Part 6 Mammals (Class Mammalia)

Part 6 Mammals (Class Mammalia)

Monotremes (Subclass Prototheria)—egg-laying mammals

| Order Monotremata | Platypus and Echidnas | | Family Tachyglossidae | Echidnas | | Zaglossus bruijni | Long-beaked Echidna | | Family Ornithorhynchidae | Platypus | | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | Platypus |

Marsupials (Subclass Marsupialia)—pouched mammals

| Order Dasyuromorphia | Quolls, Tasmanian Devils, Phascogales, Antechinus, Dunnarts and Numbats | | Family Dasyuridae | Carnivorous and Insectivorous Marsupials | | Dasycercus cristicauda | Mulgara | | Dasyurus spp. | Quolls | | Parantechinus apicalis | Dibbler | | Phascogale spp. | Phascogales | | Sarcophilus harrisii | Tasmanian Devil | | Family Myrmecobiidae | Numbat | | Myrmecobius fasciatus | Numbat | | Order Peramelemorphia | Bandicoots and Bilby | | Family Peramelidae | Bandicoots | | Echymipera rufescens | Long-nosed Echymipera | | Isoodon auratus | Golden Bandicoot | | Perameles bougainville | Western Barred Bandicoot | | Perameles gunnii | Eastern Barred Bandicoot | | Family Thylacomyidae | Bilby | | Macrotis lagotis | Greater Bilby | | Family Peroryctidae | Spiny Bandicoots | | All species | | | Order Diprotodontia | Koalas, Wombats, Possums, Gliders, Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-kangaroos | | Family Phascolarctidae | Koala | | Phascolarctos cinereus | Koala | | Family Vombatidae | Wombats | | Lasiorhinus krefftii | Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat | | Family Burramyidae | Pygmy-possums | | Burramys parvus | Mountain Pygmy-possum | | Family Petauridae | Gliders, Striped Possum and Leadbeater’s Possum | | Dactylopsila spp. | Striped Possums | | Gymnobelideus leadbeateri | Leadbeater’s Possum | | Petaurus australis | Yellow-bellied Glider | | Petaurus breviceps papuanus | Sugar Glider (New Guinean subspecies) | | Petaurus gracilis | Mahogany Glider | | Petaurus norfolcensis | Squirrel Glider | | Family Pseudocheiridae | Ringtail Possums and Greater Glider | | All species except Pseudocheirus peregrinus | | | Family Phalangeridae | Brushtail Possums, Cuscuses and Scaly-tailed Possums | | Phalanger spp. | Cuscus | | Spilocuscus spp. | Cuscus | | Wyulda squamicaudata | Scaly-tailed possum | | Family Hypsiprymnodontidae | Musky Rat-kangaroo | | Hypsiprymnodon moschatus | Musky Rat-kangaroo | | Family Potoroidae | Bettongs and Potoroos | | Bettongia lesueur | Burrowing Bettong | | Bettongia tropica | Northern Bettong | | Potorous gilberti | Gilbert’s Potoroo | | Potorous longipes | Long-footed Potoroo | | Family Macropodidae | Kangaroos and Wallabies | | Dendrolagus spp. | Tree Kangaroos | | Dorcopsis spp. | Forest Wallabies | | Lagorchestes hirsutus | Mala | | Lagostrophus fasciatus | Banded Hare-wallaby | | Macropus irma | Western Brush Wallaby | | Onychogalea fraenata | Bridled Nailtail Wallaby | | Petrogale spp. | Rock-wallabies | | Order Notoryctemorphia | Marsupial Moles | | All species | |