Specimen. K 190. skull. 25 Aug 

 |968. 



f, Black Wallaby. Hullabiu bholor. 



Your ;inim;iK were seen during 

 M.rvcv - Old what were possibly 

 vsjlljliv were hciird on a number of 

 lM v, 1M ons at nighl. Some skeletal 

 nvieiial was collected. 



fpaeimwW M.2045. mandible; 

 M.2046. femur; 2: t-eb. 1969. 



7. Grey Kangaroo, Muaopus yixtm- 

 tcus. 



The water reserve has beeorae a 

 ifiuee lor these animals and seems 

 19 he well suited io them Twelve, 

 of all ages, were seen in daylight in 

 tip., reserve, two other pans and one 

 juvenile were seen in the aiea cov- 

 ered by Survcv 2, all in daylight. 

 Specimens. M I992-I99S. skulls. 25 



Aug, 1068. 



S Black-rut, Raitus ratlin. 



I wo specimens were caught on 

 very bare ground along Manner's 

 Cully m Survey 3. Ground covei 

 was such that both could be seen in 

 the traps from a distance of about 

 50 yards. I here were extensive 

 remains of mining activity and foun- 

 dations ol old huis in this particular 

 aiea and it is possible thai this 

 species has survived here since its 

 probable introduction during the gold 

 mining davs. 



Specimens: R.404IV- R.404.1 ' : 211 

 Sept. 1969. 



9 Rabbit, Oryt toUii;iis itmhnlw. 



A lew rabbits were seen, 5 in Sur- 

 vey I and one each in Surveys 2 nnd 

 3, so that even this species was 

 not common 



Discission 



These sample surveys detected the 

 presence of relatively lew native 

 species in ihe Brisbane Ranges and, 

 insofar as our survey methods yield 

 eomparahlc quantitative data, the 

 numbers of animals recorded was 

 eis low compared with similar sur- 

 veys in other districts. While specific 

 reasons lor this could not readily be 

 1L |c nnlic-U. the lack ol variety m the 

 shrub layer and the general lack of 

 phy>.ical covet in (he vegetation, 

 especially at ground level, appeared 

 lo be the main reasons. Whether 

 iliis was due to the poor soils or to 

 exploitation, or both, is not known. 

 1 lie use of a large part of the area 

 Rj| uncontrolled, illegal shooting, 

 must also have had an effect on the 

 population Ot Black Wallaby. Grcv 

 Kangaroo and possibly Koala, lor 

 which the area should provide ade 

 quale suppoil. The flourishing popu 

 lotion uf the hitler Iwo species 



within the relative security of the 

 water reserve showed what the whole 

 area might support under similar 

 protection. 



The presence of other species, not 

 ably Echidna. Tuan. Pigmy Possum 

 and Water Rat was reported to us 

 by the decking Field Naturalists 

 Club (Pescoti, I. personal eomrmmi 

 cation) hut. except that what weie 

 tlovyhi to be signs of I'chidna were 

 scenic were unable to eonliim the 

 presence of the others in these sur- 

 veys. 



Mans veais ago I Mallinglcv. 191 I ( 

 Aiucclumn /luvtpt* was caught "near 

 Parwaii hut neither this species nor 

 A. wnin.tonn were recorded in this 

 sencs of surveys. 



One interesting observation was the 

 apparent complete absence of the 

 Southern Hush-rat < lianas ftiscipcs I . 

 In our experience this is ihe most 

 common native mammal in Victoria 



Warch. 1971 



