Australia

Mammal diversity statistics for Australia, including counts of orders, families, genera, extant species, and extinct species. This list excludes widespread and domesticated species.

Subclass Infraclass Order Families Genera Living species Extinct species (last 500 years)
Prototheria Australosphenida 2 2 2 0
Theria Marsupialia 1 1 2 0
Theria Marsupialia 3 15 65 5
Theria Marsupialia 3 4 10 8
Theria Marsupialia 11 34 87 8
Theria Placentalia 1 1 1 0
Theria Placentalia 1 14 54 11
Theria Placentalia 9 27 77 1
Theria Placentalia 2 8 11 0
Theria Placentalia 8 28 48 0