Tasmania - CRA/RFA - Forests - National Estate - Fauna Centres of Endemism

Tasmania has 47 endemic vertebrates, of which 21 are classified as forest-associated. The endemic fauna is primarily characterised by the great diversity of invertebrate groups and their constituent taxa. The state of knowledge of invertebrates in Tasmania is relatively advanced when compared with most other regions in Australia. This has permitted a better assessment of associated National Estate values than has been possible elsewhere.

This dataset is a digital polygon coverage of Tasmania (captured at 1: 500 000 scale) detailing the centres of endemism of fauna, i.e. areas where concentrations of exclusively Tasmanian fauna species are found.

Centres of endemism of fauna are coded with a unique number, the relevant National Estate value and criterion, and cleared land status.

All sites in this coverage are classified according to natest criterion A1: Importance in the evolution of Australian flora, fauna, landscapes or climate.

This is an archived dataset jointly owned by the Commonwealth and the Tasmanian Governments under the Tasmania-Commonwealth Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) data agreement of 8th November 1997.This data is available to the public under licence from the Department as part of the Commonwealth Spatial Data Access and Pricing Policy.

Any reproduction of this dataset must carry the following statement: Copyright Commonwealth of Australia and Tasmanian Government 1997. Departmental Deed