Nature conservation

Threatened species

Squirrel Glider - Namoi: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Petaurus norfolcensis
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 07 Sep 2012

Distribution of the species within this region

The Squirrel Glider is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Namoi Catchment Management Region.

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CMA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Eastern Nandewars Known
Kaputar Known None
Liverpool Plains (Part A) Known None
Liverpool Plains (Part B) Known None
Liverpool Range Known None
Northern Basalts Known None
Peel Known None
Pilliga (Part A) Known None
Pilliga (Part B) Known
Pilliga Outwash Known None
Walcha Plateau Predicted None

Important habitat requirements within region

Habitat Details
Breeding Habitat tree hollows >2 cm diameter in eucalypt forests and woodlands
Foraging Habitat As per veg types Mature, mix-age euc.esp. with flowering shrubs& wattles understorey. But can occur where no understorey if >1 sp.of Eucalypt. Can use patch <1ha & isolated trees if <75m of other patches.
Time of year species identifiable (if flora) or best detected (if fauna) all

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Squirrel Glider - Namoi is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it. Find out more about vegetation formations, classes and types .

Detailed information on each of the Vegetation Types listed below can be found on the Biometric page of this website. The table has been seperated into Catchment Management Areas.

  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • New England Blackbutt - Youman's Stringybark grassy open forest of the western New England Tableland Bioregion
      • Rough-barked Apple - Silvertop Stringybark - Red Stringybark grassy open forest of south western New England Tableland Bioregion
      • Western New England Blackbutt shrubby open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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    • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • Black Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Stringybark heathy woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • Blue-leaved Ironbark heathy woodland of the southern part of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • Brown Bloodwood - cypress - ironbark heathy woodland in the Pilliga region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • Mugga Ironbark - Buloke - Pillga Box - White Cypress Pine shrubby woodland on sandstone in the Dubbo region, south-western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South bioregion
      • White Box - White Cypress Pine - Silver-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest of the Nandewar Bioregion
      • White Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrub/grass open forest of the western Nandewar Bioregion
      • White Cypress Pine - Silver-leaved Ironbark - Tumbledown Red Gum shrubby open forest of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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    • Yetman Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • Narrow-leaved Ironbark - pine - Brown Bloodwood shrub/grass open forest in the north west of the Nandewar Bioregion
      • Northern Smooth-barked Apple - pine shrubby open-forest of the northern Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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