List of Australian mammal emblems

This is a list of Australian mammal emblems.

Area representedImageCommon nameBinomial nomenclatureReference
Australia
Red kangaroo (unofficial)Macropus rufus[1]
Australian Capital Territory
Southern Brush-tailed Rock-wallabyPetrogale penicillata[2]
New South Wales
PlatypusOrnithorhynchus anatinus[3]
Northern Territory
Red kangarooMacropus rufus[4]
Queensland
KoalaPhascolarctos cinereus[5]
South Australia
Southern hairy-nosed wombatLasiorhinus latifrons[6]
Tasmania
Tasmanian devilSarcophilus harrisii[7]
Victoria
Leadbeater's possumGymnobelideus leadbeateri[8]
Western Australia
NumbatMyrmecobius fasciatus[9]

See also

References
  1. "Guidelines on the Use of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
  2. "ACT Flags and Emblems". Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. "Image gallery - Platypus". Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 2007-09-23. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
  4. "Official Symbols - Faunal Emblems". Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original on 2007-09-08. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
  5. "The faunal emblem". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
  6. "Hairy Nosed Wombat". The Department of Premier and Cabinet - South Australia. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
  7. "Tasmanian devil to be state's first animal emblem". The Mercury. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. "Leadbeater's Possum". Department of Premier and Cabinet - Victoria. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  9. "The Animal Emblem of Western Australia". Department of the Premier and Cabinet (WA). Archived from the original on 2007-08-31. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
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