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Eastern Long-eared Bat - Ocean: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Nyctophilus bifax

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 24 Mar 2020

Distribution of the species within this region

The Eastern Long-eared Bat is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Ocean Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Tweed-Moreton	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Eastern Long-eared Bat - Ocean 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)
- Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3420 Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3422 Clarence Sandstone Rises Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3428 Northern Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Turpentine Grassy Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3547 Far North Sands Coastal Cypress Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3548 Far North Sands Scribbly Gum Heathy Forest
  - 3551 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Red Mahogany Forest
  - 3552 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Stringybark Forest
- North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3568 Clarence Sandstone Stringybark Heathy Woodland
  - 3569 Clarence Sandstone Stringybark-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3573 Northern Lowland Scribbly Gum-Bloodwood Forest

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4020 Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
  - 4028 Estuarine Swamp Oak Twig-rush Forest
  - 4034 Far North Swamp Oak-Tuckeroo Swamp Fringe Forest
  - 4045 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
  - 4046 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Red Gum Forest
  - 4047 Northern Swamp Mahogany-Bottlebrush Swamp Forest
  - 4048 Northern Swamp Oak-Paperbark Forest
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- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 3984 Clarence Lowland Paperbark Sedge Swamp Woodland
  - 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
  - 3988 Far North Mesophyll Paperbark Swamp Forest
  - 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - 3990 Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
  - 3991 Far North Sands Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
  - 3993 Far North Swamp Oak-Paperbark Tidal Forest
  - 4000 Northern Estuarine Paperbark Sedge Forest
  - 4001 Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - 4003 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
  - 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
  - 4005 Northern Paperbark Banksia Littoral Forest
  - 4006 Northern Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Saw-sedge Forest
  - 4007 Northern Sands Paperbark Sedge Low Forest
  - 4008 Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4066 Clarence Valley River Oak Wet Forest
  - 4070 Far North River Oak Wet Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3912 Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
  - 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
  - 3915 Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3322 Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest

Heathlands
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - 3841 Mount Warning Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3852 Urbenville Plugs Rockplate Shrub Woodland
- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath
  - 3804 Northern Sands Wallum Banksia-Allocasuarina Scrub

Rainforests
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3065 Far North Basalt Gully Dry Rainforest
  - 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
  - 3064 Far North Hoop Pine Dry Rainforest
  - 2068 Moreton Bay Fig - Myrtle Ebony dry vine rainforest on sandstone at Pillar Rock, east of Grafton, South Eastern Queensland Bioregion
- Littoral Rainforests
  - 3122 Far North Littoral Rainforest
  - 3123 Far North Sands Coastal Cypress Littoral Rainforest
  - 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
  - 3127 Mid North Headland Brush Box Littoral Rainforest
  - 3129 Mid North Sands Littoral Rainforest
  - 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
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- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3121 Broken Head Lowland Rainforest
  - 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
  - 3005 Far North Floodplain Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3009 Far North Lowland Palm Gully Rainforest
  - 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3001 Lismore Basalt Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3002 Lower Richmond Hills Dry-Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3015 Lower Richmond Sandflat Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
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Saline wetlands
- Mangrove Swamps
  - 4140 Far North Mangrove Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3232 Far North Coastal Hills Blackbutt-Ironbark Forest
  - 3069 Far North Hinterland Grey Box-Grey Gum Wet 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
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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
  - 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
  - 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
  - 3102 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine Wet Forest
  - 3171 Northern Lowland Viney 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
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