A search fails to find any evidence for the continuing presence of southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons) in south-western New South Wales
Michael Swinbourne A C , David Taggart B and Bertram Ostendorf
A
A School of Biological Science, University of Adelaide, Oliphant Building, North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
B School of Biological Science, University of Adelaide, John Davies Building, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: michael.swinbourne@adelaide.edu.au
Australian Mammalogy 42(2) 244-247 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM19034
Submitted: 8 May 2019 Accepted: 24 September 2019 Published: 29 October 2019
Abstract
Following up on two reports from the 1990s, we undertook a ground survey and analysed satellite imagery in order to determine whether there are any extant colonies of southern hairy-nosed wombats in south-western New South Wales. No evidence was found to confirm the continuing presence of wombats in the region.
Additional keywords: local area extinction, satellite imagery.
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