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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Some threatened species of the Bambara Rd properties

Long-nosed Potoroo. Small semi-bipedal marsupial. Superficially similar to but distrinct from the Macropods (Kangaroos, Wallabies, and such)

Hibbertia procumbens. Although quite widespread in Victoria this area is the only place in NSW where this plant exists. Likely to be a different species, or at least a sub-species. Popular garden plant. 

Red-crowned toadlet. Frog to about 3 cm. Restricted to suitable habitat on sandstone ridges like Bambara Rd.  Of course the name is a misnomer as no toads exists naturally in Australia. 

Spotted-tailed Quoll. Seen that the Tasmanian Devil is a scavenger, and assuming the Thylacine is extinct this is the last of the predatory marsupial carnivours, an ecological nique common before humans came to Australia. This cat sized terrestrial predator of various reptiles, mammals and birds has had its range cut dramatically since white colonisation and continues to do so. This area is one of its last strong-holds in mainland Australia. 

Powerful Owl. Australia's largest Owl. Although rabbits being in its preferred size predation range this ferocious pedator has not faired well with the clearing of much of the Eucalptus forests of South-Eastern Australia. Now restricted only to such large areas of suitable habitat. 

Darwinia glaucophylla. A very restricted member of the genus named after the famous naturalist Charles Darwin.  Found only in the immediate suburbs of the Bambara Rd area. 

Eastern False Pipistrelle. Inhabiter of Eucalypt tree hollows, and hunter of various insects this large microbat enjoys  the Bambara Rd area.

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