptera - Molossidae) White-striped Free-tailed Bat
Scoteanax rueppellii (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Ruppell's Broad-nosed Bat
Scotorepens balstoni (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Western Broad-nosed Bat
Scotorepens greyii (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Little Broad-nosed Bat
Scotorepens orion (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Orion Broad-nosed Bat
Nyctophilus arnhemensis (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Northern Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Lesser Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus gouldi (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Gould's Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus howensis X (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Lord Howe Island Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus walkeri (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Pygmy Long-eared Bat
Pipistrellus adamsi (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Adam's Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus westralis (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Koopman's Pipistrelle
Chalinolobus dwyeri (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Large-eared Pied Bat
Chalinolobus gouldii (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Gould's Wattled Bat
Chalinolobus morio (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Chocolate Wattled Bat
Falsistrellus mackenziei (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Mackenzie's False Pipistrelle
Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Eastern False Pipistrelle
Vespadelus baverstocki (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Baverstock's Forest Bat
Vespadelus caurinus (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Western Cave Bat
Vespadelus darlingtoni (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Large Forest Bat
Vespadelus douglasorum (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Yellow-lipped Bat
Vespadelus finlaysoni (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Finlayson's Forest Bat
Vespadelus pumilus (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Eastern Forest Bat
Vespadelus regulus (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Southern Forest Bat
Vespadelus troughtoni (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Troughton's Forest Bat
Vespadelus vulturnus (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Little Forest Bat
Myotis australis (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Australian Myotis
Myotis macropus (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Gould's Large-footed Myotis
Neophoca cinerea (Carnivora - Otariidae) Australian Sealion
Conilurus albipes X (Rodentia - Muridae) White-footed Conilurus
Leggadina forresti (Rodentia - Muridae) Forrest's Leggadina
Leggadina lakedownensis (Rodentia - Muridae) Lakeland Downs Leggadina
Leporillus apicalis X? (Rodentia - Muridae) Lesser Stick-nest Rat
Leporillus conditor (Rodentia - Muridae) Greater Stick-nest Rat
Mastacomys fuscus (Rodentia - Muridae) Broad-toothed Mastacomys
Melomys capensis (Rodentia - Muridae) Cape York Melomys
Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia - Muridae) Fawn-footed Melomys
Melomys rubicola (Rodentia - Muridae) Bramble Cay Melomys
Mesembriomys gouldii (Rodentia - Muridae) Black-footed Mesembriomys
Mesembriomys macrurus (Rodentia - Muridae) Golden-backed Mesembriomys
Notomys alexis (Rodentia - Muridae) Spinifex Hopping Mouse
Notomys amplus X (Rodentia - Muridae) Short-tailed Hopping Mouse
Notomys aquilo (Rodentia - Muridae) Northern Hopping Mouse
Notomys cervinus (Rodentia - Muridae) Fawn Hopping Mouse
Notomys fuscus (Rodentia - Muridae) Dusky Hopping Mouse
Notomys longicaudatus X? (Rodentia - Muridae) Long-tailed Hopping Mouse
Notomys macrotis X (Rodentia - Muridae) Big-eared Hopping Mouse
Notomys mitchellii (Rodentia - Muridae) Mitchell's Hopping Mouse
Notomys mordax X? (Rodentia - Muridae) Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Pseudomys albocinereus (Rodentia - Muridae) Ash-gray Pseudomys
Pseudomys apodemoides (Rodentia - Muridae) Silky Pseudomys
Pseudomys australis (Rodentia - Muridae) Plains Pseudomys
Pseudomys bolami (Rodentia - Muridae) Bolam's Pseudomys
Pseudomys calabyi (Rodentia - Muridae) Kakadu Pebble-mound Pseudomys
Pseudomys chapmani (Rodentia - Muridae) Western Pebble-mound Pseudomys
Pseudomys desertor (Rodentia - Muridae) Desert Pseudomys
Pseudomys fieldi (Rodentia - Muridae) Shark Bay Pseudomys
Pseudomys fumeus (Rodentia - Muridae) Smoky Pseudomys
Pseudomys glaucus (Rodentia - Muridae) Blue-gray Pseudomys
Pseudomys gouldii X? (Rodentia - Muridae) Gould's Pseudomys
Pseudomys gracilicaudatus (Rodentia - Muridae) Eastern Chestnut Pseudomys
Pseudomys hermannsburgensis (Rodentia - Muridae) Sandy Inland Pseudomys
Pseudomys higginsi (Rodentia - Muridae) Long-tailed Pseudomys
Pseudomys johnsoni (Rodentia - Muridae) Central Pebble-mound Pseudomys
Pseudomys laborifex (Rodentia - Muridae) Kimberley Pseudomys
Pseudomys nanus (Rodentia - Muridae) Western Chestnut Pseudomys
Pseudomys novaehollandiae (Rodentia - Muridae) New Holland Pseudomys
Pseudomys occidentalis (Rodentia - Muridae) Western Pseudomys
Pseudomys oralis (Rodentia - Muridae) Hastings River Pseudomys
Pseudomys patrius (Rodentia - Muridae) Eastern Pebble-mound Pseudomys
Pseudomys pilligaensis (Rodentia - Muridae) Pilliga Pseudomys
Pseudomys shortridgei (Rodentia - Muridae) Heath Pseudomys
Rattus colletti (Rodentia - Muridae) Australian Dusky Rat
Rattus fuscipes (Rodentia - Muridae) Australian Brush Rat
Rattus lutreolus (Rodentia - Muridae) Australian Swamp Rat
Rattus villosissimus (Rodentia - Muridae) Australian Long-haired Rat
Uromys hadrourus (Rodentia - Muridae) Masked White-tailed Uromys
Zyzomys argurus (Rodentia - Muridae) Common Australian Rock Rat
Zyzomys maini (Rodentia - Muridae) Arnhem Land Rock Rat
Zyzomys palatilis (Rodentia - Muridae) Carpentarian Rock Rat
Zyzomys pedunculatus (Rodentia - Muridae) Central Australian Rock Rat
Zyzomys woodwardi (Rodentia - Muridae) Kimberley Rock Rat
Additional endemic mammal species described too recently to be included in Wilson & Reeder (2005) are given below. This list is primarily based on information from the Dutch Wikipedia for 2008 (here), 2007 (here), 2006 (here), 2005 (here), and 2004 (here). In addition to the 242 endemic mammal species listed above, the additional species listed below gives a total of 243 species of mammals known solely from Australia.
Mormopterus eleryi (Chiroptera - Molossidae) Hairy-nosed Freetail Bat 2008