Last updated:
18 Mar 2022
Distribution of the species within this region
The Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the
Channel Country Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.
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Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat - Channel Country is known to
be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information
about it.
- Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
- Gibber Transition Shrublands
- 197 Black Box - Gidgee - chenopod low open woodland wetland on alluvial clay soils in the Culgoa River region of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Mulga Lands Bioregion
- 118 Gidgee chenopod woodland on red-brown clays in the semi-arid (hot) climate zone mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion.
- 131 Gidgee of the intermittent watercourses or the arid zone (mainly Channel Country Bioregion and Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields Bioregion)
- 137 Whitewood - Western Rosewood low woodland of the NSW north western plains
- North-west Plain Shrublands
- 229 Derived mixed shrubland on loamy-clay soils in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 144 Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone
- 125 Mulga - Ironwood shrubland on loams and clays mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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- Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
- 140 Broombush shrubland in dunefields of the arid climate zone
- 129 Cabbage-tree Wattle shrubland of the inland plains and drainage lines
- 143 Narrow-leaved Hopbush - Scrub Turpentine - Senna shrubland on semi-arid and arid sandplains and dunes.
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- Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
- 127 Bastard Mulga tall open shrubland of the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
- 60 Black Oak - Western Rosewood - bluebush/saltbush low sparse woodland on gravel downs in the arid climate zone
- 169 Curly Mallee - bluebush open woodland of the arid zone
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- Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
- Aeolian Chenopod Shrublands
- 225 Bladder Saltbush low open chenopod shrubland of the Strzelecki dunefields of the arid climate zone
- 222 Low Bluebush - Bladder Saltbush open shrubland of the arid zone
- Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
- 224 Cotton Bush - copperburr open shrubland of the arid climate zone
- 167 Kerosene Grass - Mulka grass - short grassland/forbland of the arid zone
- 61 Mitchell Grass - saltbush grassland/shrubland of the gibber downs of the arid climate zone
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- Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
- 195 Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- 212 Chenopod low open shrubland - ephemeral partly derived forbland saline wetland on occasionally flooded pale clay scalds in the NSW North Western Plains
- 377 Copperburr low open shrubland on loam - clay flats and playas, western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and northern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
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- 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
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- Coastal Swamp Forests
- 3988 Far North Mesophyll Paperbark Swamp Forest
- 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
- 3990 Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
- 84 River Oak - Rough-barked Apple - red gum - box riparian tall woodland (wetland) of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
- 42 River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley
- 1127 Sandstone cliff-face soak
- 4086 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Scrub
- 1270 Tea-tree shrubland of drainage areas of the slopes and tablelands
- Inland Riverine Forests
- 112 Black Tea-tree - River Oak - Wilga riparian low forest/shrubland wetland of rich soil depressions in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 10 River Red Gum - Black Box woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
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- Freshwater wetlands
- Inland Floodplain Shrublands
- 375 Budda Pea - Channel Millet ephemeral reedland wetland on floodplains in north-western NSW
- 24 Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
- 115 Eurah shrubland of inland floodplains
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- Inland Floodplain Swamps
- 66 Artesian Mound Spring sedgeland wetland mainly of the Mulga Lands Bioregion
- 181 Common Reed - Bushy Groundsel aquatic tall reedland grassland wetland of inland river systems
- 182 Cumbungi rushland wetland of shallow semi-permanent water bodies and inland watercourses
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- Montane Bogs and Fens
- 766 Carex sedgeland of the slopes and tablelands
- 582 Sedgeland fens wetland of impeded drainage of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
- Grasslands
- Riverine Plain Grasslands
- 165 Derived corkscrew grass grassland/forbland on sandplains and plains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
- 45 Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
- 43 Mitchell Grass grassland - chenopod low open shrubland on floodplains in the semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
- 214 Native Millet - Cup Grass grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- 49 Partly derived Windmill Grass - copperburr alluvial plains shrubby grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 52 Queensland Bluegrass +/- Mitchell Grass grassland on cracking clay floodplains and alluvial plains mainly the northern-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- Temperate Montane Grasslands
- 3415 Southern Tableland Red Grass-Spear Grass Grassland
- Western Slopes Grasslands
- 710 Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Common Woodruff clay plain grassland of northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 796 Derived grassland of the NSW South Western Slopes
- 484 Derived tall spear grass grassland on mainly basalt hills of the Liverpool Plains, Liverpool Range and in the upper Hunter Valley (Merriwa district), south-eastern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 619 Derived Wire Grass grassland of the NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
- Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
- 1692 Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
- 3315 Central Hunter Ironbark-Spotted Gum Forest
- 3314 Central Hunter Slopes Grey Box Forest
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- Floodplain Transition Woodlands
- 628 Carbeen +/- Coolabah grassy woodland on floodplain clay loam soil on north-western NSW floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- 248 Mixed box eucalypt woodland on low sandy-loam rises on alluvial plains in central western NSW
- 251 Mixed Eucalypt woodlands of floodplains in the southern-eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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- New England Grassy Woodlands
- 498 Black Sallee plateau low woodland in the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 704 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- 510 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
- 654 Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- 703 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box - Rough-barked Apple grassy woodland of the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- 705 Blakely's Red Gum moist sedgey woodland on flats and drainage lines of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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- Subalpine Woodlands
- 3382 Kosciuszko Eastern Slopes Mountain Gum Forest
- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
- 513 Candlebark - Ribbon Gum grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- 921 Manna Gum - Rough-barked Apple - Yellow Box grassy woodland/open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
- 606 Mountain Gum - Ribbon Gum open forest of drainage lines of the southern New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
- 283 Apple Box - Blakely's Red Gum moist valley and footslopes grass-forb open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 282 Blakely's Red Gum - White Box - Yellow Box - Black Cypress Pine box grass/shrub woodland on clay loam soils on undulating hills of central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 509 Blakely's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple grassy open forest of drainage lines of the northern Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Heathlands
- Northern Montane Heaths
- 885 Heathy shrublands on rocky outcrops of the western slopes
- 499 Tree Violet - cough bush basalt scree slopes shrubland of the Liverpool Range - Wollemi region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
- 4127 Colo Plateau Dwarf Apple Heath-Woodland
- Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Caves, rock fissures etc
- 99991 Caves, rock fissures etc
- Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
- 99997 Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.
- Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
- 99993 Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
- 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
- Rainforests
- Dry Rainforests
- 627 Coobah - Rusty Fig low woodland on limestone outcrops in the Tamworth - Attunga region of the Nandewar Bioregion
- 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
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- Littoral Rainforests
- 4113 Far Southeast Littoral Rainforest
- 3131 Myall-Wallis Lakes Littoral Rainforest
- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
- 1529 Lilly Pilly - Coachwood gully warm temperate rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
- 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
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- Subtropical Rainforests
- 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
- 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
- 3036 South Coast Warm Temperate-Subtropical Rainforest
- Western Vine Thickets
- 378 Belah - Wilga +/- White Box dry viney scrub woodland the NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 445 Brigalow viney scrub open forest on loamy soils in low hill landscapes in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 442 Carbeen tall open woodland - Mock Olive tall closed vine thicket on basalt hills in the Northern Basalt sub-region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Saline wetlands
- Inland Saline lakes
- 149 Neverfail Grass - ephemeral herbaceous grassland forbland of interdune claypans mainly in the arid climate zone
- 62 Samphire saline shrubland/forbland wetland of lake beds and lake margins in the arid and semi-arid (hot) zones
- 198 Sparse saltbush forbland wetland of the irregularly inundated lakes of the arid and semi-arid (persistently hot) climate zones
- 162 Sturts Pigface sparse forbland of saline soils of the arid zone
- Mangrove Swamps
- 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
- 35 Brigalow - Belah open forest / woodland on alluvial often gilgaied clay from Pilliga Scrub to Goondiwindi, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 629 Brigalow - Bladder Saltbush open woodland to tall open shrubland in the Come-By-Chance region, Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 31 Brigalow - Gidgee open woodland on clay plains west of the Culgoa River, Mulga Lands Bioregion
- 29 Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
- Inland Floodplain Woodlands
- 13 Black Box - Lignum woodland wetland of the inner floodplains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- 630 Black Box - Silver Saltbush chenopod open woodland on terrace rises on alluvial plains in the lower Darling River and lower Murray River region of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 16 Black Box grassy open woodland wetland of rarely flooded depressions in south western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
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- North-west Floodplain Woodlands
- 55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
- 38 Black Box low woodland wetland lining ephemeral watercourses or fringing lakes and clay pans of semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
- 37 Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
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- Riverine Plain Woodlands
- 4104 Central Hunter Weeping Myall Forest
- 27 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 26 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
- Desert Woodlands
- 100 Desert Bloodwood - Mulga low woodland of the semi-arid plains
- 133 Western Bloodwood - Whitewood low open woodland on Tibooburra Granite
- Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
- 357 Beyeria - Mintbush - Tumbledown Red Gum shrubland - low woodland on conglomerate outcrops in the Wellington region, NSW central western slopes
- 186 Dwyer's Red Gum - Black Cypress Pine - Currawang shrubby low woodland on rocky hills mainly in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 257 Dwyer's Red Gum - Currawang grassy low woodland of the central western plains of NSW
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- North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
- 428 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - Curracabah - White Box tall woodland on sand in the Narrabri - Warialda region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 71 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - River Red Gum - bloodwood tall woodland on sandy loam alluvial and eolian soils in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- 206 Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall woodland of alluvial sand (sand monkeys) in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 376 Mixed scrub low open woodland on sand rises and dunes on floodplains in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 227 Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple woodland on alluvial terraces in central-north NSW
- Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
- 20 Buloke - Moonah - Black Box open woodland on sandy rises of semi arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- 19 Cypress Pine woodland of source-bordering dunes mainly on the Murray and Murrumbidgee River floodplains
- 21 Slender Cypress Pine - Sugarwood - Western Rosewood open woodland on sandy rises mainly in the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
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- Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
- 142 Broombush shrubland in the mallee landscapes of the temperate and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
- 170 Chenopod sandplain mallee woodland/shrubland of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones
- 474 Dwyer's Red Gum - she oak mallee shrubland on eolian sand in the Gilgandra region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Semi-arid Sand Plain Woodlands
- 59 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Leopardwood low open woodland on sandplain and sandy flats in semi arid (hot) and arid climate zones
- 57 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Wilga woodland of central NSW including the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 58 Black Oak - Western Rosewood open woodland on deep sandy loams mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
- 117 Buck Spinifex shrubby hummock grassland / Coolabah Apple - Silver-leaved Ironbark open woodland on deep sand in the Enngonia to Cumborah regions, north western NSW
- 192 Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box +/- Ironwood shrub - grass woodland on rises in the north-western plains of NSW
- 146 Whitewood low open woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and north-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- Western Peneplain Woodlands
- 135 Coobah - Western Rosewood low open tall shrubland or woodland mainly on outwash areas in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
- 108 Gum Coolabah - Mulga open woodland on gravel ridges of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 134 Ironwood woodland of the semi-arid plains
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