Biodiversity in Australia's National Reserve System - Part ... - BushBlitz

Mammals
The ANHAT database has 413834 records for 290 species and subspecies of terrestrial
mammals. Four species of freetail bat (Mormopterus sp.) are currently unnamed although
recognised as separate species (Churchill 2008), and have thus been retained here.
Marine mammals were not considered for analysis. Twelve species of mammals are
considered extinct and therefore excluded from analysis. These species are presented in
Table 14. The majority are small to mid-sized terrestrial species for which the declines have
been well documented and appear to have resulted from the impacts of introduced species.
The thylacine was hunted to extinction.
Table 14 Mammal species considered extinct
Species Common Name No. Records
Chaeropus ecaudatus Pig-footed Bandicoot 12
Conilurus albipes White-footed Rabbit-rat 1
Lagorchestes asomatus Central Hare-wallaby 8
Macropus greyi Toolache Wallaby 1
Macrotis leucura Lesser Bilby 6
Notomys amplus Short-tailed Hopping-mouse 12
Notomys longicaudatus Long-tailed Hopping-mouse 11
Onychogalea lunata Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby 16
Perameles eremiana Desert Bandicoot 15
Potorous platyops Broad-faced Potoroo 1
Pseudomys gouldii Gould's Mouse 2
Thylacinus cynocephalus Thylacine 400
Fifteen species account for almost 50% of the total species records in ANHAT. These
species have over 7000 records each and in the case of the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
over 26000 records.
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