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| Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus |
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| Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus |
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| Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis |
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| Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes |
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| Swamp Antechinus Antechinus minimus |
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| Dusky Antechinus Antechinus swainsonii |
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| Western Quoll Dasyurus goeffroii |
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| Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus |
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| Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus |
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| Mallee Ningaui Ningaui yvonneae |
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| Red-tailed Phascogale Phascogale calura |
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| Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa |
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| Paucident Planigale Planigale gilesi |
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| Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata |
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| White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus |
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| Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina |
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| Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus |
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| Pig-footed Bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus |
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| Brown Bandicoot Isoodon sp. aff. auratus |
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| Western Barred Bandicoot Perameles bougainville |
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| Eastern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii |
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| Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta |
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| Bilby Macrotis lagotis |
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| Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus |
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| Koala Phascolarctos cinereus |
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| Mountain Brushtail Possum Trichosurus caninus |
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| Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula |
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| Mountain Pygmy-possum Burramys parvus |
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| Western Pygmy-possum Cercartetus concinnus |
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| Little Pygmy-possum Cercartetus lepidus |
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| Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus |
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| Leadbeater's Possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri |
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| Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus |
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| Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis |
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| Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps |
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| Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcencis |
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| Greater Glider Petauroides volans |
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| Feathertail Glider Acrobates pygmaeus |
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| Rufous Bettong Aepyprymnus rufescens |
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| Tasmanian Bettong Bettongia gaimardi |
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| Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata |
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| Long-footed Potoroo Potorous longipes |
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| Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus |
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| Eastern Hare-wallaby Lagorchestes leporides |
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| Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus |
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| Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus |
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| Eastern Wallaroo Macropus robustus |
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| Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus |
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| Red Kangaroo Macropus rufus |
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| Bridled Nailtail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata |
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| Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata |
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| Tasmanian Pademelon Thylogale billardierii |
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| Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor |
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| Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus |
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| Little Red Flying-fox Pteropus scapulatus |
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| Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat Saccolaimus flaviventris |
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| Southern Freetail Bat Mormopterus planiceps |
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| White-striped Freetail Bat Tadarida australis |
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| Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphylus |
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| Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii |
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| Chocolate Wattled Bat Chalinolobus morio |
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| Eastern False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus tasmaniensis |
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| Common Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii |
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| Large-footed Myotis Myotis adversus |
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| Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi |
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| Gould's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi |
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| Greater Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus timoriensis |
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| Inland Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens balstoni |
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| Eastern Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens orion |
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| Inland Forest Bat Vespadelus baverstocki |
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| Large Forest Bat Vespadelus darlingtoni |
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| Southern Forest Bat Vespadelus regulus |
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| Little Forest Bat Vespadelus vulturnus |
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| White-footed Rabbit-rat Conilurus albipes |
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| House Mouse Mus musculus |
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| Mitchell's Hopping-mouse Notomys mitchelli |
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| Silky Mouse Pseudomys apodemoides |
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| Plains Mouse Pseudomys australis |
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| Bolam's Mouse Pseudomys bolami |
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| Desert Mouse Pseudomys desertor |
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| Smoky Mouse Pseudomys fumeus |
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| New Holland Mouse Pseudomys novaehollandia |
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| Heath Mouse Pseudomys shortridgei |
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| Gould's Mouse Pseudomys gouldii |
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| Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster |
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| Greater Stick-nest Rat Leporillus conditor |
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| Broad-toothed Rat Mastacomys fuscus |
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| Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes |
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| Swamp Rat Rattus lutreolis |
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| Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus |
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| Black Rat Rattus rattus |
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| Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis |
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| Dingo & Feral Dog Canis lupus dingo |
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| Red fox Canis vulpes |
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| Cat Felis catus |
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| New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri |
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| Australian Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus |
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| Subantarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis |
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| Australian Sea Lion Neophoca cinerea |
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| Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx |
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| Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophagus |
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| Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina |
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| Horse Equus caballus |
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| Goat Capra hircus |
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| Chital Cervus axis |
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| Red Deer Cervus elaphus |
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| Hog Deer Cervus porcinus |
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| Sambar Cervus unicolor |
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| Pig Sus scrofa |
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| Brown Hare Lepus capensis |
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| European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus |
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| Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis |
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| Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus |
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| Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei |
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| Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus |
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| Killer Whale Orcinus orca |
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| False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens |
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| Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas |
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| Gingko-toothed Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens |
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| Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon planifrons |
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| Gray's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon grayi |
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| Strap-toothed Whale Mesoplodon layardii |
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| True's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus |
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| Andrew's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bowdoini |
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| Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris |
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| Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris |
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| Sperm Whale Physter macrocephalus |
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| Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps |
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| Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
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| Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus |
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| Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae |
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| Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata |
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| Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis |
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