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Mammals of Burdekin Delta DIWA nationally important wetland

Total number of species: 31

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Delphinidae Sousa sahulensis Australian humpback dolphin V V QAI I
Canidae Canis familiaris (dingo) dingo QA
Dugongidae Dugong dugon dugong V QAI I
Muridae Hydromys chrysogaster water rat C QAI I
Muridae Mus musculus house mouse II
Muridae Pseudomys mimulus eastern delicate mouse C QAI
Muridae Pseudomys patrius eastern pebble-mound mouse C Q
Muridae Rattus tunneyi pale field-rat C QA
Muridae Zyzomys argurus common rock-rat C QA
Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus gouldii Gould's wattled bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Scotorepens greyii little broad-nosed bat C QA
Miniopteridae Miniopterus australis little bent-wing bat C QAI
Miniopteridae Miniopterus orianae oceanensis eastern bent-wing bat C QAI
Molossidae Mormopterus sp. C QAI
Pteropodidae Pteropus alecto black flying-fox C QAI
Pteropodidae Pteropus scapulatus little red flying-fox C QAI
Macropodidae Lagorchestes conspicillatus spectacled hare-wallaby C QAI
Macropodidae Macropus giganteus eastern grey kangaroo C QA
Macropodidae Notamacropus agilis agile wallaby C QAI
Macropodidae Notamacropus dorsalis black-striped wallaby C QA
Macropodidae Notamacropus parryi whiptail wallaby C QA
Macropodidae Osphranter robustus common wallaroo C QA
Macropodidae Petrogale assimilis allied rock-wallaby C Q
Macropodidae Petrogale inornata unadorned rock-wallaby C Q
Macropodidae Wallabia bicolor swamp wallaby C QA
Potoroidae Aepyprymnus rufescens rufous bettong C QA
Phalangeridae Trichosurus vulpecula common brushtail possum C QA
Phascolarctidae Phascolarctos cinereus koala E E QA
Peramelidae Isoodon macrourus northern brown bandicoot C QAI
Dasyuridae Dasyurus hallucatus northern quoll C E QA
Tachyglossidae Tachyglossus aculeatus short-beaked echidna SL QAI

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Mammals of Burdekin Delta DIWA nationally important wetland, WetlandInfo website, accessed 12 September 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=diwa-wetland-burdekin-delta&Class=mammals&Kingdom=animals

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