List of placental mammals introduced to Australia

List of placental mammals introduced to Australia

A variety of placental mammals have been introduced to Australia since the arrival of Captain Cook in 1770. They have ranged in size from rodents to deer. One other species, the Dingo, was introduced much earlier, but is nevertheless included in this list.

Rodentia

Muridae

*House Mouse, "Mus musculus"
*Pacific Rat, "Rattus exulans"
*Brown Rat, "Rattus norvegicus"
*Black Rat, "Rattus rattus"

Sciuridae

*Five-lined Palm Squirrel, "Funambulus pennantii"

Carnivora

Canidae

*Dingo, "Canis familiaris dingo"
*Red Fox, "Vulpes vulpes"

Felidae

*House Cat, "Felis silvestris catus"

Perissodactyla

Equidae

*Donkey, "Equus asinus"
*Domestic Horse, "Equus caballus"

Artiodactyla

Bovidae

*Water Buffalo, "Bubalus bubalis"
*Goat, "Capra aegagris hircus"
*Banteng, "Bos javanicus"

Camelidae

*Dromedary, "Camelus dromedarius"

Cervidae

*Chital, "Axis axis"
*Hog Deer, "Axis porcinus"
*Red Deer, "Cervus elaphus"
*Rusa Deer, "Cervus timorensis"
*Sambar, "Cervus unicolor"
*Fallow Deer, "Dama dama"

Suidae

*Pig, "Sus scrofa"

Lagomorpha

Leporidae

*European Hare, "Lepus europaeus"
*European Rabbit, "Oryctolagus cuniculus"

ee also

* List of Australian mammals
** List of Australian monotremes and marsupials
** List of Australian bats
** List of Australian rodents
** List of Australian marine mammals

References

*Menkhorst, Peter & Knight, Frank (2001). "A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia", Oxford University Press, 21-22.


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