Attachment 6- Ecology report prepared by Gondwana Ecology

 Scientific Name             Common Name       Habitat                                          Comments

                                               drainage channels. Prefers to burrow into        to the southwest of the
                                               damp clay but is occasionally found in           subject land.
                                               peaty sand. This specialised habitat
                                               requirement restricts their distribution to
                                               isolated patches.
                                               The range of this population extends from
                                               approximately the latitude of Cairns to the
                                               New South Wales-Victoria border. Koalas
                                               inhabit a range of temperate, sub-tropical
                                               and tropical forest, woodland and semi-
                                               arid communities dominated by species            Unlikely due to the habitat not
                                               from the genus Eucalyptus. The koala’s diet      being particularly favourable.
 Phascolarctos                                 is restricted mainly to foliage of Eucalyptus    It is possible the koala occurs
                             koala
 cinereus                                      species but may also consume foliage of          in surrounding more suitable
                                               related genera, including Corymbia,              habitat and could occasionally
                                               Angophora and Lophostemon and at times           wander onto the subject land.
                                               supplement its diet with other species,
                                               including species from the genera
                                               Leptospermum and Melaleuca. Eucalypt
                                               forest and woodland on foothills and
                                               plains, particularly with high-nutrient soils.
                                               The Greater Glider is an arboreal
                                               marsupial, largely restricted to eucalypt
                                               forests and woodlands. It is primarily
                                               folivorous, with a diet mostly comprising
                                               eucalypt leaves, and occasionally flowers.       Unlikely. No suitable habitat
 Petauroides volans          southern
                                               The greater glider is restricted to eastern      (i.e. no large hollow bearing
 volans                      greater glider
                                               Australia, occurring from the Windsor            trees). One record within 5km
                                               Tableland in north Queensland through to
                                               central Victoria (Wombat State Forest),
                                               with an elevational range from sea level to
                                               1200 m above sea level.
                                                                                                Unlikely. No suitable habitat,
                                               Supposedly restricted to the Cooloola
                             striped blind                                                      although seems little known
                                               region. Occupies rainforests, woodlands
 Anilios silvia              snake/Cooloola                                                     about     distribution   and
                                               and heaths, sheltering in sand under logs
                             blind snake                                                        habitats. One record within
                                               and leaf litter.
                                                                                                5km
 Pteropus                    grey-headed
                                               Refer above discussion.                          Known. 1 individual recorded.
 poliocephalus               flying-fox




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