Mammals in the Hunter Valley face a range of threats, including habitat degradation and the impacts of invasive species. The loss and fragmentation of key habitats such as tree hollows and feed trees reduce the number of animals an area can support.
Feral cats and foxes also frequently kill native mammals, while rabbits, goats and other invasive herbivores out-compete native mammals for food and shelter resources. Restoring and connecting habitats while controlling invasive species is important for protecting our unique and iconic native mammals.
Help save our threatened mammals
You can help save our threatened mammals by doing a few simple things:
- Plant native trees and shrubs in your garden and retain trees with hollows.
- Keep your cat indoors – especially at night – and put a bell on its collar.
- Keep your dog on a leash in bushland, and don't bring dogs into national parks.
- Slow down when driving near bushland to help wildlife safely cross the road.
- Report native animal sightings on iNaturalist Australia.
- Learn more about how you can help wildlife in emergencies.
A brush-tailed rock wallaby, one of the largest rock wallabies 
The eastern bentwing-bat is a nocturnal mammal, also known as Schreibers bentwing-bat 
Eastern freetail-bats live in a wide range of habitats 
Greater gliders are marsupials native to the forests of south-eastern Australia 
A grey-headed flying-fox hanging upside down 
Koalas are arboreal herbivorous marsupials native to Australia 
Little bent-winged bats are agile flyers 
Southern myotis are found in Australia and Argentina 
Squirrel gliders are small possums of the genus Petaurus 
Yellow-bellied gliders live across eastern Australia