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A Year 6-8 Science project Study Australia's common mammals and visit
the links for more information An introduction to egg-laying mammals - pouched mammals
- placental mammals - marine |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| marsupial mole | notoryctes typhlops |
| Common Blossom-Bat | syconycteris australis |
| Ghost bat | macroderma gigas |
| Eastern Horseshoe-Bat | rhinolophus megaphyllus |
| dusky leaf nose-bat | hipposideros ater |
| common sheathtail-bat | saccolaimus flaviventris |
| white-striped freetail-bat | nyctinomus australis |
| western cave bat | vespadelus caurinus |
| brush-tailed tree-rat | conilurus penicillatus |
| Mitchell's hopping-mouse | notomys mitchelli |
| bush rat | R. fuscipes |
| dugong | dugong dugon |
| Australian sea lion link2 | neophoca cinerea |
| Australian fur seal | A. pusillus |
| dingo | canis dingo |
| southern right whale | eubalaena australis |
| humpback whale | megaptera novaeangliae |
| common dolphin | delphinus delphis |
| bottlenose dolphin | tursiops truncatus |
| platypus | ornithorthynchus anatinus |
| short-beaked echidna | tachyglossus aculeatus |
| western quoll | dasyurus geoffroii |
| tasmanian devil | sarcophilus harrisii |
| fat-tailed dunnart | sminthopsis crassicaudata |
| numbat | myrmecobius fasciatus |
| bilby | macrotis lagotis |
| long-nosed bandicoot | perameles nasuta |
| koala | phascolarctos cinereus |
| common wombat | vombatus ursinus |
| little pygmy possum | cercartetus lepidus |
| sugar glider | P. breviceps |
| common ringtail possum | pseudocheirus peregrinus |
| honey possum | tarsipes rostratus |
| feathertail glider | acrobates pygmaeus |
| common spotted cuscus | spilocuscus maculatus |
| brush-tailed bettong | aepyprymnus rufescens |
| musky rat-kangaroo | hypsiprymnodon moschatus |
| allied rock wallaby | petrogale assimilis |
| western grey kangaroo | M. fuliginosus |
| red kangaroo | M. rufus |
| quokka | setonix brachyurus |
| swamp wallaby | wallabia bicolor |
An excellent guide to mammals of Australia is:
Series-Green Guide - Mammals - Australia by Lindsey Terence - ISBN 1 86436 307 X
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