Riddells Creek - Mammal Photos      (click on the name or picture for a larger/better picture)

	Common Name	Scientific Name
1	Swamp Wallaby (or Black Wallaby)	Wallabia bicolor
2	Eastern Grey Kangaroo	Macropus giganteus
3	Koala	Phascolarctos cinereus
4	Echidna	Tachyglossus aculeatus
5	Ringtail Possum	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
6	Brushtail Possum	Trichosurus vulpecula
7	Sugar Glider **	Petaurus breviceps
8	Lesser Long-eared Bat	Nyctophilus geoffroyi
9	Little Forest Bat	Vespadelus vulturnus
	*Fox	Vulpes vulpes
	*Rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus
	*Brown Hare	Lepus capensis

* Not indigenous to Australia before European settlement.
** Heard but not seen.
NB. House Mouse, Brown Rat and/or Black Rat are likely non-indigenous residents but have not been formally IDed.

Two local lists are available (both from MRCS Newsletters);
1) Native Mammals known to be in the Macedon Forest Park pre-1971.
2) Results of the 1985 Mammal Survey conducted by the Macedon Range Conservation Society (MRCS).

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