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Threatened species

Eastern Chestnut Mouse - New England Tablelands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Pseudomys gracilicaudatus
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 27 Apr 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Eastern Chestnut Mouse is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the New England Tablelands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Stanthorpe Plateau Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Eastern Chestnut Mouse - New England Tablelands 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
      • 3417 Baryulgil Serpentinite Woodland
      • 3418 Clarence Foothills Bloodwood-Ironbark Grassy Forest
      • 4118 Clarence Gorges Silver-leaved Ironbark Forest
      • 3420 Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3421 Clarence Sandstone Pink Bloodwood Grassy Forest
      • 3422 Clarence Sandstone Rises Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3424 Drake Hills Spotted Gum Forest
      • 3425 Far North Hinterland Swamp Turpentine-Apple Forest
      • 3427 Northern Hinterland Hills Bloodwood-Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3428 Northern Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Turpentine Grassy Forest
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    • Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3432 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
      • 3433 Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
      • 3435 Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
      • 3437 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
      • 3436 Hunter Coast Sandy Creekflat Low Paperbark Scrub
      • 3434 Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest
      • 4157 Hunter Escarpment Footslopes Singleton Mallee
      • 3445 Lower North Coastal Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
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    • New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3501 Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 970 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Wattle-leaved Peppermint shrubby open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 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
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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
      • 3458 Gibraltar Range Gorge Stringybark Forest
      • 3459 Koreelah Ironbark Dry Grassy Forest
      • 983 New England Blackbutt - stringybark grassy forest the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
      • 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
      • 3468 Nymboida Rhyolite Moist Forest
      • 3471 Upper Guy Fawkes Stringybark-Red Gum Grassy Forest
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    • North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
      • 1605 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Native Olive shrubby open forest of the central and upper Hunter
      • 3518 Northwest Pine-Ironbark Grassy Woodland
      • 4151 Northwest White Pine-Silver-leaved Ironbark Forest
  • Forested wetlands
    • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
      • 4019 Coastal Alluvial Bangalay Forest
      • 4020 Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
      • 4021 Coastal Creekline Dry Shrubby Swamp Forest
      • 4023 Coastal Valleys Riparian Forest
      • 4026 Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4028 Estuarine Swamp Oak Twig-rush Forest
      • 4027 Estuarine Swamp Oak-Mangrove Forest
      • 4032 Far North Floodplain Red Gum Sedge Forest
      • 4033 Far North Hinterland Flats Mesic Apple Forest
      • 4034 Far North Swamp Oak-Tuckeroo Swamp Fringe Forest
      • 4036 Hunter Coast Lake Flats Apple Forest
      • 4038 Hunter Estuarine Melaleuca nodosa Scrub
      • 4042 Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
      • 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp 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
      • 4049 South Coast Floodplain Grassy Swamp Forest
      • 4050 South Coast Floodplain Wetland Paperbark Scrub
      • 4051 South Coast Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4057 Sydney Creekflat Swamp Mahogany-Paperbark Forest
      • 4058 Sydney Hinterland Red Gum Riverflat Forest
      • 4059 Sydney Hinterland Sandy Creekflat Shrub Forest
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    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3983 Central Coast Flats Mesic Swamp Forest
      • 3984 Clarence Lowland Paperbark Sedge Swamp Woodland
      • 3985 Coastal Floodplain Swamp Paperbark Scrub
      • 3996 Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Dry Forest
      • 3986 Coastal Sands Swamp Mahogany Rush Forest
      • 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
      • 3995 Hunter Coast Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Forest
      • 3997 Hunter Coast Sandplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
      • 3998 Lower North Creekflat Mahogany Swamp Forest
      • 4000 Northern Estuarine Paperbark Sedge Forest
      • 4001 Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
      • 4002 Northern Lowland Orange Gum Dry 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
      • 3992 Northern Sandy Alluvium Heathy Swamp Forest
      • 4009 Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest
      • 4013 Wyong Paperbark-Woollybutt Swamp Forest
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    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4066 Clarence Valley River Oak Wet Forest
      • 4069 Far North Creekline Wet Forest
      • 4070 Far North River Oak Wet Forest
      • 4073 Lower North Hinterland River Oak Forest
      • 4078 Northern Gorges River Oak Forest
      • 4079 Northern Hinterland Grassy River Oak Forest
      • 3020 Northern Hinterland River Oak Sheltered Forest
      • 42 River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley
      • 1127 Sandstone cliff-face soak
      • 4086 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Scrub
      • 4087 Upper Orara Riparian Wet Forest
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  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
      • 3960 Coast Sands Cladium Sedgeland
      • 3959 Coast Sands Jointed Twig-rush Sedgeland
      • 3961 Coast Sands Lepironia Sedgeland
      • 3962 Coastal Floodplain Phragmites Reedland
      • 3963 Estuarine Reedland
      • 3965 Far North Floodplain Forb-Sedge Wetland
      • 3973 Far North Floodplain Paperbark Sedge Wetland
      • 3966 Foredune Swale Marsh
      • 3967 Northern Lower Floodplain Eleocharis Wetland
      • 3968 Northern Sands Baloskion-Machaerina Wetland
      • 3969 Northern Sands Machaerina-Eleocharis Sedgeland
      • 3970 Northern Sands Water Couch Wetland
      • 3971 Northern Sandy Floodplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
      • 3975 Southern Lower Floodplain Freshwater Wetland
      • 3976 Southern Sands Freshwater Lagoon Wetland
      • 3972 Sydney Creekflat Wetland
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    • Coastal Heath Swamps
      • 3895 Budawang Damp Swamp Heath
      • 3896 Budderoo-Morton Damp Swamp Heath
      • 3898 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple Banksia Forest
      • 3899 Clarence Sandstone Plateau Wet Heath
      • 3920 Coastal Clifftop Shrubby Marsh
      • 3921 Coastal Sydney Sand Saw-sedge Wet Shrubland
      • 3904 Hunter Coast Grasstree Graminoid Swamp Scrub
      • 3905 Jervis Bay Headland Dune Wet Heath
      • 3897 Lower Clarence Sandy Creekflat Sedgeland
      • 3907 Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
      • 3908 Lower North Sands Wallum Bottlebrush Swamp Heath
      • 3906 Northern Lowland Clay Wet Heath
      • 3911 Northern Sand Swale Fernland
      • 3912 Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
      • 3900 Northern Sandplain Saw-sedge-Fern Swamp Heath
      • 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
      • 3915 Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland
      • 3916 Sandstone Cliff Soak
      • 3917 Shoalhaven Lowland Heath
      • 3922 Sydney Coastal Sand Swamp Scrub
      • 3923 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Creekline Swamp Heath
      • 3924 Sydney Coastal Upland Swamp Heath
      • 3925 Sydney Sandstone Button Grass Sedgeland
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    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3934 Eastern New England Granite Wet Heath
      • 4164 New England Peppermint Swamp Margin Woodland
      • 3944 New England Tableland Carex Fens
      • 3937 Northern Escarpment Granitoid Wet Heath
      • 4136 Timbarra Granite Mallee Wet Heath
    • Montane Lakes
      • 3979 Northern Basalt Benches Intermittent Swamps
  • Grasslands
    • Maritime Grasslands
      • 3407 Central Headland Grassland
      • 3408 Northern Headland Grassland
      • 3409 Southern Headland Grassland
      • 3410 Spinifex Strandline Grassland
  • Grassy woodlands
    • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
      • 3312 Acacia Creek Grassy Forest
      • 1692 Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
      • 3315 Central Hunter Ironbark-Spotted Gum Forest
      • 3321 Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest
      • 3323 Far North Lowland Basalt Grassy Forest
      • 3322 Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3326 Glenugie Peak Grassy Forest
      • 3328 Lower Hunter Red Gum-Paperbark Riverflat Forest
      • 1603 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Bull Oak - Grey Box shrub - grass open forest of the central and lower Hunter
      • 1604 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box - Spotted Gum shrub - grass woodland of the central and lower Hunter
      • 1691 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box grassy woodland of the central and upper Hunter
      • 3329 Northern Hinterland Valleys Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3269 Shoalhaven Lowland Spotted Gum-Paperbark Forest
      • 3330 South Coast Lowland Woollybutt Grassy Forest
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    • New England Grassy Woodlands
      • 3361 Tenterfield Plateau Stringybark-Apple Forest
    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 3346 Northeast Plateau Snow Gum Valley Woodland
  • Heathlands
    • Coastal Headland Heaths
      • 3787 Byron Graminoid Clay Heath
      • 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
      • 3789 Coastal Headland Clay Heath
      • 3791 Far North Headland-Dune Scrub
      • 3793 Hunter Coast Headland Clay Heath
      • 3794 Lower North Coast Headland Clay Heath
      • 3795 Mid North Swamp Oak Headland Scrub
      • 3796 Northern Lowland Graminoid Clay Heath
      • 3798 Tomaree Headland Rocky Scrub
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    • Northern Montane Heaths
      • 3821 Bulldog Geebung-Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
      • 3829 Eastern New England Rocky Tea-tree Scrub
      • 3830 Far North Basalt Scarp Tea-tree Scrub
      • 3832 Far North Pomaderris notata Scrub
      • 3825 Mid North Escarpment Rock Outcrop Scrub
      • 3834 Mount Warning Caldera Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
      • 3841 Mount Warning Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
      • 4131 Nambucca Granite Outcrop Tea-tree Grassy Scrub
      • 3842 Northeast New England Granites Outcrop Scrub
      • 3844 Nymboida Granite Gorge Scrub
      • 3846 Tenterfield Plateau Kunzea Scrub
      • 3847 Timbarra Granite Rocky Heath-Woodland
      • 3852 Urbenville Plugs Rockplate Shrub Woodland
      • 3856 Woodenbong Plugs Rocky Scrub
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    • Sydney Coastal Heaths
      • 4127 Colo Plateau Dwarf Apple Heath-Woodland
      • 3807 Northern Sydney Heath-Mallee
      • 3808 Northern Sydney Sandstone Rockplate Shrubland
      • 3809 Shoalhaven Rockplate Heath
      • 3810 Southern Sydney Rockplate Heath
      • 3811 Sydney Coastal Headland Cliff Scrub
      • 3812 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Headland Heath
      • 3813 Sydney Hinterland Dwarf Apple Low Woodland
      • 3814 Woronora Plateau Heath-Mallee
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    • Wallum Sand Heaths
      • 3800 Bouddi Headland Wallum Heath
      • 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath
      • 3802 Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
      • 3803 Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath
      • 3804 Northern Sands Wallum Banksia-Allocasuarina Scrub
      • 3805 Southern Sandplain Heath
      • 3806 Sydney Coastal Sand Mantle Heath
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  • Rainforests
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 1540 Grey Myrtle - Grey Gum gully dry rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
      • 1539 Grey Myrtle sheltered gully dry rainforest in gullies of the Sydney Basin
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 1575 Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 1563 Sydney Blue Gum – New England Blackbutt - Whitetop Box moist shrub – grass tall open forest of the lower North Coast
    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 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
      • 1577 New England Blackbutt - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy tall open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment