Region
Animals of Victoria
252 species
The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats. Because of...
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant...
The dingo (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo) is an ancient (basal) lineage of dog found in Australia. It is variously considered a form of domestic dog not warranting recognition as a subspecies, a...
The Eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) is a species of highly venomous snake native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It was first described by André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron, and Auguste Duméril in 1854. The Eastern brown...
The fancy rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica ) is the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat, and the most common species of rat kept as a pet. The name fancy rat derives from the idea of animal fancy (the promotion of domesticated...
Tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) are large and highly venomous snakes of southern Australia. These snakes are locally well-known for their unusual coloration. They are usually ground-dwellers but also swim well and climb into trees and buildings.
The Red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) is a species of venomous snake native to Australia. Originally described by George Shaw in 1794 as a species new to science, it is one of eastern Australia's most commonly encountered snakes. It...
The Mulga snake (Pseudechis australis) is a highly venomous snake native to Australia. First described by English zoologist John Edward Gray in 1842, it is variable in appearance. The venom of this snake can cause severe effects if delivered in...
The Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of four living species of echidna. It is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue, which it uses to catch its insect prey at a great speed. The...
The Carpet python (Morelia spilota) is a large snake of the family Pythonidae. It is named for the beautiful markings on its skin, which resemble an oriental carpet pattern. This species is a popular pet among snake enthusiasts.
The Tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the world's second-largest extant carnivorous marsupial, behind the Tasmanian devil. The Tiger quoll is one the most violent animals, found in the Australian...
The Common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) is a small species of lizard native to Australia. The part of its scientific name, guichenoti, is in honor of French zoologist Antoine Alphonse Guichenot.
Central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) are agamid lizards found in eastern and central Australia. They live in areas where food may be hard to find and need to bask in the sun to maintain elevated body temperatures.
The Red-necked wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus) is a medium-sized macropod marsupial, common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Its name comes from the reddish fur on its shoulders and nape.
The Eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii) is a nocturnal, rabbit-sized marsupial endemic to southeastern Australia. Once the Eastern barred bandicoot was widespread and abundant throughout Victoria’s volcanic plains and grasslands but now it...
The Eastern long-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) is a species of snake-necked turtle found in Australia. It lives in a wide variety of water bodies and is an opportunistic feeder. It is a side-necked turtle, meaning that it bends its head...
The lace monitor or tree goanna (Varanus varius ) is a member of the monitor lizard family native to eastern Australia. A large lizard, it can reach 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length and 14 kilograms (31 lb) in weight. The lace monitor is considered...
The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii ), which includes the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii ) and the Gippsland water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howittii ) subspecies, is an arboreal agamid species native to...
Tiliqua rugosa, most commonly known as the shingleback lizard or bobtail lizard, is a short-tailed, slow-moving species of blue-tongued skink (genus Tiliqua ) endemic to Australia. It is commonly known as the shingleback or sleepy lizard. Three of...
The eastern osprey (Pandion cristatus ) is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. They live in Oceania at coastal regions of the Australian continent, the Indonesian islands, New Guinea, and the Philippines. It is usually sedentary and pairs breed at...
The brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus ), also known as the Cape fur seal, South African fur seal and Australian fur seal, is a species of fur seal.
The brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus ), also known as the Cape fur seal, South African fur seal and Australian fur seal, is a species of fur seal.
Giant cuttlefish also known as the Australian giant cuttlefish (scientific name Sepia apama ), is the world's largest cuttlefish species, growing to 50 cm (20 in) in mantle length and over 10.5 kg (23 lb) in weight. Using cells known as...
The swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor ) is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia. This wallaby is also commonly known as the black wallaby, with other names including black-tailed wallaby, fern wallaby, black pademelon, stinker (in...
The greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis ), often referred to simply as the bilby since the lesser bilby (Macrotis leucura ) became extinct in the 1950s, is an Australian species of nocturnal omnivorous animal in the order Peramelemorphia. Other...
Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri ) is a critically endangered possum largely restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash, and snow gum forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne. It is...
The mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus ); also simply known as the Burramys, is a small, mouse-sized (weighs 45 grams (1.6 oz)) nocturnal marsupial of Australia found in dense alpine rock screes and boulder fields, mainly southern Victoria and...
The southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus ) is a short-nosed bandicoot, a type of marsupial, found mostly in southern Australia. A similar species in South Western Australia, known as the quenda (from the Noongar word 'kwinda') was previously...
The long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta ), a marsupial, is a species of bandicoot found in eastern Australia, from north Queensland along the east coast to Victoria. Around 40 centimetres (16 in) long, it is sandy- or grey-brown with a long...
The barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus ) is a subspecies of the reindeer (or the caribou in North America) that is found mainly in the Canadian territories of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, as well as in Kitaa, Greenland....
The Sand goanna (Varanus gouldii ) is a species of large Australian monitor lizard, also known as Gould's monitor, Sand monitor, or Racehorse goanna.
The Eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata ) is an agamid lizard found in wooded parts of Australia. It is one of a group of species known commonly as bearded dragons. Other common names for this species include Jew lizard and frilly lizard, the...
Bernard's wolf (Canis lupus bernardi ), also known as the Banks Island wolf or the Banks Island tundra wolf, is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was limited to Banks and Victoria Island of the Arctic Archipelago.
The squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis ) is a nocturnal gliding possum. The squirrel glider is one of the wrist-winged gliders of the genus Petaurus.
The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus ) is a species of potoroo. These small marsupials are part of the rat-kangaroo family. The long-nosed potoroo contains two subspecies, P. t. tridactylus from mainland Australia, and P. t. apicalis from...
The greater gliders are three species of large gliding marsupials in the genus Petauroides, all of which are found in eastern Australia. Until 2020 they were considered to be one species, Petauroides volans. In 2020 morphological and genetic...
The White-lipped snake (Drysdalia coronoides) is a small species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. It is the smallest of three species of snake found in Tasmania and is Australia's most cold-tolerant snake, even inhabiting areas on Mount...
The bandy-bandy (Vermicella annulata) is a mildly venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The word bandy-bandy (bandi-bandi) traces back to the indigenous dialect of Kattang, from the Taree region, New South Wales. There are 5 known species of...
The Burrunan dolphin (Tursiops australis) is a proposed species of bottlenose dolphin found in parts of Victoria, Australia first described in 2011. Its exact taxonomy is debated: numerous studies support it as being a separate species within the...
The brush-tailed rock-wallaby or small-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata ) is a kind of wallaby, one of several rock-wallabies in the genus Petrogale. It inhabits rock piles and cliff lines along the Great Dividing Range from about 100 km...
Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis ) is a species of lizard found only in Australia and Papua New Guinea. These lizards lack forelegs, having only rudimentary hind legs and that's why are also called "flap-footed lizards" and "snake-lizards".
The lowland copperhead or lowlands copperhead (Austrelaps superbus ) is a venomous snake species in the family Elapidae, found in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. It is commonly referred to as the copperhead, but is not closely related to the...
