Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Richmond has or used to have 31 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Hastings River Mouse.
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.
Hastings River Mouse
Pseudomys oralis
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
Pseudomys oralis is found across 8 electorates.
The Hastings River Mouse is a brownish-grey rodent with a greyish-white belly. It grows to 17 cm long and weighs up to 100 g. Its tail is brown on the upper surface, white underneath and grows to 15 cm long.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Disrupted ecosystem and population processes
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Scented Acronychia (Acronychia littoralis)
- Allocasuarina thalassoscopica (Allocasuarina thalassoscopica)
- Amyema plicatula (Amyema plicatula)
- Border Ranges Lined Fern (Antrophyum austroqueenslandicum)
- Hairy-joint Grass (Arthraxon hispidus)
- Marbled Balogia (Baloghia marmorata)
- Three-leaved Bosistoa (Bosistoa transversa)
- Miniature Moss-orchid (Bulbophyllum globuliforme)
- Stream Clematis (Clematis fawcettii)
- Native Jute (Corchorus cunninghamii)
- Corokia whiteana (Corokia whiteana)
- Small Helmet-orchid (Corybas montanus)
- Glenugie Karaka (Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. rupestris)
- Stinking Cryptocarya (Cryptocarya foetida)
- White-flowered Wax Plant (Cynanchum elegans)
- Cyperus semifertilis (Cyperus semifertilis)
- Davidson's Plum (Davidsonia jerseyana)
- Smooth Davidsonia (Davidsonia johnsonii)
- Thorny Pea (Desmodium acanthocladum)
- Red-fruited Ebony (Diospyros mabacea)
- Small-leaved Tamarind (Diploglottis campbellii)
- Nightcap Oak (Eidothea hardeniana)
- Minyon Quandong (Elaeocarpus sedentarius)
- Hairy Quandong (Elaeocarpus williamsianus)
- Floyd's Walnut (Endiandra floydii)
- Rusty Rose Walnut (Endiandra hayesii)
- Lamington Eyebright (Euphrasia bella)
- Ball Nut (Floydia praealta)
- Southern Fontainea (Fontainea australis)
- Coastal Fontainea (Fontainea oraria)
- Green Waxberry (Gaultheria viridicarpa)
- Sweet Myrtle (Gossia fragrantissima)
- Monkey Nut (Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia)
- Isoglossa (Isoglossa eranthemoides)
- Macadamia Nut (Macadamia integrifolia)
- Rough-shelled Bush Nut (Macadamia tetraphylla)
- Clear Milkvine (Marsdenia longiloba)
- Southern Ochrosia (Ochrosia moorei)
- Onionwood (Owenia cepiodora)
- Wollumbin Dogwood (Ozothamnus vagans)
- Lesser Swamp-orchid (Phaius australis)
- Nightcap Plectranthus (Plectranthus nitidus)
- Spiny Gardenia (Randia moorei)
- Scrub Turpentine (Rhodamnia rubescens)
- Native Guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides)
- Quassia (Samadera bidwillii)
- Ravine Orchid (Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii)
- Waxy Sarcochilus (Sarcochilus hartmannii)
- Tallebudgera spikemoss (Selaginella andrewsii)
- Sophora fraseri (Sophora fraseri)
- Small-leaved Hazelwood (Symplocos baeuerlenii)
- Smooth-bark Rose Apple (Syzygium hodgkinsoniae)
- Rose Apple (Syzygium moorei)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
- Tylophora woollsii (Tylophora woollsii)
- Peach Myrtle (Uromyrtus australis)
- Westringia rupicola (Westringia rupicola)
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