EPBC Act status
NC Act status
Project area in species mapped distribution
Nearby historical records
Habitat presence and quality
Species recorded in field surveys
Conservatism required due to species detectability
Conservatism required due to species mobility
Species name
Source Habitat requirements
Likelihood of occurrence
distribution, and supports foraging and dispersal habitat. This species has been confirmed present. Likely to occur Suitable roosting and foraging habitat for the species is present within the project area. A tunnel which connects Upper Mundic Gully Dam to Dam 8 occurs within the project area and contains potentially suitable roosting habitat for this species. The project area occurs within the current known range of this species (ABS 2025). Due to the presence of suitable foraging and roosting habitat (as defined in the species conservation advice, TSSC 2016b), and proximity of records, the species is considered likely to occur. No Ghost Bat calls were detected during survey. Due to the species’ quiet echolocation, this absence of calls does not definitively confirm Ghost Bats are absent from the tunnel. Known roosts occur at Mt Etna, approximately 53 km north of the study area (Augusteyn et al. 2017) and given their sustainable flight speed of 33 km/h (Bullen et al. 2016), individuals could potentially forage within the study area. As such, this species is considered likely to occur. historical records of this species. The project area occurs outside the current known range of this species (ABS 2025), with the nearest possible range occurring approximately 170 km to the west. The project area is connected to areas of contiguous vegetation further north. The project area contained very low densities of hollow- bearing trees, likely due to historical large-scale clearing and selective Unlikely to occur There are no nearby clearing. The understorey density within the project
Within the species known distribution – mapped as likely to occur in SPRAT
The nearest historical record occurs approximately 17 km north of the project area from 1994 (DETSI, 2025). The project area occurs within the current known range of this species (ABS 2025).
Suitable foraging and roosting habitat is present in the project area
Given the species’ limited foraging range, a level of conservatism is needed when interpreting absence from field surveys
The ghost bat is known to occur in rainforest areas, vine shrub, open woodlands and arid zone (McKenzie and Hall 2008). They roost in caves, rock crevices and old mine shafts (TSSC, 2016a).
No
No
V
E
PMST
Macroderma gigas Ghost bat
Yes – best detectability through October to March
The south-eastern long-eared bat ( Nyctophilus corbeni ) occupies a range of inland woodland ecosystems, including box–ironbark– cypress pine associations, as well as Buloke ( Allocasuarina luehmannii ), Brigalow ( Acacia harpophylla ), Belah ( Casuarina cristata ), smooth-barked apple ( Angophora spp.) woodlands, river red gum ( Eucalyptus camaldulensis ) forests, black box ( Eucalyptus largiflorens ) woodlands, and tree mallee communities. The species is most frequently recorded in box–ironbark–cypress pine habitats along the western slopes of New South Wales
Within the species known distribution – mapped as may occur in SPRAT
The nearest historical record occurs approximately 84 km west of the project
Marginally suitable foraging habitat is present in the project area
No
No
V
V
PMST
Nyctophilus corbeni Corben's long-eared bat
area from 1884 (DETSI, 2025).
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