Our staff often have a high level of knowledge about particular fauna species as a result of their post-graduate studies or from projects undertaken by Biosis Research. Fauna species of conservation significance about which we have specialist knowledge are listed here.
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Mammals: |
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Fat-tailed Dunnart |
Sminthopsis crassicaudata |
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Southern Brown Bandicoot |
Isoodon obesulus obesulus |
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Leadbeater’s Possum |
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri |
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Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby |
Petrogale penicillata |
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Greater Long-eared Bat |
Nyctophilus timoriensis |
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Rakali |
Hydromys chrysogaster |
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Birds: |
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Malleefowl |
Leipoa ocellata |
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Hooded Plover |
Thinornis rubricollis |
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White-bellied Sea-eagle |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
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Orange-bellied Parrot |
Neophema chrysogaster |
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Swift Parrot |
Lathamus discolor |
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Ground Parrot |
Pezoporus wallicus |
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Red-lored Whistler |
Pachycephala rufogularis |
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Gilbert’s Whistler |
Pachycephala inornata |
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Mallee Whipbird |
Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster |
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Chestnut Quail-thrush |
Cinclosoma castanotus |
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Southern Scrub-robin |
Drymodes brunneopygia |
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Shy Heathwren |
Hylacola cauta |
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Striated Grasswren |
Amytornis striatus |
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Eastern Bristlebird |
Dasyornis brachypterus |
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Rufous Bristlebird |
Dasyornis broadbenti |
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Mallee Emu-wren |
Stipiturus mallee |
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White-browed Treecreeper |
Climacteris affinis |
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Regent Honeyeater |
Xanthomyza phrygia |
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Helmeted Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus melanops cassidix |
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Black-eared Miner |
Manorina melanotis |
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Frogs: |
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Green and Golden Bell Frog |
Litoria aurea |
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Growling Grass Frog (Southern Bell Frog) |
Litoria raniformis |
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Large Brown Tree-frog |
Litoria littlejohni |
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Reptiles: |
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Broad-shelled Turtle |
Chelodina expansa |
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Striped Legless Lizard |
Delma impar |
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Swamp Skink |
Egernia coventryi |
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Corangamite Water Skink |
Eulamprus tympanum marnieae |
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Fish: |
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Dwarf Galaxias |
Galaxiella pusilla |
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Yarra Pygmy Perch |
Nannoperca obscura |
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Australian Grayling |
Prototroctes maraena |
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Oxleyan Pygmy Perch |
Nannoperca oxleyana |
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Two-spined Blackfish |
Gadopsis bispinosus |
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Macquarie Perch |
Macquaria australasica |
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Invertebrates: |
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Cumberland Plain Land Snail |
Meridolum corneovirens |
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Golden Sun-moth |
Synemon plana |