A-Z of animals
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Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Albert’s lyrebird | Menura alberti |
| Australian brush-turkey | Alectura lathami |
| Australian magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
| Australian snubfin dolphin | Orcaella heinsohni |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Barking owl | Ninox connivens |
| Bats, Insectivorous | |
| Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus | |
|
Chalinolobus morio |
| Taphozous australis | |
| Nyctophilus timoriensis | |
| Hipposideros cervinus | |
| Macroderma gigas | |
|
Kerivoula papuensis |
|
Chalinolobus gouldii |
| Rhinolophus philippinensis | |
|
Chalinolobus dwyeri |
|
Chalinolobus picatus |
| Hipposideros stenotis | |
| Rhinonicteris aurantius | |
| Hipposideros semoni | |
| Taphozous troughtoni | |
| Murina florium | |
| Beach stone-curlew | Esacus neglectus |
| Bettong | |
| Bettongia tropica | |
| Aepyrymnus rufescens | |
| Bilby | Macrotis lagotis |
| Black-breasted button quail | Turnix melanogaster |
| Black-throated finch (southern subspecies) | Poephila cincta cincta |
| Bramble cay melomys | Melomys rubicola |
| Brushtail possum | Trichosurus vulpecula |
| Bush rat | Rattus fuscipes |
| Bush stone curlew | Burhinus grallarius |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Cassowary | Casuarius casuarius johnsonii |
| Channel-billed cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae |
| Common koel | Eudynamys scolopacea |
| Crimson finch (white-bellied) | Neochmia phaeton evangelinae |
| Crocodiles | Crocodylus spp. |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Darling Downs earless dragon | Tympanocryptis pinguicolla |
| Dingo | Canis familiaris dingo |
| Dolphins | |
| Orcaella heinsohni | |
| Sousa chinensis | |
| Dugong | Dugong dugon |
| Dusky hopping-mouse | Notomys fuscus |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis |
| Eastern bristlebird | Dasyornis brachypterus |
| Eclectus parrot (Australian subspecies) | Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Freshwater fish | |
| Chlamydogobius squamigenus | |
| Craterocephalus sp. | |
| Chlamydogobius micropterus | |
| Pseudomugil mellis | |
| Nannoperca oxleyana | |
| Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis | |
| Flying-foxes | |
| Pteropus alecto | |
| Pteropus poliocephalus | |
| Pteropus scapulatus | |
| Frogs | |
| Nyctimystes dayi | |
| Litoria pearsoniana | |
| Litoria rheocola | |
| Litoria gracilenta | |
| Litoria fallax | |
| Taudactylus eungellensis | |
| Mixophyes fleayi | |
| Mixophyes iteratus | |
| Taudactylus pleione | |
| Litoria nyakalensis | |
| Limnodynastes terraereginae | |
| Rheobatrachus vitellinus | |
| Taudactylus rheophilus | |
| Taudactylus acutirostris | |
| Taudactylus diurnus | |
| Rheobatrachus silus | |
| Limnodynastes peronii | |
| Litoria nasuta | |
| Litoria nannotis | |
| Litoria infrafrenata | |
| Crinia tinnula | |
| Litoria olongburensis |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Strophurus taenicauda | |
| Gouldian finch | Erythrura gouldiae |
| Grey nurse shark | Carcharias taurus |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Gehyra dubia | |
| Humpback whale | Megaptera novaeangliae |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Indo-pacific humpback dolphin | Sousa chinensis |
| Introduced animals | |
| Hemidactylus frenatus | |
| Bufo marinus | |
| Felis catus | |
| Vulpes vulpes | |
| Capra hircus | |
| Sus scrofa | |
| Invertebrates | |
| Argyreus hyperbius inconstans | |
| Cystosoma saundersii | |
| Hypochrysops piceata | |
| Teleogryllus commodus | |
| Gryllotalpa pluvialis | |
| Cychlochila virens | |
| Ornithoptera richmondia | |
| Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata | |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Julia Creek Dunnart | Sminthopsis douglasi |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Kangaroos | |
| Koala | Phascolarctos cinereus |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Little tern | Sterna albifrons |
| Long-nosed Bandicoot | Perameles nasuta |
| Long-nosed potoroo | Potorous tridactylus |
| Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus lumholtzi |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Mahogany glider | Petaurus gracilis |
| Masked lapwing | Vanellus miles |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Northern hairy-nosed wombat | Lasiorhinus krefftii |
| Northern hopping mouse | Notomys aquilo |
| Northern quoll | Dasyurus hallucatus |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Parrot | |
|
Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni |
|
Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi |
| Psephotus chrysopterygius | |
| Pezoporus occidentalis | |
| Psephotus pulcherrimus | |
| Lathamus discolor | |
| Peregrine falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Petrel | |
| Pterodroma arminjoniana heraldica | |
| Macronectes giganteus | |
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus |
| Pseudomys australis |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Quolls | |
| Dasyurus maculatus | |
| Dasyurus hallucatus |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Red goshawk | Erythrotriorchis radiatus |
| Regent honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Shorebirds | |
| Skink | |
| Lerista allanae | |
| Paradelma orientalis | |
| Delma torquata | |
| Cryptoblepharus virgatus | |
| Anomalopus mackayi | |
| Lerista vittata | |
| Eulamprus tenuis | |
| Menetia sadlieri | |
| Anomalopus brevicollis | |
| Delma labialis | |
| Egernia rugosa | |
| Snakes | |
| Boiga irregularis | |
| Morelia spilotes | |
| Liasis childreni | |
| Acanthophis antarcticus | |
| Dendrelaphis punctulata | |
| Furina dunmalli | |
| Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens | |
| Hemiaspis damelii | |
| Tropidonophis mairii | |
| Denisonia maculata | |
| Furina diadema | |
| Cacophis harrietae | |
| Aspidites ramsayi | |
| South-eastern lined earless dragon | Tympanocryptis pinguicolla |
| Southern boobook owl | Ninox novaeseelandiae |
| Southern Cassowary | Casuarius casuarius |
| Spur-winged plover | Vanellus miles |
| Star finch (eastern subspecies) | Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda |
| Dactylopsila trivirgata | |
| Sugar glider | Petaurus breviceps |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Tawny frogmouth | Pogargus strigoides |
| Ticks | |
| tree snake, common | Dendrelaphis punctulata |
| Turtles, freshwater | |
| Elusor macrurus | |
| Rheodytes leukops | |
| Elseya lavarackorum | |
| Elseya irwini | |
| Elseya sp. ( Johnstone River) | |
| Elusor macrurus | |
| Elseya albagula | |
| Turtles, marine | |
| Natator depressus | Chelonia mydas | Eretmochelys imbricata |
|
Dermochelys coriacea |
| Caretta caretta | |
| Elusor macrurus | |
|
Lepidochelys olivacea |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Wallaby | |
| Onychogalea fraenata | |
| Petrogale Persephone | |
| Petrogale sharmani | |
| Water mouse (False water rat) | Xeromys myoides |
| White-throated nightjar | Caprimulgus mysticalis |
| Willy wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
| Wombat | |
| Lasiorhinus krefftii |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Yellow chat (Dawson) | Epthianura crocea macgregori |
Last updated: 26 November 2008

