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Mammals K'gari (Fraser Island) Humpback whale Photo: © Jodie Bray Department of Environment and Science Mammals K’gari (Fraser Island) World Heritage Area Freetail Bats Monotremes Beccari’s freetail bat Mormopterus becarrii Echidnas little north-eastern freetail bat Mormopterus loriae ridei short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus white-striped freetail bat Nyctinomus australis Simple-nosed Bats Marsupials Gould’s wattled bat Chalinolobus gouldii Dasyurids chocolate wattled bat Chalinolobus morio yellow-footed antechinus Antechinus flavipes hoary wattled bat Chalinolobus nigrogriseus common planigale Planigale maculata little bent-winged bat Miniopterus australis common dunnart Sminthopsis murina eastern bent-winged bat Miniopterus schreibersii southern myotis Myotis macropus Bandicoots northern long-eared bat Nyctophilus bifax northern brown bandicoot Isoodon macrourus lesser long-eared bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi long-nosed bandicoot Perameles nasuta Gould’s long-eared bat Nyctophilus gouldi little broad-nosed bat Scotorepens greyii Possums and Gliders mountain brushtail possum Trichosurus caninus Hares sugar glider Petaurus breviceps *brown hare Lepus capensis squirrel glider Petaurus norfolcensis *fox Vulpes vulpes feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus Rodents Potoroos water rat Hydromys chrysogaster long nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus grassland melomys Melomys burtoni fawn-footed melomys Melomys cervinipes Kangaroos and Wallabies *house mouse Mus musculus eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus delicate mouse Pseudomys delicatulus swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor eastern chestnut mouse Pseudomys gracilicaudatus bush rat Rattus fuscipes swamp rat Rattus lutreolus Placentals *black rat Rattus rattus Fruit Bats and Blossom Bats pale field rat Rattus tunneyi eastern tube-nosed bat Nyctimene robinsoni water mouse Xeromys myoides black flying-fox Pteropus alecto grey-headed flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus Dogs little red flying-fox Pteropus scapulatus dingo Canis lupus dingo eastern blossom bat Syconycteris australis Cats Sheathtail Bats *feral cat Felis catus yellow-bellied sheathtail bat Saccolaimus flaviventris Pigs *feral pig Sus scrofa Dugong dugong Dugong dugon Sea-lions and Fur-seals New Zealand fur-seal Arctocephalus forsteri Australian fur-seal Arctocephalas pusillus Whales and dolphins southern right whale Eubalaena australis (occasional visitor) dwarf minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata bonaerensis Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus pygmy sperm whale Koiga breviceps strap-toothed whale Mesoplodon layardii Blainville’s beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris killer whale Orcinus orca Cuvier’s beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris common dolphin Delphinus delphis pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus Fraser’s dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra Indo-Pacific hump- backed dolphin Sousa chinensis striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba inshore bottle-nosed dolphin Tursiops aduncus offshore bottle-nosed dolphin Tursiops truncatus The list of marine mammals recorded for the waters around K’gari (Fraser Island) was derived from beachings, strandings and the reliable sightings of animals offshore. The list is therefore unlikely to be comprehensive. To report an injured, sick or dead turtle, dugong, dolphin, seal or whale phone 1300 ANIMAL (1300 264 625). * Introduced species List created 20.12.03. Compiled By: R. Hobson & I. Thrash Natural Resource Rangers, K’gari (Fraser Island). Bp2030.
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