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Mammals of Whitsunday Islands National Park

Total number of species: 18

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC Est. Wetland
Status
Records Specimens Last
seen
Delphinidae Globicephala sp. pilot whale C QAI 1 0 02/07/2002
Delphinidae Pseudorca crassidens false killer whale C QAI 1 0 21/09/2023
Delphinidae Sousa sahulensis Australian humpback dolphin V V QAI I 3 0 09/05/2001
Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae humpback whale C QAI 7 0 02/09/2010
Cervidae Cervus timorensis rusa deer II 2 0 31/08/1993
Bovidae Capra hircus goat II 12 0 09/09/2008
Suidae Sus scrofa pig II 1 0 31/12/1995
Dugongidae Dugong dugon dugong V QAI I 6 0 25/05/2008
Muridae Hydromys chrysogaster water rat C QAI I 10 0 23/05/1985
Muridae Melomys cervinipes fawn-footed melomys C QA 47 0 16/05/2008
Miniopteridae Miniopterus australis little bent-wing bat C QAI 5 5 28/08/1935
Miniopteridae Miniopterus orianae oceanensis eastern bent-wing bat C QAI 1 1 28/08/1935
Emballonuridae Taphozous troughtoni Troughton's sheathtail bat C Q 1 0 28/08/1985
Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus megaphyllus eastern horseshoe-bat C QAI 3 0 08/03/1988
Pteropodidae Pteropus alecto black flying-fox C QAI 5 0 12/05/2008
Macropodidae Petrogale inornata unadorned rock-wallaby C Q 21 3 20/10/2010
Macropodidae Petrogale persephone Proserpine rock-wallaby E E Q 1 0 29/02/2000
Phalangeridae Trichosurus vulpecula common brushtail possum C QA 5 0 08/12/2004

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Species sighting information is extracted from the DETSI WildNet database.

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A report on any specific area includes sightings up to one kilometre outside of the area.

If a species is not listed in the report of a specific area, it does not mean the species is not present there. Similarly, a listed species may no longer inhabit the area. It is recommended that you also access other internal and external data sources for species information in your area of interest.

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Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
Est. - Establishment
DNQ : Doubtfully naturalised in QLD
EXQ : Not native to QLD
FNQ : Formerly naturalised in QLD
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
NAQ : Naturalised in QLD
NNQ : Native and naturalised in QLD
NTQ : Native to QLD
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
SUQ : Status unknown in QLD
U : Unknown - native
UPQ : Unknown provenance in QLD
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
XA : Exotic (Intranational)
XI : Exotic (International)
XU : Exotic (Unknown)
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2025) Mammals of Whitsunday Islands National Park, WetlandInfo website, accessed 5 April 2026. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-whitsunday-islands&Class=mammals&Kingdom=animals

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