Papua New Guinea

Mammal diversity statistics for Papua New Guinea, 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

1

2

2

0

Theria

Marsupialia

2

8

20

1

Theria

Marsupialia

1

4

10

0

Theria

Marsupialia

6

14

48

0

Theria

Placentalia

1

1

1

0

Theria

Placentalia

1

30

89

3

Theria

Placentalia

7

34

97

0

Theria

Placentalia

5

17

25

0