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The silver-headed antechinus (Antechinus argentus) is an Australian carnivorous marsupial described in 2015 from central Queensland's elevated forests.

The black-tailed antechinus (Antechinus arktos) is a rare Australian carnivorous marsupial described in 2014 from high forests near the Queensland border.

The Australian hump-backed dolphin (Sousa sahulensis) is a marine mammal found in the coastal waters of northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It was formally identified as a distinct species in 2014, separating it from the closely related Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin. These dolphins inhabit...

The Burrunan dolphin (Tursiops australis) is a species of bottlenose dolphin proposed in 2011, found in coastal regions of Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. It is distinguished from the common and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins by specific morphological and genetic variations. The species is known...

The Araguaian river dolphin is a newly identified freshwater cetacean found in the Araguaia River basin of Brazil, officially classified as a distinct species in 2014.

A newly recognized Berardius beaked whale formally described as a distinct species around 2019, smaller than Baird's beaked whale and found in waters around Japan.

Small octopus named after the Warringa Aboriginal people of the northern Sydney region, described from southeastern Australian coastal waters.

Southern Australian octopus named in honor of the Kaurna Aboriginal people of the Adelaide Plains, South Australia, recognized as a distinct species.

Small octopus named after the Bunurong Aboriginal people of coastal Victoria, Australia, described from southeastern Australian marine waters.

Octopus described from the Red Sea and northwestern Indian Ocean region, named after the ancient Ptolemaic queen Berenice of Egypt.

Small western Pacific octopus described as part of ongoing taxonomic revisions clarifying benthic octopus diversity across the Indo-Pacific region.