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NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee Final Determinations for November 2024

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NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee Final Determinations for Viola improcera, Potorous tridactylus tridactylus and Potorous tridactylus trisulcatus.

The NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee assesses which species are eligible for listing as threatened species.

NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee Final Determination

Viola improcera L.G.Adams has been listed as an Endangered species.

This species is currently known to occur on the south coast of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.

More information on the species can be found in the Committees' Final Determination.

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NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee Final Determination

The northern long-nosed potoroo, Potorous tridactylus tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) has been listed as a Vulnerable species. The sub species listing replaces the Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792), Long-nosed Potoroo (Vulnerable) and Cobaki Lakes and Tweed Heads West population (Endangered).

This species is currently known to occur between Many Peaks Range Queensland to the northern boundaries of the New South Wales Sydney Basin in the south.

More information on the species can be found in the Committees' Final Determination.

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NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee Final Determination

The southern long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus trisulcatus (McCoy, 1865) has been listed as a Vulnerable species.

This species is currently known to occur along the coastal plains of southern New South Wales and Victoria and inland to the slopes and foothills of the Great Dividing Range.

More information on the species can be found in the Committees' Final Determination.

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