The Vertebrate Fauna of Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve: Final

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SQUIRREL GLIDER PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS EPBC Act: Not Listed TSC Act: Vulnerable Priority in Area: Low 74 Occurrence in the Survey Area Status uncertain – extremely rare or spatially inaccurate records. There are three records for the squirrel glider within JKCR which are old Australian Museum specimens with a low spatial reliability. All have the label “Jenolan Caves”. However it is possible that collections were done over a wider area than what is now considered JKCR. Squirrel gliders in this area are mostly found in grassy woodlands and these do not exist within JKCR. If this species was to occur within JKCR it would more likely be found in the wider alluvial valleys or along the major river systems. Regional Conservation Significance Squirrel glider records are scattered through the region, with a trend toward open woodland environments on higher fertility plains, such as the Cumberland Plain and Burragorang Valley. Further to the north the majority of records are from the Central Squirrel glider. Photo © N. Williams Coast and lower Hunter Valley. These areas are a stronghold for the species, though few records are from within conservation reserves (Smith and Murray 2003). The nearest records to JKCR are in the Kedumba Valley, approximately 30 kilometres to the east. Since there have been no recent records and JKCR does not contain ideal habitat, the reserve does not contribute to the regional conservation of this species. Threats in the Survey Area Predation by foxes and cats; loss of hollow-bearing trees, competition with the feral honey bee for hollows. Management Considerations Control of foxes and cats. Protection of hollow-bearing trees. The Vertebrate Fauna of Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve
WHITE-FOOTED RABBIT-RAT CONILURUS ALBIPES EPBC Act: Extinct TSC Act: Extinct Priority in Area: Nil as extinct Occurrence in the Survey Area Extinct. At JKCR, the white-footed rabbit-rat is only known from skeletal remains found at the sooty owl roost site in Nettle Cave (Morris et al. 1997). Remains were found in the surface layers and it is presumed that the white-footed rabbit-rat has been lost from JKCR since European settlement. The loss of the white-footed rabbit-rat from JKCR is in line with its disappearance from the remainder of its former range. Regional Conservation Significance White-footed rabbit-rats were formerly common across much of south-eastern Australia. They declined rapidly in the 19 th Century and have not been seen since about 1860. Remains of the white-footed rabbit rat are also found in surface deposits from a sooty owl roost cave in Gippsland, from where it is also considered to have become extinct since European settlement (Bilney et al. 2010) and from Deua (Hall 1977). As the white-footed rabbit rat is extinct, JKCR does not contribute to the conservation of this species. Threats in the Survey Area Formerly - predation by feral cats and foxes, inappropriate fire regimes, competition by rabbits and introduced herbivores. Management Considerations No management required. The Vertebrate Fauna of Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve 75
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The Vertebrate Fauna of the Jenolan
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Published by: Office of Environment
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CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION............
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6.4.12 Inbreeding..................
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1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PROJECT RATIONAL
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Map 1: Location and features of Jen
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Hydrology JKCR encompasses the uppe
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1.3.5 Vegetation Much of the vegeta
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wheel-driving and other motor sport
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Multiple banding trips undertaken b
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ground mammal surveys in all vegeta
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Bat Ultrasonic (‘Anabat’) Call
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undisturbed in situ. As agreed with
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Table 4: Statewide vegetation class
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Map 5: Location of OEH standard sys
Page 33 and 34: 3 METHODS USED TO ASSESS AND PRIORI
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Page 37 and 38: Common name Scientific name Reason
Page 39 and 40: species occur in the southern Blue
Page 41 and 42: The proximity of the reserve to mor
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Page 47 and 48: Map 7: Distribution of introduced b
Page 49 and 50: 5.2 NATIVE SPECIES PROFILES This se
Page 51 and 52: STUTTERING FROG MIXOPHYES BALBUS EP
Page 53 and 54: FLAME ROBIN MELANODRYAS CUCULLATA C
Page 55 and 56: GLOSSY BLACK-COCKATOO CALYPTORHYNCH
Page 57 and 58: LITTLE EAGLE HIERAAETUS MORPHNOIDES
Page 59 and 60: REGENT HONEYEATER ANTHOCHAERA PHRYG
Page 61 and 62: SPECKLED WARBLER CHTHONICOLA SAGITT
Page 63 and 64: VARIED SITTELLA DAPHOENOSITTA CHRYS
Page 65 and 66: POWERFUL OWL NINOX STRENUA EPBC Act
Page 67 and 68: BETTONG SPECIES BETTONGIA SPP. EPBC
Page 69 and 70: BRUSH-TAILED PHASCOGALE PHASCOGALE
Page 71 and 72: Management Considerations Continue
Page 73 and 74: EASTERN QUOLL DASYURUS VIVERRINUS E
Page 75 and 76: KOALA PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS EPBC A
Page 77 and 78: NEW HOLLAND MOUSE PSEUDOMYS NOVAEHO
Page 79 and 80: PLATYPUS ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS E
Page 81 and 82: SMOKY MOUSE PSEUDOMYS FUMEUS EPBC A
Page 83: SPOTTED-TAILED QUOLL DASYURUS MACUL
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Page 89 and 90: EASTERN FALSE PIPISTRELLEFALSISTREL
Page 91 and 92: GREATER BROAD-NOSED BAT SCOTEANAX R
Page 93 and 94: LARGE-EARED PIED BAT CHALINOLOBUS D
Page 95 and 96: FERAL CAT FELIS CATUS Feral cat. Ph
Page 97 and 98: FERAL DOG CANIS LUPUS Feral dog. Ph
Page 99 and 100: FERAL PIG SUS SCROFA Occurrence in
Page 101 and 102: RABBIT ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS Occurr
Page 103 and 104: 6.3 RELATIVE PRIORITY OF THREATS In
Page 105 and 106: 6.4.6 Environmental degradation, co
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Page 109 and 110: 7 MANAGEMENT OF THREATS 7.1 RECOMME
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Page 115 and 116: 8 FURTHER SURVEY AND MONITORING 8.1
Page 117 and 118: esolved and projects are rarely fun
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Page 121 and 122: OVERVIEW Limestone karst is a limit
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Management response Target areas or
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Much of this data is then available
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Spotted-tailed quoll The spotted-ta
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Overall, the current study shows th
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Common Name Morris et al. (1997) OE
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DECC (2007) Terrestrial vertebrate
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Keith, D.A. (2004) Ocean shores to
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Soderquist, T.R., Traill, B.J., Far
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Common name Scientific name NSW leg
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Cave Date inspected Mattagang Cave
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