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| Order/Family | Species | Common Names | Presence (MI) | Confirmed Sources | Confirmed Localities | Photos/species reports |
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ORDER MONOTREMATA (Platypus and Echidna) |
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| Tachyglossidae | Tachyglossus aculeatus | Echidna, Spiny Ant Eater | native | YY | Arcadia,Nelly Bay, Horseshoe Bay, probably island-wide |  |
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ORDER PROTODONTA |
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Dasyuridae (Quolls, Dunnarts,Tasmanian Devils etc) |
Dasyurus hallucatus | Northern Quoll | confirmed # | Horseshoe bay escarpment ? | ||
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ORDER DIPRODONTA |
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Macropodidae (Kangaroos and Wallabies) |
Petrogale assimilis | Allied Rock Wallaby | native | Y | island-wide on rocky slopes, will use lowlands also when food or water are scarce | |
| Macropodidae | Macropus agilis | Agile Wallaby | introduced to island | Horseshoe Bay Lowlands | ||
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Phalangeridae (Possums,gliders and cuscus.) |
Trichosurus vulpecula | Brushtail Possum | native | YY | probably island-wide | 
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Phascolarctidae (Koalas) |
Phascolarctos cinereus | Koala | introduced to island | Y | Forts, School area,Picnic Bay+ |  |
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ORDER CHIROPTERA |
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Pteropodidae (Flying Foxes) |
Nyctimene robinsoni | Eastern Tube-nosed Bat | native | Y | Gustav Creek, + | |
| Pteropodidae | Pteropus alecto | Black Flying Fox, Gould's Fruit-bat | native | Y | Gustav Creek,Picnic Bay, Arcadia+ |  |
| Pteropodidae | Pteropus scapulatus | Little Red Flying Fox ; Collared Fruit-bat | native | Y | Gustav Creek+ | |
| Emballonuridae | Saccolaimus saccolaimus | Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat | native | |||
| Emballonuridae | Taphozous australis | Coastal Sheathtail Bat | native | |||
| Vespertilionidae | Miniopterus australis | Little Bentwing Bat | native | Y | ||
| Vespertilionidae | Scotorepens sanborni | Northern Broad-nosed Bat | native | |||
| Vespertilionidae | Vespadelus troughtoni | Eastern Cave Bat, Troughton’s Eptesicus | native | Y | Gustav Creek,+ | |
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ORDER RODENTIA (Tribe Hydromyini - native water rats) |
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| Muridae/Hydromyinae | Hydromys chrysogaster | Water-rat ; Beaver Rat | native | Y | Gustav Creek, + | |
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| Dugongidae | Dugong dugon | Dugong, Sea Cow | native | shallow sea-grass areas | ||
| ORDER CARNIVORA | ||||||
| Felidae | Felis Catus | Feral Cats | introduced pest problem | Y | everywhere prey exists | |
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"+ " - probably elsewhere also -just no documentation "#" please report any sightings to QPWS on 47785378 The island wildlife has never been comprehensively surveyed. Other species may therefore inhabit remote sections of the World Heritage Areas. Any possible siteings should be reported to the Head Range QPWS on 4778 5378. Photographs or natural remains and scats of any the unlisted species or Quolls are appreciated. As are location reports on unlisted areas. |
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| Text source colour codes | ||
| Queensland Museum specimen list and Wildlife of Tropical Far North Queensland | ||
| Townsville City Council | ||
| Catchment Study – Gustav Creek, Magnetic Island. Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research Report No. 00/05 -JCU | ||
| EPA -Environmental Protection Agency | ||
| Magnetic Island National Parks and Wildlife Service | ||
| Strahan R.,Ed.1983, Complete Book of Australian Mammals, The Australian Museum - Angus and Robertson Books. |
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