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Mammals of Our Region
The following is a list of mammals found in the dry tropics region. Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.
| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Acrobatidae | Acrobates pygmaeus | feathertail glider |
| Bovidae | Bos indicus | zebu |
| Bovidae | Bos taurus | European cattle |
| Bovidae | Bubalus bubalis | water buffalo |
| Bovidae | Capra hircus | goat |
| Burramyidae | Cercartetus caudatus | long-tailed pygmy-possum |
| Canidae | Canis familiaris | dog |
| Canidae | Canis lupus dingo | dingo |
| Canidae | Canis sp. | |
| Canidae | Vulpes vulpes | red fox |
| Cervidae | Axis axis | chital |
| Dasyuridae | Antechinus adustus | |
| Dasyuridae | Antechinus flavipes | yellow-footed antechinus |
| Dasyuridae | Antechinus sp. | |
| Dasyuridae | Dasyurus hallucatus | northern quoll |
| Dasyuridae | Dasyurus maculatus gracilis | spotted-tailed quoll (northern subspecies) |
| Dasyuridae | Dasyurus sp. | |
| Dasyuridae | Planigale ingrami | long-tailed planigale |
| Dasyuridae | Planigale maculata | common planigale |
| Dasyuridae | Planigale sp. | |
| Dasyuridae | Planigale tenuirostris | narrow-nosed planigale |
| Dasyuridae | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | fat-tailed dunnart |
| Dasyuridae | Sminthopsis macroura | stripe-faced dunnart |
| Dasyuridae | Sminthopsis murina | common dunnart |
| Dasyuridae | Sminthopsis sp. | |
| Dasyuridae | Sminthopsis virginiae | red-cheeked dunnart |
| Delphinidae | Orcaella heinsohni | Australian snubfin dolphin |
| Delphinidae | Peponocephala electra | melon-headed whale |
| Delphinidae | Sousa chinensis | Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin |
| Delphinidae | Stenella longirostris | spinner dolphin |
| Delphinidae | Tursiops truncatus | offshore bottlenose dolphin |
| Dugongidae | Dugong dugon | dugong |
| Emballonuridae | Saccolaimus flaviventris | yellow-bellied sheathtail bat |
| Emballonuridae | Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus | bare-rumped sheathtail bat |
| Emballonuridae | Saccolaimus sp. | |
| Emballonuridae | Taphozous australis | coastal sheathtail bat |
| Emballonuridae | Taphozous georgianus | common sheathtail bat |
| Emballonuridae | Taphozous sp. | |
| Equidae | Equus asinus | donkey |
| Equidae | Equus caballus | horse |
| Felidae | Felis catus | cat |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros ater aruensis | eastern dusky leaf-nosed bat |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros diadema reginae | diadem leaf-nosed bat |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros sp. | |
| Leporidae | Lepus capensis | brown hare |
| Leporidae | Oryctolagus cuniculus | rabbit |
| Macropodidae | Dendrolagus lumholtzi | Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo |
| Macropodidae | Lagorchestes conspicillatus | spectacled hare-wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Macropus agilis | agile wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Macropus antilopinus | antilopine wallaroo |
| Macropodidae | Macropus dorsalis | black-striped wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Macropus giganteus | eastern grey kangaroo |
| Macropodidae | Macropus parryi | whiptail wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Macropus robustus | common wallaroo |
| Macropodidae | Macropus rufogriseus | red-necked wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Macropus rufus | red kangaroo |
| Macropodidae | Macropus sp. | |
| Macropodidae | Onychogalea fraenata | bridled nailtail wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Petrogale assimilis | allied rock-wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Petrogale herberti | Herbert's rock-wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Petrogale inornata | unadorned rock-wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Petrogale mareeba | Mareeba rock-wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Petrogale sharmani | Sharman's rock-wallaby |
| Macropodidae | Petrogale sp. | |
| Macropodidae | Thylogale sp. | |
| Macropodidae | Thylogale stigmatica | red-legged pademelon |
| Macropodidae | Thylogale thetis | red-necked pademelon |
| Macropodidae | Wallabia bicolor | swamp wallaby |
| Megadermatidae | Macroderma gigas | ghost bat |
| Molossidae | Chaerephon jobensis | northern freetail bat |
| Molossidae | Mormopterus beccarii | Beccari's freetail bat |
| Molossidae | Mormopterus loriae ridei | little north-eastern freetail bat |
| Molossidae | Mormopterus planiceps | southern freetail bat |
| Molossidae | Mormopterus sp. | |
| Molossidae | Mormopterus sp. 2 | eastern freetail bat |
| Molossidae | Mormopterus sp. 3 | inland freetail bat |
| Molossidae | Tadarida australis | white-striped freetail bat |
| Muridae | Hydromys chrysogaster | water rat |
| Muridae | Leggadina forresti | Forrest's mouse |
| Muridae | Leggadina lakedownensis | Lakeland Downs mouse |
| Muridae | Melomys burtoni | grassland melomys |
| Muridae | Melomys cervinipes | fawn-footed melomys |
| Muridae | Melomys sp. | |
| Muridae | Mus musculus | house mouse |
| Muridae | Pseudomys delicatulus | delicate mouse |
| Muridae | Pseudomys desertor | desert mouse |
| Muridae | Pseudomys gracilicaudatus | eastern chestnut mouse |
| Muridae | Pseudomys hermannsburgensis | sandy inland mouse |
| Muridae | Pseudomys patrius | eastern pebble-mound mouse |
| Muridae | Pseudomys sp. | |
| Muridae | Rattus fuscipes | bush rat |
| Muridae | Rattus leucopus | Cape York rat |
| Muridae | Rattus lutreolus | swamp rat |
| Muridae | Rattus norvegicus | brown rat |
| Muridae | Rattus rattus | black rat |
| Muridae | Rattus sordidus | canefield rat |
| Muridae | Rattus sp. | |
| Muridae | Rattus sp. cf. villosissimus/sordidus | |
| Muridae | Rattus tunneyi | pale field-rat |
| Muridae | Uromys caudimaculatus | giant white-tailed rat |
| Muridae | Zyzomys argurus | common rock-rat |
| Ornithorhynchidae | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | platypus |
| Peramelidae | Isoodon macrourus | northern brown bandicoot |
| Peramelidae | Isoodon sp. | |
| Peramelidae | Macrotis lagotis | greater bilby |
| Peramelidae | Perameles nasuta | long-nosed bandicoot |
| Petauridae | Dactylopsila trivirgata | striped possum |
| Petauridae | Petaurus australis australis | yellow-bellied glider (southern subspecies) |
| Petauridae | Petaurus australis unnamed subsp. | yellow-bellied glider (northern subspecies) |
| Petauridae | Petaurus breviceps | sugar glider |
| Petauridae | Petaurus gracilis | mahogany glider |
| Petauridae | Petaurus norfolcensis | squirrel glider |
| Phalangeridae | Trichosurus vulpecula | common brushtail possum |
| Phascolarctidae | Phascolarctos cinereus | koala |
| Physeteridae | Physeter macrocephalus | sperm whale |
| Potoroidae | Aepyprymnus rufescens | rufous bettong |
| Potoroidae | Bettongia tropica | northern bettong |
| Potoroidae | Hypsiprymnodon moschatus | musky rat-kangaroo |
| Pseudocheiridae | Petauroides volans | greater glider |
| Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirus peregrinus | common ringtail possum |
| Pseudocheiridae | Pseudochirops archeri | green ringtail possum |
| Pteropodidae | Nyctimene robinsoni | eastern tube-nosed bat |
| Pteropodidae | Pteropus alecto | black flying-fox |
| Pteropodidae | Pteropus conspicillatus | spectacled flying-fox |
| Pteropodidae | Pteropus poliocephalus | grey-headed flying-fox |
| Pteropodidae | Pteropus scapulatus | little red flying-fox |
| Pteropodidae | Pteropus sp. | |
| Pteropodidae | Syconycteris australis | eastern blossom bat |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus megaphyllus | eastern horseshoe-bat |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus philippinensis | greater large-eared horseshoe bat |
| Suidae | Sus scrofa | pig |
| Tachyglossidae | Tachyglossus aculeatus | short-beaked echidna |
| Vespertilionidae | Chalinolobus gouldii | Gould's wattled bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Chalinolobus morio | chocolate wattled bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Chalinolobus nigrogriseus | hoary wattled bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Chalinolobus picatus | little pied bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Kerivoula papuensis | golden-tipped bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Miniopterus australis | little bent-wing bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis | eastern bent-wing bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Miniopterus sp. | |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina florium | tube-nosed insectivorous bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis macropus | large-footed myotis |
| Vespertilionidae | Nyctophilus bifax | northern long-eared bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Nyctophilus geoffroyi | lesser long-eared bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Nyctophilus gouldi | Gould's long-eared bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Nyctophilus sp. | |
| Vespertilionidae | Scoteanax rueppellii | greater broad-nosed bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Scotorepens balstoni | inland broad-nosed bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Scotorepens greyii | little broad-nosed bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Scotorepens orion | south-eastern broad-nosed bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Scotorepens sanborni | northern broad-nosed bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Scotorepens sp. | |
| Vespertilionidae | Vespadelus baverstocki | inland forest bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Vespadelus pumilus | eastern forest bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Vespadelus sp. | |
| Vespertilionidae | Vespadelus troughtoni | eastern cave bat |
| Vespertilionidae | Vespadelus vulturnus | little forest bat |
| Vombatidae | Lasiorhinus krefftii | northern hairy-nosed wombat |
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