Fauna

The Peel-Harvey is home to many weird and wonderful fauna, including State’s fauna emblem, the Numbat.

We have ~92 recorded species of Reptiles, mammals, invertebrates and fish, as listed below.

The Peel-Harvey is part of South-West Biodiversity hotspot (one of 34 global biodiversity hotspots). Biodiversity hotspots are defined as regions “where exceptional concentrations of endemic species are undergoing exceptional loss of habitat”.   Feral cats, foxes and land clearing are threatening our fauna species with many species being protected in feral proof enclosures. Habitat clearing and degradation (through disease, declining rainfall and poor management) is also a major factor in the decline of our native species.

We hope that by working together to protect our native fauna we can have a future where they are safe to come out from behind the fence, and once again be a regular sight in our landscape.

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Nationals(EPBC)

States(WA)

Western brush wallaby

Scientific Name: Notamacropus irma

Type: Mammal

Conservation Status

National: N/A

State: P4: Priority 4 Poorly-known species

Local Landscape: Ramsar Wetlands Coastal Plain Forest and Scarp Hotham-Williams

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Wedge-tailed shearwater

Scientific Name: Ardenna pacifica

Type: Bird

Conservation Status

National: MI: Migratory

State: MI: Migratory Species

Local Landscape: Ramsar Wetlands

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Water-rat, rakali

Scientific Name: Hydromys chrysogaster

Type: Mammal

Conservation Status

National: N/A

State: P4: Priority 4 Poorly-known species

Local Landscape: Ramsar Wetlands Coastal Plain Forest and Scarp Hotham-Williams

Management Plans

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tammar wallaby

Scientific Name: Notamacropus eugenii derbianus

Type: Mammal

Conservation Status

National: N/A

State: P4: Priority 4 Poorly-known species

Local Landscape: Coastal Plain Hotham-Williams

Management Plans

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Swan Coastal Plain shield-backed trapdoor spider

Scientific Name: Idiosoma sigillatum

Type: Invertebrate

Conservation Status

National: N/A

State: P3: Priority 3 Poorly-known species

Local Landscape: Ramsar Wetlands Coastal Plain

Management Plans

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southern right whale

Scientific Name: Eubalaena australis

Type: Mammal

Conservation Status

National: EN: Endangered

State: VU: Vulnerable Species

Local Landscape: Ramsar Wetlands

Management Plans

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southern giant petrel

Scientific Name: Macronectes giganteus

Type: Bird

Conservation Status

National: EN: Endangered

State: MI: Migratory Species

Local Landscape: Ramsar Wetlands

Management Plans

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Southern death adder

Scientific Name: Acanthophis antarcticus

Type: Reptile

Conservation Status

National: N/A

State: P3: Priority 3 Poorly-known species

Local Landscape: Coastal Plain Forest and Scarp Hotham-Williams

Management Plans

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South-western brush-tailed phascogale, wambenger

Scientific Name: Phascogale tapoatafa wambenger

Type: Mammal

Conservation Status

National: N/A

State: CD: Species of special conservation interest (conservation dependent fauna)

Local Landscape: Ramsar Wetlands Coastal Plain Forest and Scarp Hotham-Williams

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sooty albatross

Scientific Name: Phoebetria fusca

Type: Bird

Conservation Status

National: MI: Migratory

State: EN: Endangered Species

Local Landscape: Ramsar Wetlands

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