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Caption: Of the 60 naturalised vertebrate species in Tasmania, 32 are recognised as environmental pests. Examples include foxes, rabbits, rats, ferrets and feral goats and cats. Of these three species have active Management Plans.
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Pest species |
Distribution
(range) |
Number of active
management
plans |
Area covered by plan (ha) |
% of species
range
covered by a
management plan |
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Rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus) |
Occur Statewide but mainly on the east coast and Central Highlands. There is a restricted site at Strathgordon. |
- Strathgordon
- Macquarie Island
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- 200
- 12,390
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- 3%*
- 0.18%
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Black rat
(Rattus rattus) |
Widespread across Tasmania, including parts of the Tasmanian wilderness world heritage area and many off-shore islands, including subantartic Macquarie Island. |
- Macquarie Island
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12,390 |
0.18%** |
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Feral cat
(Felis catus) |
Statewide. |
- Macquarie Island
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12,390 |
0.18%** |
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* Percentage of mainland only (i.e. 6,410,300 ha).
** Percentage of mainland and all Tasmanian islands and islets (i.e. 6, 810,200 ha). Source: Nature Conservation Branch, DPIWE. Land Information Systems Tasmania 1: 25,000 and 1:50,000 Statewide Digital Topographic Series, DPIWE (1999) and Australian Antarctic Division and adjacent islands 1: 50,000 Topographic GIS data set (1997).
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