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Animals in Australia

55 mammal species are recorded in Australia in this dataset, 15 of them in a threatened Red List category. Australia sits in Oceania, where 81 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Australia.

They belong to 26 families, the best represented being Dasyuridae (6), Potoroidae (5), Vespertilionidae (5). By Red List category: 2 Extinct, 3 Critically Endangered, 5 Endangered, 7 Vulnerable, 6 Near Threatened, 32 Least Concern.

These counts come from the text of each assessment rather than from an official country checklist, so a species whose assessment names a region without naming Australia is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 55 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
55
Threatened
15
Continent
Oceania
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Australia

The most threatened species in Australia

8 of the 15 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Australia

  • Dasyuridae 6
  • Potoroidae 5
  • Vespertilionidae 5
  • Balaenopteridae 4
  • Cervidae 4
  • Macropodidae 4
  • Otariidae 3
  • Vombatidae 3

Every species recorded in Australia

Species 1 to 50 of 55, written profiles first.

Where to go from Australia

The countries in Oceania that share the most species with Australia, by number of species recorded in both.

Species data from the IUCN Red List; countries are derived from the range description of each assessment. Last refreshed on August 9, 2026.