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Herbert has or used to have 26 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Mahogany Glider.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Mahogany Glider
Petaurus gracilis
Status: Endangered
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Petaurus gracilis is found across 2 electorates.
The mahogany glider is only found in a narrow 122 km long strip of the southern Wet Tropics of north Queensland. It soars through the open forests and woodlands, using a membrane that extends from its wrist to its ankle, and can travel up to 60 m in one glide. The glider prefers open forests as the habitat allows for uninterrupted gliding paths between trees. The species was first recorded in the 1880s, but disappeared until it was rediscovered and formally named almost 100 years later, in 1989. The habitat of the mahogany glider was significantly impacted by Tropical Cyclone Yasi in 2011 and work is continuing to repair the damage, including setting up nest boxes.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Adverse fire regimes
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
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