Nature conservation

Threatened species

Hastings River Mouse - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Pseudomys oralis
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Endangered
Last updated: 02 Nov 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The Hastings River Mouse is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the NSW North Coast Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Barrington Predicted None
Carrai Plateau Known Above 250 m altitude
Chaelundi Known Above 250 m altitude
Coffs Coast and Escarpment Known Above 250 m altitude
Comboyne Plateau Known Above 300 m altitude
Dalmorton Known Above 250 m altitude
Macleay Gorges Known None
Mummel Escarpment Known Above 300 m altitude
Rocky River Gorge Known Above 250 m altitude
Tomalla Known None
Upper Manning Known Above 250 m altitude
Washpool Known Above 250 m altitude

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Hastings River Mouse - NSW North Coast is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
    • New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3500 Cathedral Rock Granite Peppermint-Gum Forest
      • 3501 Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 1553 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tablelands
      • 965 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Mountain Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 970 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Wattle-leaved Peppermint shrubby open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3503 Northeast New England Granites Stringybark Forest
      • 3504 Northeast New England Ranges Messmate Forest
      • 3505 Northeast New England Stringybark Grassy Forest
      • 3506 Stanthorpe Plateau Flats Gum-Stringybark Woodland
      • 3507 Tenterfield Plateau Stringybark Sheltered Forest
      • 3508 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau White Gum Flats Forest
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    • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3454 Chandlers Creek Dry Grassy Forest
      • 3455 Clarence Gorges Granite Grassy Forest
      • 3456 Clarence Gorges Grey Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
      • 3457 Curricabark Serpentinite Mallee Spinifex Scrub
      • 3458 Gibraltar Range Gorge Stringybark Forest
      • 3459 Koreelah Ironbark Dry Grassy Forest
      • 3467 Lower North Serpentinite Red Gum Woodland
      • 3470 Macleay Gorges Riverflat Grassy Forest
      • 3461 Macleay Gorges Stringybark-Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3462 Northern Gorges Blakes Wattle Rock Scrub
      • 3463 Northern Gorges Granite Stringybark-Apple Grassy Forest
      • 3464 Northern Gorges Grey Gum-Tallowwood Grassy Forest
      • 3465 Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3466 Northern Gorges Red Gum-Stringybark Forest
      • 3460 Northern Gorges Sheltered Grassy Forest
      • 3468 Nymboida Rhyolite Moist Forest
      • 3471 Upper Guy Fawkes Stringybark-Red Gum Grassy Forest
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  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Heath Swamps
      • 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3926 Barrington Granodiorite Subalpine Swamp Woodland
      • 3927 Barrington Subalpine Swamp Meadow
      • 3934 Eastern New England Granite Wet Heath
      • 3935 Eastern New England Rocky Riparian Scrub
      • 3936 Ebor Basalt Wet Heath
      • 4164 New England Peppermint Swamp Margin Woodland
      • 3944 New England Tableland Carex Fens
      • 3937 Northern Escarpment Granitoid Wet Heath
      • 3947 Northern Escarpment Montane Swamp Forest
      • 4136 Timbarra Granite Mallee Wet Heath
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    • Montane Lakes
      • 3979 Northern Basalt Benches Intermittent Swamps
  • Grassy woodlands
    • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
      • 3316 Clarence Gorges Foothills Red Gum Dry Forest
      • 3317 Clarence Ranges Moist Grassy Gully Forest
      • 3323 Far North Lowland Basalt Grassy Forest
      • 3322 Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3329 Northern Hinterland Valleys Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • New England Grassy Woodlands
      • 3351 Armidale Creekflat Snow Gum Woodland-Scrub
      • 3352 Armidale Quartz Hills Stringybark Forest
      • 3353 Guyra Silvertop Stringybark Moist Forest
      • 3350 Macleay Gorge Rims Shrub Woodland
      • 3358 New England Fuzzy Box Grassy Forest
      • 3359 New England Hills Stringybark-Box Woodland
      • 3361 Tenterfield Plateau Stringybark-Apple Forest
      • 3357 Western New England Flats Apple-Box Grassy Forest
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    • Subalpine Woodlands
      • 3379 Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest
    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 3344 New England Ribbon Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3345 New England Snow Gum-Black Sally Woodland
      • 3346 Northeast Plateau Snow Gum Valley Woodland
  • Heathlands
    • Northern Montane Heaths
      • 3818 Barool Tea-tree-Bottlebrush Rocky Scrub
      • 3819 Bellinger Escarpment Rockplate Mallee Heath
      • 3821 Bulldog Geebung-Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
      • 3822 Carrai Slopes Rocky Scrub
      • 3823 Cascades Cypress-Tea-tree Riparian Forest
      • 3827 Eastern New England Leucogranite Mallee Scrub
      • 3848 Eastern New England Rock Oak Heath
      • 3829 Eastern New England Rocky Tea-tree Scrub
      • 3830 Far North Basalt Scarp Tea-tree Scrub
      • 3832 Far North Pomaderris notata Scrub
      • 3833 Gibraltar Range Rocky Shrubland
      • 3835 Mann River Tea-tree Scrub
      • 3825 Mid North Escarpment Rock Outcrop Scrub
      • 3836 Mole River Wattle-Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
      • 3834 Mount Warning Caldera Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
      • 3842 Northeast New England Granites Outcrop Scrub
      • 3843 Northern Escarpment Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
      • 3844 Nymboida Granite Gorge Scrub
      • 3845 Tenterfield Granite Skeletal Shrubland
      • 3846 Tenterfield Plateau Kunzea Scrub
      • 3847 Timbarra Granite Rocky Heath-Woodland
      • 3850 Tweed Caldera Outcrops Grassy Scrub
      • 3828 Western New England Felsic Rock Shrubland
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  • Rainforests
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3056 Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3469 Macleay Gorges Low Scrubby Dry Rainforest
      • 3114 Upper Hunter Ranges Moist Gully Forest
    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
      • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
      • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
      • 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3232 Far North Coastal Hills Blackbutt-Ironbark Forest
      • 3233 Far North Hinterland Grey Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3285 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3240 Lower North Escarpment Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3243 Lower North Sheltered Valley Red Gum Forest
      • 3244 Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
      • 3241 Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3246 Mount Warning Caldera Wet Grassy Forest
      • 3247 North Brother Rocky Slopes Moist Forest
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
      • 3249 Northern Bloodwood-Ironbark Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
      • 3167 Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet Forest
      • 3252 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest
      • 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
      • 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
      • 3170 Northern Hinterland White Mahogany Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3255 Nymboida Acacia blakei Shrubland
      • 3256 Rivertree Creekflat Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3245 West Mount Royal Slopes Grassy Forest
      • 3179 Yessabah Limestone Moist Forest
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    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3277 Carrai Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3279 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Forest
      • 3280 Far North Escarpment Gorges Blackbutt Forest
      • 3281 Guyra Granitoids Gum-Messmate Forest
      • 1554 Messmate - Silvertop Stringybark - Tussock Grass shrub - grass open forest of western Barrington Tops
      • 1555 Mountain Gum - Messmate - Snow Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tablelands
      • 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
      • 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
      • 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
      • 1547 Silvertop Stringybark - Messmate - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrub-grass tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
      • 1546 Sydney Blue Gum - Silvertop Stringybark grassy open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
      • 3289 West Barrington Granitoid Outcrop Forest
      • 3290 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau Moist Gum Forest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3139 Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
      • 3147 Far North Brush Box-Bloodwood Wet Forest
      • 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
      • 3149 Far North Hinterland Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3157 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 3158 Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
      • 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
      • 1575 Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
      • 3163 Mount Billen Scree Wet Forest
      • 3164 Mountain Lagoon Basalt Wet Forest
      • 613 New England Blackbutt moist very tall open forest on the southern escarpment of the Liverpool Range to Barrington Tops region, southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion to NSW North Coast Bioregion
      • 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
      • 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
      • 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
      • 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3172 Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
      • 3173 Northern Ranges Dunns Gum-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3174 Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 1563 Sydney Blue Gum – New England Blackbutt - Whitetop Box moist shrub – grass tall open forest of the lower North Coast
      • 3178 Washpool Outcrops White-topped Box Forest
      • 3180 Yuraygir Range Brush Box-Tallowwood Gully Forest
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    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
      • 3200 Meldrum High Plateau Wet Forest
      • 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 1574 Messmate grassy tall open forest on Barrington and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3201 Mid North Escarpment Blue Gum Moist Forest
      • 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 1577 New England Blackbutt - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy tall open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3680 Northern Escarpment Ash Wet Shrub Forest
      • 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
      • 3203 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
      • 3204 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Maple Wet Forest
      • 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
      • 3208 Northern Escarpment Rocky Blackbutt Scrub Woodland
      • 620 Sydney Blue Gum - Silvertop Stringybark very tall wet open forest on protected slopes on the Liverpool Range / north coast
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