Two rare and endangered spot-tailed quolls have been discovered in the Bendoc region in East Gippsland.
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Spot-tailed quolls are the largest carnivorous marsupial on mainland Australia.
Dr Chela Powell, manager of biodiversity research and development for VicForests, said this discovery was significant as detections of these animals have been quite rare in recent years across East Gippsland.
“We captured images of what appears to be two different spot-tailed quolls on remote, infra-red cameras during one of our targeted pre-harvest fauna surveys,” Dr Powell said.
VicForests ensures that important biodiversity values, including threatened species such as spot-tailed quolls, are identified and protected from timber-harvesting operations.
“The area that contains the most ideal habitat for the species is reserved and excluded from harvesting operations,” Dr Powell said. The planning of harvesting is a long and detailed and can take over a year.
