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Mammals
Complete Listing of Tasmania's Mammals
Bats
Carnivorous Marsupials and Bandicoots
Echidnas and Platypus
Possums, Kangaroos and Wombats
Rats and Mice
Seals
Whales and Dolphins
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Mammals of Tasmania

Like most of Australia's mammals, the Tasmanian mammal fauna comprises many marsupials, or pouched mammals. Marsupials are remarkable for their method of reproduction, such as the production of very tiny young which complete their development in a pouch.

Tasmania has several unique mammals found nowhere else in the world. Some, like the Tasmanian devil, and Tasmanian tiger are well-known. Others, such as the eastern quoll, pademelon, long-tailed mouse and bettong are less well-known, but equally fascinating.


Complete Listing of Tasmania's Mammals
Choose the species or mammal family you wish to see from this full species list.
Bats
Order Chiroptera - There are eight species of bats in Tasmania.
Carnivorous Marsupials and Bandicoots
Order Polyprotodonta - Includes the Tasmanian devil, quolls, antechinus, Tasmanian tiger and two species of bandicoot.
Echidnas and Platypus
Order Monotremata - The only monotremes or egg-laying mammals to be found in Australia.
Possums, Kangaroos and Wombats
Order Diprodotodonta - Tasmania's Macropod, Petauridae, Phalageridae, Burramyidae and Vombatidae mammal families.
Rats and Mice
Order Rodentia - There are five species of native rodents in Tasmania and three introduced species.
Seals
Order Pinnipedia covers eared seals (family Otariidae) as well as true seals (family Phocidae).
Whales and Dolphins
Order Cetacea - Includes the Sperm Whale, Southern Right Whale, Bottlenose Dolphin plus others...

See also:

Frequently asked questions about the Tasmanian Devil.

Find out about platypus mucormycosis disease, the fungal disease affecting Tasmanian platypus.

Looking for information on the Tasmanian Tiger?


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