Mammals


 
 
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Mammals that have been sighted in the valley are listed below
SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME  
Ornithorhynchus anatinus Platypus

*Brush-tailed rock-wallaby

Tachyglossus aculeatus Short-beaked Echidna
Antechinus flavipes Yellow-footed Antechinus
Antechinus stuartii Brown Antechinus
Antechinus swainsonii Dusky Antechinus
Dasyurus maculatus Spotted-tailed Quoll
Perameles nasuta Long-nosed Bandicoot
Vombatus ursinus Common Wombat
Cercartetus nanus Eastern Pygmy-possum
Petaurus australis Yellow-bellied Glider  
Petaurus breviceps Sugar Glider

*Grey-headed flying-fox

*Grey-headed flying-fox

Petaurus norfolcensis Squirrel Glider
Petauroides volans Greater Glider
Pseudocheirus peregrinus Common Ringtail Possum
Acrobates pygmaeus Feathertail Glider
Trichosurus caninus Mountain Brushtail Possum
Trichosurus vulpecula Common Brushtail Possum
Potorous tridactylus Long-nosed Potoroo
Macropus giganteus Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Macropus robustus Common Wallaroo
Macropus rufogriseus Red-necked Wallaby
Petrogale penicillata Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby  
Wallabia bicolor Swamp Wallaby

*Eastern Pygmy-Possum

Pteropus poliocephalus Grey-headed Flying-fox
Rhinolophus megaphyllus Eastern Horseshoe-bat
Mormopterus norfolkensis Eastern Freetail-bat
Tadarida australis White-striped Freetail-bat
Chalinolobus gouldii Gould's Wattled Bat
Chalinolobus morio Chocolate Wattled Bat
Falsistrellus tasmaniensis Eastern False Pipistrelle  
Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis Eastern Bentwing-bat

..*Echidna

Myotis adversus Large-footed Myotis
Nyctophilus geoffroyi Lesser Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus gouldi Gould's Long-eared Bat
Scoteanax rueppellii Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Vespadelus darlingtoni Large Forest Bat
Vespadelus pumilus Eastern Forest Bat *Images supplied by the
NSW Department of Environment
and
Climate Change
Vespadelus regulus Southern Forest Bat
Vespadelus vulturnus Little Forest Bat
Mus musculus House Mouse
Rattus fuscipes Bush Rat
Rattus lutreolus Swamp Rat  
Rattus rattus Black Rat  
Oryctolagus cuniculus Rabbit  
Canis lupus Dingo, domestic dog  
Canis lupus familiaris Dog  
Vulpes vulpes Fox  
Felis catus Cat  
Capra hircus Goat  
Cervus elaphus Red Deer  
Dama dama Fallow Deer  
Axis axis Spotted Deer  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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