Marsupials of Australia

KANGAROOS & RELATIVES

FAMILY Macropodidae

Kangaroos, Wallabies & Wallaroos:

• Red kangaroo
• Whiptail wallaby
• Tammar wallaby
• Black-striped wallaby
• Antilopine wallaroo
• eastern grey kangaroo
• Red-necked wallaby
• Western brush wallaby
• black wallaroo
• western grey kangaroo
• Parma wallaby
• Agile wallaby
• Common wallaroo

Tree-kangaroos:

• Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo
• Bennett's tree-kangaroo

Nailtail Wallabies:

• bridled nailtail wallaby
• northern nailtail wallaby

Hare-wallabies:

• spectacled hare-wallaby
• rufous hare-wallaby
• banded hare-wallaby

Pademelons:

• red-legged pademelon
• red-necked pademelon
• red-bellied pademelon

Quokka

Swamp Wallaby

Rock-wallabies:

• allied rock-wallaby
• Proserpine rock-wallaby
• Herbert's rock-wallaby
• monjon
• black-footed rock-wallaby
• unadorned rock-wallaby
• short-eared rock-wallaby
• Cape York rock-wallaby
• yellow-footed rock-wallaby
• brush-tailed rock-wallaby
• narbalek
• Godman's rock-wallaby

FAMILY Potoroidae

Rat-kangaroos:

• musky rat-kangaroo
• desert rat-kangaroo

Bettongs:

• rufous bettong
• northern bettong
• brush-tailed bettong
• burrowing bettong
• Tasmanian bettong

Potoroos:

• broad-faced potoroo
• long-footed potoroo
• long-nosed potoroo

POSSUMS & GLIDERS

FAMILY Acrobatidae

• feathertail glider

FAMILY Tarsidedidae

• honey possum

FAMILY Phalangeridae

Brushtail Possums:

• common brushtail possum
• mountain brushtail possum
• scaly-tailed possum

Cuscuses:

• common spotted cuscus
• southern common cuscus

FAMILY Petauridae

Gliding Possums:

• Leadbeater's possum
• squirrel glider
• striped possum
• yellow-bellied glider
• sugar glider
• mahogany glider

FAMILY Pseudocheiridae

Ringtail Possums:

• common ringtail possum
• Daintree River ringtail possum
• rock ringtail possum
• western ringtail possum
• Herbert River ringtail possum
• green ringtail possum
• lemuroid ringtail possum
• Greater Glider

FAMILY Burramyidae

Pygmy-possums:

• mountain pygmy-possum
• western pygmy-possum
• long-tailed pygmy-possum
• eastern pygmy-possum
• little pygmy-possum

CARNIVOROUS MARSUPIALS

FAMILY Dasyuridae

Tasmanian Devil

Quolls:

• northern quoll
• spotted-tailed quoll
• eastern quoll
• western quoll

Mulgara

Ampurta

Kaluta

Kowari

Dibblers:

• southern dibbler
• northern dibbler

Pseudantechinuses:

• fat-tailed pseudantechinus
• Carpentarian pseudantechinus
• ningbing pseudantechinus
• Woolley's pseudantechinus

Antechinuses:

• dusky antechinus
• yellow-footed antechinus
• brown antechinus
• fawn antechinus
• cinnamon antechinus
• Atherton antechinus
• swamp antechinus

Phascogales:

• brush-tailed phascogale
• red-tailed phascogale

Dunnarts:

• lesser hairy-footed dunnart
• hairy-footed dunnart
• stripe-faced dunnart
• common dunnart
• little long-tailed dunnart
• Julia Creek dunnart
• long-tailed dunnart
• red-cheeked dunnart
• fat-tailed dunnart
• Ooldea dunnart
• white-footed dunnart
• Gilbert's dunnart
• Butler's dunnart
• chestnut dunnart
• sandhill dunnart
• Kakadu dunnart
• Kangaroo Island dunnart
• grey-bellied dunnart
• white-tailed dunnart

Kultarr

Ninguais:

• wongai ningaui
• Pilbara ningaui
• southern ningaui

Planigales:

• common planigale
• Giles' planigale
• long-tailed planigale
• narrow-nosed planigale

NUMBAT

FAMILY Myrmecobiidae

Numbat

BANDICOOTS & BILBIES

FAMILY Peramelidae

Bandicoots:

• golden bandicoot
• eastern barred bandicoot
• southern brown bandicoot
• western barred bandicoot
• northern brown bandicoot

Greater Bilby

FAMILY Peroryctidae

• rufous spiny bandicoot

MARSUPIAL MOLE

FAMILY Notoryctidae

• marsupial mole