Southern long-nosed potoroo - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Potorous tridactylus trisulcatus

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Vulnerable

Last updated: 12 Mar 2026

Distribution of the species within this region

The Southern long-nosed potoroo is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Highlands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Bungonia	Known	None
Kybeyan-Gourock	Known	None
Monaro	Predicted	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Southern long-nosed potoroo - South Eastern Highlands 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)
- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3449 Far South Escarpment Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - 3451 Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3638 South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
  - 3639 South Coast Sands Bangalay Littoral Forest
  - 3640 South Coast Sands Littoral Scrub
  - 3641 Wonboyn Sand Forest
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
  - 3182 Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
  - 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3184 Far South Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - 3185 Far South Riverflat Wet Forest
  - 3186 Far South Sandflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3187 Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
  - 3189 South Coast Gully Shrub Forest
  - 3190 South Coast Hinterland Monkey Gum Wet Fern Forest
  - 3191 South Coast Ranges Moist Gully Forest
  - 3188 South Coast Riverflat Peppermint Forest
  - 3192 South Coast Riverflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3193 South Coast Stringybark-Monkey Gum Wet Forest
  - 3194 Southeast Escarpment Flats Swamp Gum Forest
  - 3196 Southeast Hinterland Intermediate Shrub Forest
  - 3197 Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
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- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3646 Far South Coastal Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3648 Far South Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3649 Far South Lowland Depressions Shrub Forest
  - 3650 Goulburn-Lithgow Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3651 Gourock Range Peppermint-Ash Shrub Forest
  - 3652 Gulaga Rocky Scrub
  - 3654 Shoalhaven Lowland Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3655 South Coast Escarpment Rocky Scrub
  - 3656 South Coast Foothills Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3657 South Coast Foothills Monkey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3658 South Coast Hinterland Bloodwood Forest
  - 3659 South Coast Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3660 South Coast Hinterland Yellow Stringybark Forest
  - 3661 South Coast Hinterland Yertchuk Forest
  - 3662 South Coast Lowland Blackbutt Forest
  - 3300 Southeast Escarpment Peaks Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3663 Southeast Foothills Stringybark Shrub Forest
  - 3664 Southeast Foothills Woollybutt Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3665 Southeast Hinterland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
  - 3666 Southeast Mountain Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3667 Southern Highlands Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - 3668 Southern Highlands Scribbly Gum Forest
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- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3585 Morton Plateau Shrub Forest
  - 3590 Southern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3591 Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest
  - 3592 Sydney Coastal Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - 3593 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3598 Woronora Plateau Scribbly Gum Woodland
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- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3614 Southern Highlands Sandstone Peppermint Forest
  - 3615 Sydney Hinterland Apple-Blackbutt Gully Forest
  - 3625 Wingecarribee Sandstone Shrub Forest
- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3685 Budawang Sandstone Silvertop Ash Forest
- Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3629 Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 4162 Elderslie Banksia Scrub

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 3996 Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Dry Forest
  - 4009 Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest
  - 4010 Sydney Hinterland Creekflat Paperbark Scrub

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3924 Sydney Coastal Upland Swamp Heath

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3792 Far Southeast Headland Scrub
- South Coast Heaths
  - 3815 Eurobodalla Headland Heath
  - 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
  - 3817 Mount Nadgee Heath
- Southern Montane Heaths
  - 4163 Mount Gibraltar Melaleuca Heath
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - 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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- Sydney Montane Heaths
  - 3861 Morton Plateau Rocky Heath-Woodland

Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
  - 4106 Illawarra Escarpment Cool Temperate Rainforest
- Littoral Rainforests
  - 4113 Far Southeast Littoral Rainforest
  - 4146 Illawarra Sands Littoral Rainforest
- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3037 Sydney Basin Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3040 Sydney Coastal Foreshores Gully Rainforest
  - 3039 Sydney Coastal Lilly Pilly-Palm Gallery Rainforest
- Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
  - 3046 Southeast Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3047 Sydney Montane Basalt Rainforest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3013 Illawarra Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3036 South Coast Warm Temperate-Subtropical Rainforest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3155 Illawarra North-Pittwater Bangalay Moist Forest
- Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3270 Shoalhaven Lowland Wet Gully Forest
  - 3271 Shoalhaven Spotted Gum-Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3272 South Coast Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - 3273 South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3275 South Coast Spotted Gum Cycad Dry Forest
  - 3274 South Coast Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3276 South Coast Stringybark Cycad Exposed Forest
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- Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3303 Central Tableland Ribbon Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3301 Southeast Tableland Ranges Snow Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3302 Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Dry Forest
  - 3304 Southern Tableland Swamp Flats Shrub Woodland

Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3154 Illawarra Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3153 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
  - 3078 Illawarra Lowland Wet Vine Forest
- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3222 Southern Highlands Shale Margins Moist Forest
  - 3223 Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Wet Forest
  - 3224 Southern Highlands Swamp Forest

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Southern long-nosed potoroo - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Distribution of the species within this region

Vegetation formations, classes and types