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All credit to Krefft: Gerard Krefft’s invisible new species of dunnart
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-kreffts-invisible-new-species-of-dunnart/150 years later, we set a naming record straight!
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Striped Dolphin
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/striped-dolphin/The Striped Dolphin is a small sleek compact dolphin with a striking body pattern that gives it its name.
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Sperm Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/sperm-whale/The Sperm Whale is the classic whale of 'Moby Dick' fame, and is the largest of the toothed whales.
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Southern Bottlenose Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/southern-bottlenose-whale/The Southern Bottlenose Whale was described by William Flower in 1882 from a beach-worn skull found on Lewis Isle in the Dampier Archipelago of north-western Australia. This remains the most northerly record for this species.
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Dugong
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/dugong/The Dugong is a large, grey brown bulbous animal with a flattened fluked tail, like that of a whale, no dorsal fin, paddle like flippers and distinctive head shape.
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Arnoux's Beaked Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/arnouxs-beaked-whale/One hundred and fifty years ago a skull collected from a 9.7m whale stranded in Akaroa Harbour, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand was found to represent a new species of beaked whale.
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Andrews' Beaked Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/andrews-beaked-whale/Andrews' Beaked Whale is known from strandings of only about 35 animals. They appear to avoid vessels and are rarely seen at sea.
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Water-rat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/water-rat/The Water-rat is one of Australia's largest rodents and is usually found near permanent bodies of water.
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/eastern-grey-kangaroo/The Eastern Grey Kangaroo is an iconic marsupial mammal. They live in mobs of 10 or more in a home range of up to 5km in eastern Australia.
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Large-eared Flying-fox
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/large-eared-flying-fox/In Australia, Large-eared Flying-foxes are restricted to northern islands off Torres Strait, but they are widespread around coastal New Guinea.
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