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Dasyurids Dasyurids Possums and Gliders Possums and Gliders Terrestrial Mammals of the Southwest Slopes & Dasyurids Dasyurids Possums and Gliders Possums and Gliders Upper Murray Region of NSW Dasyurids are a family of carnivorous marsupials spread across Gliders have a gliding membrane, while possums do not. Feathertail Glider Slopes to Summit Australia and New Guinea. Dasyurids are characterised by their Their young are called joeys. Acrobates pygmaeus PG ■ ■ ■ ■ Slopes to Summit (S2S) is governed by a Working Group of organisations, including Terrestrial Mammals biting and cutting teeth, and their relatively short life span. The Feathertail is the smallest gliding Nature Conservation Trust of NSW, Charles Sturt University, Holbrook Landcare Mammals Terrestrial Sugar Glider marsupial in the world. This glider is the Network, Murray Local Land Services, CSIRO, Australian National University, Petaurus breviceps PG ■ ■ ■ V size of a mouse with grey/brown back and Parklands Albury Wodonga, Albury Conservation Company, and the NSW Office of white belly. Head and body length is 8 cm. The Sugar Glider is pale grey with a white Environment and Heritage. The group has a vested interest in the management and of the Southwest Slopes & The tail is about the same. It has a belly with black markings. It has a gliding protection of biodiversity in the Eastern Murray region of NSW, and potential effects distinctive and unique attened tail that membrane stretching from its fth nger of climate change. The S2S region extends from the mountains of Kosciuszko looks like a feather. It can glide up to 25 m to the back ankle. Body length is around National Park in the east to the fragmented agricultural landscapes of the South using its tail as a rudder. Upper Murray Region of NSW 30 cm including tail. It commonly gives West Slopes including the Murray River and Billabong Creek catchments. The area birth to twins, which remain in the pouch Known from the lower and upper slopes includes box-gum woodlands, riverine forests and floodplains, and wet and dry for just over two months. where there is a diversity of tree and shrub sclerophyll forests. An identification and habitat management guide species for year round nectar supply. Known from the upper slopes and S2S is one of the regional partnerships under the Great Eastern Ranges (GER) mountains. Dependent on tree hollows initiative that are working together to improve habitat and connectivity. Over 64% for nests. of NSW’s listed threatened species exist within the GER area. Our local biodiversity, Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis GL ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ which includes an abundance of fungi, plants and animals, is under enormous stress The Agile antechinus has plain grey/brown fur above and pale fur below. Greater Glider resulting from widespread clearance, fragmentation of habitat and climate change. It has a hairy thin tail. They mate during a two week period in August, after Petauroides volans PG ■ ■ E Connectivity conservation is about ensuring we enable a range of a species to move which the males die of exhaustion. Six to eight young are born after a one month Squirrel Glider The largest glider in the region; it is dark of the Southwest Slopes & Upper Murray Region NSW between habitats and therefore maintain healthy and resilient populations. gestation. The female has a small pouch, and as the young get bigger they are grey or mottled cream and grey above, with dragged along the ground attached to her nipples. Petaurus norfolcensis PM ■ ■ ■ a whitish underside. Its tail is long and furry Known from the upper slopes. Squirrel Gliders have a head and body and its snout is short and ears large. It can length of about 20 cm. They have blue-grey Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa KS ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ V glide for up to 100 m. At the end of its glide to brown-grey fur above, white on the belly. it moves to a vertical position to slow down A dark stripe runs from between the eyes to Culcairn The Phascogale has a characteristic, black, bushy bottlebrush shaped tail. Its fur before it lands with all four feet hitting the Rosewood the mid-back and the tail is bushy with a Walbundrie Holbrook is grey above and pale cream below. It has large black eyes and naked ears. Adults tree. It rarely comes down to ground level. Walla Walla have a head and body length of about 20 cm and a tail the same length. Most black tip. Tumbarumba males die after their rst breeding season from stress-induced illness. Known from the upper slopes and Woomargama Squirrel Gliders are up to twice the size of mountains especially moist tall Eucalypt Mullengandra Known from the upper slopes and mountains. Unconrmed reports in the Sugar Gliders, and their facial markings are forests. Feeds almost exclusively Jindera Jingellic Upper Upper Murray area. more distinct. They can glide about 50 m on Eucalypt leaves. between trees. Albury Known from the lower slopes. Legend Common Ringtail Possum S2S zones Slopes to Summit Region Mount Pseudocheirus peregrinus PG ■ ■ ■ Lower Slopes Khancoban Yellow-bellied Glider Upper Slopes Petaurus australis JW ■ ■ ■ V The Ringtail is about the size of a cat, with a Mountains long white-tipped prehensile tail, which can The Yellow-bellied Glider is large, active, be used for gripping. Its fur is grey-brown sociable and vocal. It has a large gliding with a white underbelly. It has two thumbs Websites and Contacts of Interest Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus avipes VD ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ membrane that extends from wrist to ankle. on each front foot to help with climbing and It is grey on its back and creamy to orange is one of only a few marsupials able to feed GER/S2S www.greateasternranges.org.au The Yellow-footed Antechinus diers from the Agile Antechinus in that it has underneath, larger than the Sugar Glider and on eucalypt leaves. This is the only possum Murray Local Land Services www.murray.lls.nsw.gov.au 1300 795 299 a distinct grey head and shoulders contrasting with yellowish-brown to has a longer uy tail. It extracts sap by species where the male helps care for the Holbrook Landcare Network www.holbrooklandare.org.au 02 60363181 reddish-orange body, with broad feet of bu to yellow brown colour. biting into the trunks and branches of trees, young and carries them on Atlas of Living Australia www.ala.gov.au Known from the upper slopes and lower slopes below 500 m elevation. often leaving a distinctive V-shaped scar. his back. NSW Office of Environment & Heritage www.environment.nsw.gov.au Known from the upper slopes and mountains. Known across the Slopes to Summit region, Acknowledgements An endangered population is present on the it relies on corridors to move around as it Bago Plateau. rarely comes to the ground. Compiled by Julia McCourt (MLLS) with support from Kylie Durant (HLN) and Helen Waudby (MLLS) on behalf of the S2S Partnership. This project is supported through Common Brushtail Possum funding from the Australian Government. Spotted-tailed Quoll or Tiger Quoll Trichosurus vulpecula PG ■ ■ ■ ■ Photography credits: (all photos copyright of the photographer) Dasyurus maculatus KS The Brushtail is a large possum with a bushy Cover photo Kim Wormald, Agile Antechinus, Antechinus agilis www.lirralirra.com ■ ■ ■ ■ V tail with a prehensile tip and a hairless patch Other images: on the underside, which helps it grasp tree A quoll is about the size of a domestic cat, branches. It has pointed ears and is grey Pavel German www.australiannature.com (PG) Steve Townsend OEH (ST) but has shorter legs and a pointed face. Its with a black band across the snout, and David Cook Wildlife Photography (DC) John Turbill OEH (JT) dark-brown fur and irregular white spots white to brownish-yellow belly. Its forefeet Vik Dunis www.bushpea.com (VD) Bruce Thomson (BT) are quite unique and make it easy to have sharp claws and the hindfeet each Geoff Walker www.bushpea.com (GW) Stephen Babka (SB) identify. Their young are called joeys. They have an opposable, clawless toe that have will eat birds and medium-sized mammals, John Perkins (JP) Sam Neidra (SN) good grips. such as possums and bandicoots, where Simon Dallinger (SD) Shane Ruming (SR) opportunity exists. Known across the Slopes to Summit region. Ken Stepnell OEH/Parks Victoria (KS) Gary Lewis (deceased) (GL) Quoll Scat. SN It has a diverse diet, including insects, Peter Merritt (PM) Scott Melgaard (SM) Known from the upper slopes and mountains. Typical scars left by Yellow Bellied Ringtail Possum in a tree nest. PG owers and even eggs. Unconrmed sightings recorded from Woomargama National Park. J Winter OEH (JW) Kylie Durant (KD) Typical slopes landscape. KD Glider extracting sap. JP ©Design - Colourfield Design 2016 Monotremes and other Marsupials Monotremes and other Marsupials Eutherians (Placental Mammals) Macropods Connectivity and Habitat Koala Eutherians all bear live young, which are nourished before birth Eastern Grey Kangaroo One of the great things about living in the South West Slopes and Upper Murray Link existing vegetation sites, especially if the patches are less Phascolarctus cinereus JT ■ ■ in the mother's uterus through a specialized embryonic organ area is being surrounded by nature and sharing the landscape with many unique than one km apart Macropus giganteus PG ■ ■ ■ and interesting plants and animals. Our region hosts mammals that are often not • Wider vegetation corridors are better, but dierent species have dierent The iconic Koala’s fur is thick, soft and attached to the uterus wall, the placenta. The Eastern Grey Kangaroo is easy to found anywhere else in the state. requirements grey, with white underneath. Their ears recognise with its soft grey coat and have long white hairs on the tips.

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