Cudmore is a national park in
Central West Queensland
Central West Queensland is a remote region in the Australian state of Queensland which covers 396,650.2 km2. The region lies to the north of South West Queensland and south of the Gulf Country. It has a population of approximately 12,387 peo ...
,
Australia
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, 844 km northwest of
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
.
The terrain of the park has an elevation of 398 meters.
Wildlife
166 species of animals and 147 species of plants have been recorded in the park. The most endangered on the list of plants is Drummond Range bloodwood ''
(Corymbia clandestina
''Corymbia clandestina'', commonly known as Drummond Range bloodwood, is a species of small tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, ...
)''. Among the rare or endangered mammals in the park are the
central greater glider
The central greater glider (''Petauroides armillatus'') is a species of gliding marsupial native to the central coast of eastern Australia.
Taxonomy
It was initially described as a subspecies of '' Petauroides volans'', which alongside ''Peta ...
and
koala
The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear (''Phascolarctos cinereus''), is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the womb ...
.
References
See also
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Protected areas of Queensland
Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. It contains around 500 separate protected areas. In 2020, it was estimated a total of 14.2 million hectares or 8.25% of Queensland's landmass was protected.
List of terrestrial protected are ...
National parks of Queensland
Protected areas established in 1998
Central West Queensland
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