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Page | 1 Greenbushes Fauna Desktop Assessment TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 8 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................ 8 1.2 Objectives ............................................................................................................... 8 1.3 Background to Protection of Fauna .................................................................... 10 1.3.1 Conservation Significance ............................................................................... 10 1.3.2 Short-range Endemism .................................................................................... 11 1.3.3 Subterranean Fauna ........................................................................................ 12 2 Environment ..................................................................................................... 14 2.1 Biogeography ....................................................................................................... 14 2.2 Climate .................................................................................................................. 14 2.3 Pre-European Vegetation..................................................................................... 15 2.4 Land Use ............................................................................................................... 16 3 Methodology ..................................................................................................... 19 3.1 Vertebrate Fauna .................................................................................................. 19 3.1.1 Desktop Assessment ....................................................................................... 19 3.1.2 Taxonomy and Nomenclature .......................................................................... 20 3.1.3 Likelihood of Occurrence for Fauna of Conservation Significance ................... 20 3.2 Short-range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna .......................................................... 21 3.2.1 Desktop Assessment ....................................................................................... 21 3.3 Subterranean Fauna ............................................................................................. 22 3.3.1 Desktop Assessment ....................................................................................... 22 4 Results and Discussion ................................................................................... 23 4.1 Vertebrate Fauna .................................................................................................. 23 4.1.1 Fauna Habitats ................................................................................................ 23 4.1.1 Vertebrate Fauna ............................................................................................. 26 4.1.2 Vertebrate Fauna of Conservation Significance ............................................... 26 4.2 Short-range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna .......................................................... 39 4.2.1 Habitat Mapping............................................................................................... 39 4.2.2 Database Results ............................................................................................ 40 4.3 Subterranean Fauna ............................................................................................. 42 4.3.1 Geology and Hydrogeology ............................................................................. 42 4.3.2 Potential subterranean fauna habitat ............................................................... 42 4.3.3 Desktop Assessment ....................................................................................... 48 Page | 2 Greenbushes Fauna Desktop Assessment 4.3.4 Database Results ............................................................................................ 49 5 Conclusions ...................................................................................................... 51 5.1 Vertebrate Fauna .................................................................................................. 51 5.2 Short-range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna .......................................................... 51 5.3 Subterranean Fauna ............................................................................................. 52 6 References ........................................................................................................ 53 7 Appendices ....................................................................................................... 56 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1: Study Area and regional location .......................................................................................... 9 Figure 2.1: Long-term average monthly rainfall) and temperature data (BoM, 2018) .......................... 14 Figure 2.2: Pre-European vegetation of the Study Area ....................................................................... 17 Figure 2.3: Land use surrounding the Study Area ................................................................................ 18 Figure 4.1: Fauna habitats mapped over the Study Area ..................................................................... 25 Figure 4.2: Mammals of conservation significance recorded in the vicinity of the Study Area ............. 29 Figure 4.3: Species of conservation significance recorded in the vicinity of the Study Area ................ 30 Figure 4.4: Habitat suitability for SRE invertebrates ............................................................................. 41 Figure 4.5: Broad surface geology within the Study Area ..................................................................... 45 Figure 4.6: Broad bedrock geology within the Study Area .................................................................... 46 Figure 4.7: Sub-catchment and aquifers of the Study Area .................................................................. 47 LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1 Definitions and terms for fauna of conservation significance ............................................... 10 Table 1.2: Taxonomic groups with known or likely SRE taxa in Western Australia (EPA, 2016b) ....... 11 Table 2.1: Vegetation complexes within the Study Area (Mattiske & Havel,