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Marsupials

Short-eared Mountain Possum  Spotted-tailed Quoll Grey Kangaroo

 

  • Agile Wallaby  (Macropus agilis)
  • Black-striped Wallaby  (Macropus dorsalis)
  • Brush-tailed Phascogale  (Phascogale tapoatafa)
  • Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby  (Petrogale penicillata)
  • Common Brushtail Possum  (Trichosurus vulpecular)
  • Common Dunnart  (Sminthopsis murina)
  • Common Ringtail Possum  (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
  • Feathertail Glider  (Acrobates pygmaeus)
  • Greater Glider  (Petauroides volans)
  • Grey Kangaroo  (Macropus giganteus)
  • Koala  (Phascolarctos cinereus)
  • Long-nosed Bandicoot  (Perameles nasuta)
  • Long-nosed Potoroo  (Potorous tridactylus)
  • Northern Brown Bandicoot  (Isoodon macrourus)
  • Red-legged Pademelon  (Thylogale stigmatica)
  • Red-necked Pademelon  (Thylogale thetis)
  • Red-necked Wallaby  (Macropus rufogriseus)
  • Rufous Bettong  (Aepyprymnus rufescens)
  • Short-eared Mountain Possum  (Trichosurus caninus)
  • Spotted-tailed Quoll  (Dasyurus maculates)
  • Squirrel Glider  (Petaurus norfolcensis)
  • Subtropical Antechinus  (Antechinus subtropicus)
  • Sugar Glider  (Petaurus breviceps)
  • Swamp Wallaby  (Wallabia bicolour)
  • Whiptail Wallaby  (Macropus parryi)
  • Yellow-bellied Glider  (Petaurus australis)
  • Yellow-footed Antechinus  (Antechinus flavipes)
 

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