Two significant vertebrate fauna records from mid-altitude wet tropical rainforest, Lamb Range State Forest

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by  A S Kutt

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oirs ofthe QueenslandMuseum3H(2): 436. 1995:-A fauna landNatureConservation[Wildlife]Regulation. 1994),Sym
survey oflow to mid altitude wet tropical rainforest on the patricspecies trapped: Eastern Horseshoe Bai Rhtttalophus
eastern .carpmentofthcLambRangeStateForest(17TK)"S, megaphyttus.
]45"40"E)wasconductedaspartoftheQueenslandElectric The Flute nosed Bat was once considered Australia's
ity Commission's Chalumbin-Woree 275 kV transmission 'rarest' mammal by virtue ofa single recotd from clouded
lineenvironmentalimpactstatement.Muchofthestudyarea upland(1120m)rainforest(Richardsetal. 1983).Morerecent
isdominatedbyvegetationtype2amesophyllvineforesf.wiih records include specimens from upland rainforest (>!000m
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towersitesranginginakttudr from 3(X)-700m including the jmt tiomspecimensofuncertainlaxonomicstatusfromIron
linearhabitatcorridorbetweenthem.Atotalof173vertebrate Range(VanDyck. 1991).
fauna species were recorded (Kutt et al., 1995) including Published knowledge ofthe bats biology and habitat is
IWleveol COBSCOationsignificance.Twooftheseareconsid- limited(Richardsetal., 1983;museumrecords).Thecapture
eredtobenoteworthyandarereportedbelow. reported here represents ihe Hr8t imd-altitudc record toi me
speciesand the first from the [,amb Range State Forest and
Northern Uteiionn&eftongiairopim surroundingregion.
Locality; \T0)'2<rs. l4SMff2(r&AM«tf« Wfoto,DtUr Acknowledgements
10 November 1994, Habitat ridge top (spur), leading to
higher altitude forest, Vegetatinn Type 13c vine forest with I thank Marc Hero, Hugh Spencer, Karl Vernes, (James
emergent Eucalyptus grandis and midslorey Acacia Coos iFnivcrshytTcwnsvilie)andTrevorHunt(Queensland
mrlana.cylon, A. uutacocatpti (Ttai:cY, |9&2), Krtuhi tvpf. Llcetricily Commission). Barbara Triggs (c/- Dead Finish.
bEanidtansrgafem«rpfeludenk(inSncochwaennd,iunlleeikfeIal,eyeCtAooltnbpreHoIsorinntwgelaeNl,urCtmoibnesbrenrdovajantgiicnordniovsditdaSutpauasl:-s TGpleeOn.o1aT1r,|aIVpipacin,ndg3i8wh0ae1sQ)cDioPdneIdntuficoftrieeesddtrtuyhnedpeeNrromrQitDtheEtroHncoBplecltrertcnotjnlngof.ehoa7,i;5<rk1sc/a2n.mo-.
lita Protection Act 1992).
The Northern Bctlong is thought to be restricted to a LiteratureCited
narrowbandoftallopen forest(typicallyCasuarinatorulosa Corbett, L. J995.TheDingoin Australiaand Asia.(UNSW
boreal and medium Eucalyptusacmenoides. E. phacotritha, Press:Sydney)
E intermediawoodland/open forest)onthe westernedgeof Ingram,G.J. &. Raven, R.J. 1991. An atlas ofQueensland's
IbG Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, running trom Mt frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. (Queensland Mu-
tWhiendNsoorrthteornRaBveetnlsohnogeh(aiWrinstaemrpletealwa.s19*c?o]ll)ecTtheed BriepWrewsheenrtes Kult. A-.1.-LiSiknulBlr.isS.b.anBeu)r,nett. S & Kemp.J. 1995. Cbalumbm
atypicalhabitatforthisspecies,thoughithasbeenhistorically to Woree 274kVtransmissionlineenvironmental im-
recorded from closed forest communities (K. Vemes, pers. pactassessment:floraandfauna.Components3and4.
comm.).Itislikelythatthehairsampleoriginatedex-situ,as Unpublished ACTFR report no. QSflM 10 theQueens-
caninepredatorsutiliselargehomeranges(e.g.av.2Ifttrffor landElectricityCommission.
Dingo*insnniii **;»st Ausu:rii*»nforests,av 39km*In KaKudu Richards. fi.C.,Half. L.H., Herman,P.M.&Churchill,S.K.
(Corbett, 1995)),withvagrantindividual';foragingovereven I9K2 First discovery of a species of the rare Tube-
largerdistances Numerous Old fnii'suy tracks -tist: iiii-.eise nosed insectivorousbat{Marina)inAustralia. Austra-
the region, which would facilitate rapid movement ol lar^c lianMammology5(2): 149-151.
mobileprcdiituis.Theclosestknownpopulationsoccui 10km TlIMey, I G. 1982.Thevegetationofthehumidtropicalregion
wesl (straight-Iim* distance), adjacent 10 Davies Creek Na- ofNorthQueensland.(CSIRO:Athcrton.Queensland).
tional Park. However,givenpast recordsof5. tropicausing Winter, J.W., Athcrton, R.G., Bell. F.C. & Pahl, L.I. 1991.
nonloresl habiia! and ihe ocrurreno*. Ot potentially suitable Distribution of selected north-eastern Australian
openforestandrainforestcommunitiesindieregionbetween rainforestmammals.Chp.10inTheRainforestLegacy
wherethehalt samplewasrecoveredandDaviesCreek,there volume 2. G. Werren & P. Kershaw (eds). (AHC,
is a possibility thai individuals orpopulations may exist in AGPS:Canberra).
otherareas intheLamb KangeStaleForest Van Dyck, SM. 1991. Thestatusofmammals. Pp. 394-453
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