Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00220:reg:3:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00220
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 5/21)
Character Range: 101902–107028

Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 (Woinarski et al. 2014) and from profiles which identified predation by feral cats as a threatening process in the Australian Government's Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) (Department of the Environment, 2015). The Action Plan status is the conservation status assigned to a species by Woinarski et al. (2014) and has been based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List criteria. The overall threat rating considers both the severity and extent of feral cat predation and has been developed from The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 (Woinarski et al. 2014). For example, the threat is considered to be high risk where there may be a moderate consequence over the entire range, a severe consequence across a large extent of the range, or a catastrophic consequence across a moderate extent of the range (Woinarski pers. comm. March 2015). The number of other threats and those which are an equal or greater threat to feral cat predation are also from Woinarski et al. (2014).

Table A1: Threatened mammal species that may be adversely affected by feral cats.
Scientific Name                                        Common Name(s)                                                                          EPBC Act Status        Action Plan Status                        IUCN Red List Status     Overall Threat Rating of feral cat predation          Number of other threats  Other threats which are of equal or greater risk than feral cat predation
Bettongia lesueur lesueur                              Burrowing Bettong (Shark Bay), Boodie                                                   Vulnerable             Near Threatened (Conservation dependent)  Near threatened[1]       Moderate                                              6                        Climate change/severe weather events (moderate); predation by European red foxes (moderate)[2]; predation by black rats (moderate)2; novel disease (moderate)2.
Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi                          Woylie                                                                                  Endangered             Critically endangered                     Critically endangered1   High - very high                                      6                        Predation by European red foxes (high - very high); inappropriate fire regimes in presence of cats and foxes (high)
Burramys parvus                                        Mountain Pygmy-possum                                                                   Endangered             Critically endangered                     Critically endangered    Very high                                             7                        Inappropriate fire regimes (very high); predation by European red foxes (very high); habitat loss and fragmentation (very high)
Conilurus penicillatus                                 Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat, Brush-tailed Tree-rat, Pakooma                                 Vulnerable             Vulnerable                                Near threatened          High - very high                                      6                        Inappropriate fire regimes (high); habitat loss and fragmentation (high)
Crocidura trichura                                     Christmas Island Shrew                                                                  Endangered             Critically endangered (Possibly Extinct)  Critically endangered    Very high                                             8                        Novel disease (extreme)
Dasycercus cristicauda                                 Crest-tailed Mulgara                                                                    Vulnerable             Near Threatened                           Least Concern            High                                                  4                        Predation by European red foxes (high); habitat change due to livestock and feral herbivores (high)
Dasyuroides byrnei                                     Kowari                                                                                  Vulnerable             Vulnerable                                Vulnerable               High                                                  9                        Predation by dingoes/wild dogs (high); climate change (high)
Dasyurus geoffroii                                     Chuditch, Western Quoll                                                                 Vulnerable             Near Threatened (Conservation dependent)  Near threatened          Moderate                                              6                        Predation by European red foxes (very high); consumption of toxic feral cat baits (very high);
Dasyurus hallucatus                                    Northern Quoll                                                                          Endangered             Endangered                                Near threatened          High                                                  9                        Inappropriate fire regimes