Carnaby’s black cockatoo Black-flanked rock-wallaby (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) (Calyptorhynchus

Avon’s lateralis) lateralis (Petrogale Photo: Birds Australia Photo: Babs and Bert Wells/DEC

Carnaby’s black cockatoo has a white patch on its cheek, white Description: bands on its tail and a strong curved bill. Bill length is the main factor The black-flanked rock-wallaby can reach 50cm in length with a tail distinguishing this species from Baudin’s black cockatoo, as the bill of length of 60cm and can weigh as much as 7kg. It is predominantly the Carnaby’s black cockatoo is smaller than that of its close relative. brown in colour with a white stripe on either cheek.

Other names: Other names: most Short-billed black cockatoo or ngoolark. Black-footed rock-wallaby or warru. Preferred habitat: Preferred habitat: Remnant areas of eucalypt woodland, such as salmon Rocky outcrops with small caves for refuge. gum or wandoo, where there are hollows to nest in. Life history: Life history: Reproductive maturity is reached at two years after which breeding Carnaby’s black cockatoos pair for life and produce one or two eggs can be continuous depending on the availability of food and water. annually. The chick fledges at 10 weeks and is dependant on its Black-flanked rock-wallabies are active during dawn and dusk. parents for several months. Adult females can breed at five years. Life expectancy: Life expectancy: Up to 15 years. Up to 50 years. wanted Status: Status: Vulnerable Endangered Please contact the Department of Environment and Conservation: Conservation: Fox predation and the loss of habitat associated with clearing Conservation if you have seen any of these threatened species. A lack of quality nesting sites has resulted in the significant have resulted in population decline. Isolated populations of the decline of the species. Recovery projects involving groups species have recovered significantly due to the introduction The information received will be used to improve such as Birds Australia, the Water Corporation and the WA of fox baiting. A program of moving rock-wallabies from Museum, as well as DEC, have resulted in a higher awareness recovered populations and re-introducing them to areas where the conservation of these unique animals. and the creation of the habitat required for nesting. the species has become locally extinct has been successful.

Chuditch Bilby Numbat Western spiny-tailed skink (Macrotis lagotis) (Macrotis (Dasyurus geoffroii) (Egernia stokesii badia) stokesii (Egernia (Myrmecobius fasciatus) (Myrmecobius Photo: Babs and Bert Wells/DEC Photo: Babs and Bert Wells/DEC Photo: Babs and Bert Wells/DEC Photo: Ron Johnstone/WA Museum

Description: Description: Description: Description: The chuditch is the largest native carnivorous mammal in Western The bilby is a silky-furred animal with long pointed ears and muzzle The numbat is grey underneath and red to brown above, with The western spiny-tailed skink is usually reddish brown in colour Australia, growing between 450mm and 750mm long. It has and a black tail with white tip. Its head and body are up to 55mm prominent white transverse stripes. It has a narrow, sharp head with a although a wholly black population is also known. It has large spines white spots on its body, a pointed muzzle and a bushy black long, its tail is up to 290mm long and it weighs up to 1.1kg. pointed snout and a long brush-like tail. Adults are about 42cm long. on a short flat tail and adults are between 158 and 194mm long. tail that is three quarters the length of its head and body. Other names: Other names: Preferred habitat: Other names: Greater bilby, rabbit-eared bandicoot or dalgyte. Banded anteater or walpurti. Rock crevices and hollow timber in the central Wheatbelt. Western native cat or western quoll. Preferred habitat: Preferred habitat: Life history: Preferred habitat: Eucalyptus and Acacia woodlands. A variety of semi-open woodland. These creatures live in small groups and produce live young. Woodlands, dry sclerophyll forest and arid regions. Life history: Life history: Status: Life history: These nocturnal creatures dig burrows up to three metres Normally four young are born in January two weeks after mating. Vulnerable The chuditch gives birth to up to six young which stay in the in size to live in during the day and forage for food (such as When they are too big for the pouch they are deposited in hollow pouch for two months and are then deposited in a den (usually insects, fruit and fungi) at night. Females can breed at six logs which they use for shelter and also to look for termites Conservation: The western spiny-tailed skink has suffered from habitat loss and a hollow log). The mother leaves the den at dawn and dusk months of age and can produce two young at a time. Young to eat. Numbats may eat up to 20,000 termites each day. continued predation from foxes and feral cats. This species was to feed on a variety of small mammals, birds, reptiles and remain in the pouch for two months after which they are once listed as critically endangered but discoveries of previously insects. Once the young leave the den they will live alone. deposited in a burrow and suckled for another two weeks. Life expectancy: Up to six years. unknown populations have changed its status to vulnerable. Life expectancy: Life expectancy: Up to four years. Up to seven years. Status: Vulnerable Status: Status: Conservation: Vulnerable Vulnerable The numbat was originally found throughout Western Australia, Spiders Conservation: Conservation: South Australia and into New South Wales. Fox predation has This species was originally found throughout Australia. However, loss The bilby has been adversely affected by fox predation as well as by been the primary cause for the decline in numbat numbers. of habitat as well as competition and predation from foxes and cats competition from introduced herbivores (livestock and rabbits) and the Fox baiting, through DEC’s Western Shield wildlife recovery has lead to a dramatic fall in population numbers. Fox baiting carried loss of its habitat due to clearing. Captive-bred bilbies have been used program; captive breeding; and reintroduction to its former out through Western Shield has aided in the recovery of the chuditch. to establish new populations in areas where foxes have been controlled. habitat has resulted in an increase in the number of numbats.

Malleefowl Red-tailed phascogale Heath mouse Male Female Illustrations: Brad Durrant DEC

Minnivale trapdoor spider (Teyl sp.)

Burrow (Leipoa ocellata) (Leipoa (Phascogale calura) (Phascogale (Pseudonyms shortridgei) Photo: BarbaraMain York Photo: Mick Davis WWF Photo: Babs and Bert Wells/DEC Photo: Babs and Bert Wells/DEC Photo: Babs and Bert Wells/DEC Shield-backed trapdoor spider (Idiosoma nigrum)

Description: Description: Description: The malleefowl has grey, barred white and brown upper The red-tailed phascogale is an arboreal mouse-like creature The heath mouse is usually greyish-brown with white parts, a grey head and breast and light fawn under parts. with ash-grey fur above and white fur underneath, with underneath, with a blunted face and a hairy tail. It It has large feet and adults are 60cm to 70cm long. a red tail that becomes brush-like with black hair. has a head to tail length of up to 80mm.

Other names: Other names: Other names: Gnow, ngawoo, mallee chook or mallee hen. Kingo, kenngoor or red-tailed wambenger. Dayang or heath rat.

Preferred habitat: Preferred habitat: Preferred habitat: Photo: BarbaraMain York Unburnt mallee and woodland with abundant litter and low scrub. Wandoo and sheoak woodlands. Heath vegetation and arid shrubland. Yorkrakine trapdoor spider (Kwonkan eboracum) Life history: Life history: Life history: The malleefowl builds distinctive nests that comprise a large The red-tailed phascogale mates during a three-week period in The heath mouse produces one or two litters of three Burrow mound of soil covering a central core of leaf litter. A breeding July and a maximum of eight young are reared. The young are young each year. Young must eat a collection of available pair will produce between five and 33 eggs a season. dependant on their mother from August to October after which foods (flowers, seeds and berries) during the spring so they they disperse to feed on insects, small birds and mammals. can survive the summer when food supplies are low. Once the young emerge from the nest they are left to fend for themselves and feed on insects and foliage, fruits, Life expectancy: Life expectancy: flower buds and seeds from a diverse range of plants. Males live for about 11.5 months (dying after the mating Up to four years. season) and females can live for up to two years. Life expectancy: Status: Male Up to 25 years. Status: Vulnerable Illustration: Brad Durrant DEC Photo: Mick Davis WWF Endangered Tree-stem trapdoor spider (Aganippe castellum) Status: Conservation: Vulnerable Conservation: The heath mouse is dependant on recently burnt areas for These spiders belong to an ancient sub-order called The red-tailed phascogale was originally found throughout Western Conservation: both shelter and food. Changed fire regimes, together with Mygalomorphae. Land clearing has affected the survival of Australia’s arid and semi-arid regions as well as isolated locations predation from introduced species, has resulted in the species’ The malleefowl was once found throughout the southern half of these spiders to the extent that their conservation status ranges in South Australia, Northern Territory, New South Wales and localised extinction from most of its former range. Australia. However, fox predation, clearing and fire have affected its from vulnerable to critically endangered. The females can live Victoria. A decline in numbers has been caused by fox and cat survival. The WA Malleefowl Network includes community groups, as long as 20 years and never leave their burrow. The males will predation and changes to habitat associated with clearing and shires, government representatives and conservation organisations, leave their burrows only once during an autumn thunderstorm frequent bushfires. A number of red-tailed phascogale populations and is dedicated to researching and preserving malleefowl to find a mate. It is believed that their diet consists primarily have recovered through the successful control of foxes. populations. DEC’s Western Shield wildlife recovery program has of ants which wander into the traps where the spiders hide.

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