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Mammals of Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area

Total number of species: 188

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Delphinidae Globicephala macrorhynchus short-finned pilot whale C QAI
Delphinidae Globicephala sp. pilot whale C QAI
Delphinidae Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin C QAI
Delphinidae Orcaella heinsohni Australian snubfin dolphin V V QA I
Delphinidae Peponocephala electra melon-headed whale C QAI
Delphinidae Pseudorca crassidens false killer whale C QAI
Delphinidae Sousa sahulensis Australian humpback dolphin V V QAI I
Delphinidae Stenella longirostris spinner dolphin C QAI
Delphinidae Tursiops aduncus Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin C QAI I
Delphinidae Tursiops sp. bottlenose dolphin C QAI I
Delphinidae Tursiops truncatus offshore bottlenose dolphin C QAI
Ziphiidae Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville's beaked whale C QAI
Ziphiidae Mesoplodon layardii strap-toothed whale C QAI
Ziphiidae Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale C QAI
Kogiidae Kogia breviceps pygmy sperm whale C QAI
Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus sperm whale C QAI
Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera acutorostrata dwarf minke whale C QAI
Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera edeni Bryde's whale C QAI
Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera musculus blue whale C E QAI
Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera physalus fin whale C V QAI
Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae humpback whale C QAI
Balaenidae Eubalaena australis southern right whale C E QAI
Cervidae Axis axis chital II
Cervidae Cervus elaphus red deer II
Cervidae Cervus timorensis rusa deer II
Cervidae Dama dama fallow deer II
Bovidae Bos indicus zebu II
Bovidae Bos sp. cattle II
Bovidae Bos taurus European cattle II
Bovidae Capra hircus goat II
Camelidae Camelus dromedarius one-humped camel II
Suidae Sus scrofa pig II
Equidae Equus caballus horse II
Leporidae Lepus europaeus European brown hare II
Leporidae Oryctolagus cuniculus rabbit II
Felidae Felis catus cat II
Canidae Canis familiaris dog II
Canidae Canis familiaris (dingo) dingo QA
Canidae Canis sp. II
Canidae Vulpes vulpes red fox II
Otariidae Arctocephalus forsteri New Zealand fur seal C VI
Dugongidae Dugong dugon dugong V QAI I
Muridae Hydromys chrysogaster water rat C QAI I
Muridae Leggadina lakedownensis Lakeland Downs mouse C Q
Muridae Melomys burtoni grassland melomys C QA
Muridae Melomys capensis Cape York melomys C Q
Muridae Melomys cervinipes fawn-footed melomys C QA
Muridae Melomys sp. C QA
Muridae Mesembriomys gouldii rattoides black-footed tree-rat C V QA
Muridae Mus musculus house mouse II
Muridae Pogonomys sp. tree mouse C Q
Muridae Pseudomys gracilicaudatus eastern chestnut mouse C QA
Muridae Pseudomys mimulus eastern delicate mouse C QAI
Muridae Pseudomys patrius eastern pebble-mound mouse C Q
Muridae Rattus fuscipes bush rat C QA
Muridae Rattus leucopus Cape York rat C QAI
Muridae Rattus lutreolus swamp rat C QA I
Muridae Rattus norvegicus brown rat II
Muridae Rattus rattus black rat II
Muridae Rattus sordidus canefield rat C QAI
Muridae Rattus sp. C QAI
Muridae Rattus tunneyi pale field-rat C QA
Muridae Uromys caudimaculatus giant white-tailed rat C QAI
Muridae Uromys hadrourus masked white-tailed rat C Q
Muridae Uromys sp. C QAI
Muridae Xeromys myoides water mouse V V QAI I
Muridae Zyzomys argurus common rock-rat C QA
Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus dwyeri large-eared pied bat E E QA
Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus gouldii Gould's wattled bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus morio chocolate wattled bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus nigrogriseus hoary wattled bat C QAI
Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus picatus little pied bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Murina florium tube-nosed insectivorous bat V QAI
Vespertilionidae Myotis macropus large-footed myotis C QA
Vespertilionidae Nyctophilus bifax northern long-eared bat C QAI
Vespertilionidae Nyctophilus geoffroyi lesser long-eared bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Nyctophilus gouldi Gould's long-eared bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Nyctophilus sp. C QAI
Vespertilionidae Phoniscus papuensis golden-tipped bat C QAI
Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus adamsi Cape York pipistrelle C QA
Vespertilionidae Scoteanax rueppellii greater broad-nosed bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Scotorepens balstoni inland broad-nosed bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Scotorepens greyii little broad-nosed bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Scotorepens orion south-eastern broad-nosed bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Scotorepens sanborni northern broad-nosed bat C QAI
Vespertilionidae Scotorepens sp. C QA
Vespertilionidae Vespadelus baverstocki inland forest bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Vespadelus pumilus eastern forest bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Vespadelus sp. C QA
Vespertilionidae Vespadelus troughtoni eastern cave bat C QA
Vespertilionidae Vespadelus vulturnus little forest bat C QA
Miniopteridae Miniopterus australis little bent-wing bat C QAI
Miniopteridae Miniopterus orianae oceanensis eastern bent-wing bat C QAI
Molossidae Austronomus australis white-striped freetail bat C QA
Molossidae Chaerephon jobensis northern freetail bat C QAI
Molossidae Mormopterus lumsdenae northern free-tailed bat C QA
Molossidae Mormopterus norfolkensis east coast freetail bat C QA
Molossidae Mormopterus petersi inland free-tailed bat C QA
Molossidae Mormopterus ridei eastern free-tailed bat C QA
Molossidae Mormopterus sp. C QAI
Emballonuridae Saccolaimus flaviventris yellow-bellied sheathtail bat C QAI
Emballonuridae Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus bare-rumped sheathtail bat E V QAI
Emballonuridae Saccolaimus sp. C QAI
Emballonuridae Taphozous australis coastal sheathtail bat NT QAI
Emballonuridae Taphozous sp. C QAI
Emballonuridae Taphozous troughtoni Troughton's sheathtail bat C Q
Hipposideridae Hipposideros ater aruensis eastern dusky leaf-nosed bat C QAI
Hipposideridae Hipposideros cervinus fawn leaf-nosed bat V QAI
Hipposideridae Hipposideros diadema reginae diadem leaf-nosed bat NT QAI
Hipposideridae Hipposideros semoni Semon's leaf-nosed bat E V QAI
Hipposideridae Hipposideros sp. C QAI
Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus megaphyllus eastern horseshoe-bat C QAI
Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus megaphyllus ignifer northern horseshoe bat C QA
Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus robertsi greater large-eared horseshoe bat V V QI
Megadermatidae Macroderma gigas ghost bat E V QA
Pteropodidae Dobsonia magna bare-backed fruit bat C QAI
Pteropodidae Macroglossus minimus northern blossom bat C QAI
Pteropodidae Nyctimene robinsoni eastern tube-nosed bat C QA
Pteropodidae Pteropus alecto black flying-fox C QAI
Pteropodidae Pteropus brunneus Percy Island flying-fox EX EX Q
Pteropodidae Pteropus conspicillatus spectacled flying-fox E E QAI
Pteropodidae Pteropus poliocephalus grey-headed flying-fox C V QA
Pteropodidae Pteropus scapulatus little red flying-fox C QAI
Pteropodidae Pteropus sp. flying-fox C QAI
Pteropodidae Syconycteris australis eastern blossom bat C QAI
Macropodidae Dendrolagus bennettianus Bennett's tree-kangaroo NT Q
Macropodidae Dendrolagus lumholtzi Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo NT Q
Macropodidae Lagorchestes conspicillatus spectacled hare-wallaby C QAI
Macropodidae Macropus giganteus eastern grey kangaroo C QA
Macropodidae Macropus sp. 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 Notamacropus rufogriseus red-necked wallaby C QA
Macropodidae Onychogalea unguifera northern nailtail wallaby C QA
Macropodidae Osphranter antilopinus antilopine wallaroo C QA
Macropodidae Osphranter robustus common wallaroo C QA
Macropodidae Petrogale assimilis allied rock-wallaby C Q
Macropodidae Petrogale godmani Godman's rock-wallaby C Q
Macropodidae Petrogale herberti Herbert's rock-wallaby C Q
Macropodidae Petrogale inornata unadorned rock-wallaby C Q
Macropodidae Petrogale persephone Proserpine rock-wallaby E E Q
Macropodidae Petrogale sp. C QA
Macropodidae Thylogale stigmatica red-legged pademelon C QAI
Macropodidae Thylogale thetis red-necked pademelon C QA
Macropodidae Wallabia bicolor swamp wallaby C QA
Potoroidae Aepyprymnus rufescens rufous bettong C QA
Hypsiprymnodontidae Hypsiprymnodon moschatus musky rat-kangaroo C Q
Phalangeridae Spilocuscus nudicaudatus Australian spotted cuscus C Q
Phalangeridae Trichosurus caninus short-eared possum C QA
Phalangeridae Trichosurus sp. C QA
Phalangeridae Trichosurus vulpecula common brushtail possum C QA
Acrobatidae Acrobates pygmaeus feathertail glider C QA
Pseudocheiridae Petauroides volans volans southern greater glider E E QA
Pseudocheiridae Pseudocheirus peregrinus common ringtail possum C QA
Pseudocheiridae Pseudochirops archeri green ringtail possum C Q
Pseudocheiridae Pseudochirulus herbertensis Herbert River ringtail possum C Q
Petauridae Dactylopsila trivirgata striped possum C QAI
Petauridae Petaurus australis australis yellow-bellied glider (southern subspecies) V V QA
Petauridae Petaurus breviceps sensu lato sugar glider Superseded QAI
Petauridae Petaurus gracilis mahogany glider E E Q
Petauridae Petaurus norfolcensis squirrel glider C QA
Petauridae Petaurus notatus Krefft's glider C QA
Petauridae Petaurus sp. C QAI
Burramyidae Cercartetus caudatus long-tailed pygmy-possum C QAI
Phascolarctidae Phascolarctos cinereus koala E E QA
Peramelidae Echymipera rufescens rufous spiny bandicoot C QAI
Peramelidae Isoodon macrourus northern brown bandicoot C QAI
Peramelidae Isoodon peninsulae Cape York brown bandicoot C Q
Peramelidae Isoodon sp. C QAI
Peramelidae Perameles nasuta long-nosed bandicoot C QA
Peramelidae Perameles pallescens northern long-nosed bandicoot C Q
Dasyuridae Antechinomys laniger kultarr C QA
Dasyuridae Antechinus adustus rusty antechinus C Q
Dasyuridae Antechinus flavipes rubeculus yellow-footed antechinus (north-east Queensland) C Q
Dasyuridae Antechinus flavipes sensu lato yellow-footed antechinus Superseded QA
Dasyuridae Antechinus leo cinnamon antechinus C Q
Dasyuridae Dasyurus hallucatus northern quoll C E QA
Dasyuridae Dasyurus maculatus gracilis spotted-tailed quoll (northern subspecies) E E Q
Dasyuridae Phascogale tapoatafa tapoatafa brush-tailed phascogale C QA
Dasyuridae Planigale ingrami long-tailed planigale C QA
Dasyuridae Planigale maculata common planigale C QA
Dasyuridae Planigale sp. C QAI
Dasyuridae Sminthopsis archeri chestnut dunnart NT QAI
Dasyuridae Sminthopsis murina common dunnart C QA
Dasyuridae Sminthopsis virginiae red-cheeked dunnart C QAI
Tachyglossidae Tachyglossus aculeatus short-beaked echidna SL QAI
Ornithorhynchidae Ornithorhynchus anatinus platypus SL QA I

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 Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 August 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=world-heritage-area-great-barrier-reef&Class=mammals&Kingdom=animals

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