Editing Carnarvon National Park (section)

==Fauna==

Over 210 bird species have been recorded within Carnarvon National Park, along with about 60 species of mammals. This park is particularly rich in species of [[bat]]s with at least twenty known to be there. The ''[[Ornithorhyncus anatinus]]'', the platypus, is at its western limit of habitation in Queensland within this National Park, along with most of the park's [[gliding possum]]s. Carnarvon Gorge has commercial night tours that take visitors into the park in search of gliders and other nocturnal life.

At least 90 species of reptiles call this park home, over half of which are either [[skink]]s or [[gecko]]es, and 35 species have their State distributional limits here. Twenty-two species of amphibians have been found in the park, including isolated populations of ''[[Litoria fallax]]'' (eastern Sedgefrog) and ''[[Adelotus brevis]]'' (Tusked Frog).

Over ten species of fish inhabit the park's waterways, the largest of which is [[Speckled longfin eel|''Anguilla reinhardtii'']] (long-finned eel). The park's invertebrate fauna is thought{{By whom|date=January 2011}} to be extremely diverse, and at least nine species are considered to be endemic to the [[Carnarvon Range]], including two species of dragonfly, two species of stonefly, a dobson fly, and four species of land snail.<ref> Rix, M. G., Edwards, D. L., Byrne, M., Harvey, M. S., Joseph, L., & Roberts, J. D. (2015). Biogeography and speciation of terrestrial fauna in the south-western australian biodiversity hotspot. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 90(3), 762-793. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12132
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[[Feral]] animals are present within the National Park, the ones presenting the most serious problems being [[brumby|brumbies]] and pigs. In 2007, culling of both species began by riflemen in [[helicopter]]s or airplanes. In 2008 the third phase of an aerial culling of Brumbies took place, by shooting 700 horses from a helicopter, in Carnarvon  National Park.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346230.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719114335/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346230.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2012|website= ABC News|title=Cull cuts Carnarvon Gorge brumby numbers|date=26 Aug 2008| access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> Such aerial culling is a contentious issue to some members of the public.{{who|date=January 2011}} However, there is little doubt that both species cause considerable alteration to the values the park is designed to protect.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} Through their [[grazing]] and their repetitious patterns of movement, feral horses alter the composition of the ground cover, and this can accelerate erosion through over-grazing and excessive hoof traffic. Feral pigs are thought{{By whom|date=January 2011}} to be responsible for the localised extinction of the [[Scrub turkey|Australian brush-turkey]] from some areas of this National Park.