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Rare or threatened wildlife of Maalan National Park

Total number of species: 45

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Vespertilionidae Murina florium tube-nosed insectivorous bat V QAI
animals mammals Pteropodidae Pteropus conspicillatus spectacled flying-fox E E QAI
animals mammals Macropodidae Dendrolagus lumholtzi Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo NT Q
animals mammals Pseudocheiridae Hemibelideus lemuroides lemuroid ringtail possum E Q
animals mammals Pseudocheiridae Petauroides volans minor northern greater glider V V Q
animals mammals Petauridae Petaurus australis brevirostrum northern yellow-bellied glider E E Q
animals mammals Dasyuridae Dasyurus maculatus gracilis spotted-tailed quoll (northern subspecies) E E Q
animals birds Estrildidae Erythrura trichroa blue-faced parrot-finch NT QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana Macleay's fig-parrot V Q
animals birds Apodidae Hirundapus caudacutus white-throated needletail V V QAI
animals birds Casuariidae Casuarius casuarius (southern population) southern cassowary (southern population) E E Q
animals reptiles Pygopodidae Delma mitella Atherton delma NT V Q
animals reptiles Chelidae Elseya irwini (Johnstone) Johnstone River snapping turtle C V Q
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria dayi Australian lacelid V V Q I
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria nannotis waterfall frog E Q I
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria nyakalensis mountain mistfrog CR CE Q
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria rheocola common mistfrog E Q I
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria serrata tapping green eyed frog V Q I
animals amphibians Myobatrachidae Pseudophryne covacevichae magnificent broodfrog V V Q I
animals amphibians Myobatrachidae Taudactylus acutirostris sharp snouted dayfrog PE EX Q
plants land plants Apocynaceae Parsonsia bartlensis V NTQ
plants land plants Araucariaceae Agathis microstachya bull kauri NT NTQ
plants land plants Corsiaceae Corsia dispar NT NTQ
plants land plants Cyatheaceae Sphaeropteris celebica NT NTQ
plants land plants Dicksoniaceae Calochlaena villosa NT NTQ
plants land plants Dipteridaceae Dipteris conjugata NT NTQ
plants land plants Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris sparsa V NTQ
plants land plants Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris wattsii V NTQ
plants land plants Dryopteridaceae Lastreopsis walleri V V NTQ
plants land plants Elaeocarpaceae Peripentadenia mearsii buff quandong NT NTQ
plants land plants Hymenophyllaceae Crepidomanes majoriae V NTQ
plants land plants Hymenophyllaceae Polyphlebium endlicherianum V E NTQ
plants land plants Lauraceae Endiandra bellendenkerana NT NTQ
plants land plants Lauraceae Endiandra globosa ball-fruited walnut NT NTQ
plants land plants Monimiaceae Steganthera australiana NT NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia sessiliflora E NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Rhodomyrtus canescens E NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Rhodomyrtus pervagata E NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Stigmatodactylus sublestus NT NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Taeniophyllum lobatum NT NTQ
plants land plants Polypodiaceae Oreogrammitis albosetosa V NTQ
plants land plants Polypodiaceae Tomophyllum walleri V V NTQ
plants land plants Sapindaceae Cupaniopsis cooperorum V NTQ
plants land plants Solanaceae Solanum hamulosum V NTQ
plants land plants Thelypteridaceae Chingia australis E E NTQ

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Rare or threatened wildlife of Maalan National Park, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 August 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-maalan&SpeciesFilter=RareOrThreatened

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