Nature conservation

Threatened species

Broad-toothed Rat - Australian Alps: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Endangered
Last updated: 21 Jun 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Broad-toothed Rat is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Australian Alps Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Snowy Mountains Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Broad-toothed Rat - Australian Alps is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Alpine complex
    • Alpine Bogs and Fens
      • 3890 Kosciuszko Alpine Wet Heath
      • 3891 Kosciuszko Range Boggy Herbfield
      • 3892 Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Damp Heath
    • Alpine Heaths
      • 3878 Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassy Open Heath
      • 3879 Kosciuszko High Plateau Grassy Open Heath
      • 4135 Kosciuszko Rocky Podocarpus Heath
    • Alpine Herbfields
      • 3884 Alpine Snowpatch Grassland
      • 3886 Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassland
      • 3887 Kosciuszko High Peaks Alpine Grassland
      • 3888 Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Wet Meadow
      • 3889 Nimmo-Long Plain Frosty Dry Grassland
  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3927 Barrington Subalpine Swamp Meadow
      • 3930 Bondo Montane Flats Swamp Woodland
      • 3942 Monaro Creekflat Peat Swamp
      • 3951 Southern Tableland Ranges Boggy Open Woodland