210055 - 327 Kinmond Creek Road, COOTHARABA - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                             Ecological Assessment Report
                                                                                                                        327 Kinmond Creek Rd, Cootharaba



     Species       Common        NC Act   EPBC Act                         Habitat                                      Likelihood of Occurrence
                    Name         Status    Status
                                                     Mt Crosby. Endemic to south east Queensland. Also       species.
                                                     found in numerous disturbed habitats throughout
                                                     south east Queensland (Cogger, 2000).
  Mammals
                                                     This species inhabits sandstone gorges in tall open
                                                     eucalypt forests, dry sclerophyll forests and           Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
   Chalinolobus   Large-eared
                                   V         V       woodlands, as well as the edge of rainforest, wet       this site does not support suitable habitat for this
     dwyeri        Pied Bat
                                                     sclerophyll forest and Callitris dominated forest       species.
                                                     (Curtis et al. 2013).
                                                                                                             Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
     Dasyurus      Northern                          Found in a range of open woodland and open forest
                                             E                                                               this site does not support suitable habitat for this
     hallucatus     Quoll                            types preferring rocky areas.
                                                                                                             species.
                                                     The Spotted-tailed Quoll occurs along the east coast
                                                     of Australia from south east Queensland to South
                                                     Australia and Tasmania. This species has been
                                                     recorded in a wide range of habitat types including
                                                     dry and moist sclerophyll forests and woodlands,
                                                     rainforest, coastal heathland, and riparian forest.
                                                     This species been occasionally sighted in treeless
     Dasyurus
                                                     areas, rocky outcrops and grazing lands (NPWS,
     maculatus                                                                                               Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                    Spotted-                         1999; NPWS, 2000; Strahan, 1998). The Spotted-
     maculatus                     V         E                                                               this site does not support suitable denning
                  tailed Quoll                       tailed Quoll shelters and dens in small caves, fallen
   (SE mainland                                                                                              habitat for this species.
                                                     logs with large hollows and tree hollows and may
    population)
                                                     utilise numerous dens within its home range which
                                                     has been estimated to be between 800 ha to 20 km2
                                                     (NPWS, 2000; NPWS in prep, 1999). The Spotted-
                                                     tailed Quoll is partly arboreal and feeds upon a
                                                     variety of prey species including birds, rodents,
                                                     lizards, small wallabies, and even insects. The
                                                     Spotted-tailed Quoll is also known to scavenge and




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