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===Mammals=== At least 31 species of mammal have been recorded in the park.<ref name="pom2018">{{cite book|work=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]]|date=January 2018|title=Sturt National Park: Plan of management |url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/Parks-plans-of-management/sturt-national-park-plan-management-180081.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065911/https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/Parks-plans-of-management/sturt-national-park-plan-management-180081.pdf |archive-date=2018-09-25 |url-status=live|type=PDF|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|access-date=25 September 2018|isbn=978-1-76039-991-7}}</ref> The most obvious to visitors include the [[red kangaroo]], [[western grey kangaroo]],<ref name="lon">{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/new-south-wales/sturt-national-park |title=Sturt National Park Travel Information and Travel Guide |access-date=5 July 2009 |date=17 February 2009 |publisher=Lonely Planet Publications |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124182950/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/new-south-wales/sturt-national-park |archive-date=24 January 2009 }}</ref> [[eastern grey kangaroo]] and [[common wallaroo|Euro]].<ref name="pom2018"/> Other terrestrial mammals found at Sturt NP also include the [[dingo]], [[stripe-faced dunnart]], [[paucident planigale]], [[narrow-nosed planigale]], [[dusky hopping mouse]] and [[desert mouse]].<ref name="pom2018"/> Nine species of bat have also been recorded in the park, including the [[eastern long-eared bat]],<ref name=deh2>{{cite web |url= http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wetlands/LakePinarooRamsar.htm |title= Lake Pinaroo (Fort Grey Basin) Ramsar site |access-date=26 July 2018 |work=NSW Ramsar sites |publisher=Dept of Environment & Heritage, NSW |date=23 November 2017 }}</ref> [[little broad-nosed bat]], [[yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat]], [[inland forest bat]] and [[little pied bat]].<ref name="pom2018"/> Several [[invasive species|introduced pest species]] occur, including the [[Red fox|European fox]], [[European rabbit]], [[Cat|feral cat]], [[Goat|feral goat]] and [[Wild boar|feral pig]].<ref name="pom2018"/> Several mammal species that previously occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans are also being reintroduced into the park.<ref name="pom2018"/><ref name=WDPFS/> These include the [[Crest-tailed Mulgara]], [[Greater Bilby]], [[Western barred bandicoot]], [[Boodie|Burrowing bettong]], [[Greater stick-nest rat]], [[Golden bandicoot]] and [[Western quoll]].<ref name=WDPFS/>
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