Kangaroo Island Cat Control Committee
Food species used by feral cats on the Pelican Lagoon Peninsula
* determined from fresh scat using bone, hair, scale, feather or body parts
# identified from observed predation / carcass remains
= prey species brought to domestic cat owners by pets from other parts of the island
+ introduced species
| Common name | Scientific name or group | |
| Mammals | ||
| Aitkens dunnart = (1979) | Sminthopsis aitkenie | |
| brown rat *# = + | Rattus norvegicus | |
| brushtail possum *# | Trichosurus vulpecula | |
| bush rat *# = | Rattus fuscipes | |
| goat *# + (scavenging) | Capra hircus | |
| house mouse *# = + | Mus domesticus | |
| lesser long-eared bat * | Nyctophilus geoffroyi | |
| little pigmy possum *# = | Cercartetus lepidus | |
| sheep*# + (scavenging) | Ovis | |
| short beaked echidna *# | Tachyglossus aculeatus multi-aculeatus | |
| southern brown bandicoot *# = | Isodon obesulus | |
| wallaby * | Macropus eugenii | |
| western grey kangaroo *# (scavenging) | Macropus fuligninosus fuligninosus | |
| western pigmy possum = | Cercartetus concinnus | |
| Birds | ||
| black tail native hen # | Gallinula ventralis | |
| brush bronze wing pigeon *# | Phaps elegans | |
| buff banded rail # | Rallus philippensis | |
| cresent honeyeater * | Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera | |
| eastern spine bill * = | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | |
| grey fantail * = | Rhipidura fuliginosa | |
| grey shrike thrush * | Colluricincla harmonica | |
| hooded plover # | Charadrius cucullatus | |
| house sparrow * = + | Passer domesticus | |
| little blue penguin *# = | Eudyptula minor | |
| masked Lapwing # | Vanellus miles novaehollandiae | |
| peacock # + | Pavo cristatus | |
| purple gaped honeyeater * | Lichenostomus cratitus | |
| rainbow lorikeet # = | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
| red browed firetail * = | Aegintha temporalis | |
| red watyle bird * = | Anthochaera carunculata | |
| restless flycatcher * | Myiagra inquieta | |
| richards pipit # = | Anthus novaeseelandiae | |
| rock parrot *# | Neophema petrophila | |
| scarlet robin * = | Petroica multicolor | |
| silver eye * = | Zosterops lateralis | |
| spotted pardalote * | Pardalotus punctatus | |
| spotted turtle dove * # = + | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| striated pardalote * = | Pardalotus striatus | |
| striated thornbill * | Acanthiza lineata | |
| stubble quail * = | Coturnix pectoralis | |
| superb fairy wren *# = | Malurus cyaneus | |
| thick knee curlew *# | Burhinus grallarius | |
| western whipbird # | Psophodes nigrogularis | |
| white browed scrubwren * | Sericornis frontalis | |
| white eared honeyeater * | Lichenostomus leucotis | |
| willie wagtail *# = | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| yellow wing honeyeater (New Holland) *# = | Phylidonyris novaehollandiae | |
| Reptiles | ||
| four toed skink * | Hemiergis peronii | |
| lined worm lizard* | Aprasia striolata | |
| marbled gecko * | Phyllodactylus marmoratus | |
| pigmy copperhead * = | Austrelaps sp | |
| Rosenberg's goanna *# = | Varanus rosenbergi | |
| thick-tail gecko * = | Underwoodisaurus milii | |
| three toed skink * | Hemiergis decresiensis | |
| tiger snake *# = | Notechis ater niger | |
| Whites skink * | Egernia whitii | |
| Amphibians | ||
| brown frogglet * | Ranidella signifera | |
| marbled frog * | Limnodynastes tasmaniensis | |
| Insects | ||
| cockroach * | Blattodea | |
| cricket * | Grylloidea | |
| grasshopper * | Acrididae | |
| walking stick * | Phasmatidae | |
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