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Sorry Trevor, it seems we can't ID this sighting.| Insufficient or inconclusive evidence | MichaelBedingfield | 15 Feb 2025 | |
| Phascolarctos cinereus | CarbonAI | 4 Jul 2024 | |
| Phascolarctos cinereus | trevsci | 12 Dec 2022 |
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Not a sighting but possible scratchings? Location is not far from audio monitoring sight but similar marks also found on the small gum closest to the hwy underpass, 4-5km away
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16 Dec 2022
Hi Ian, there is no sighting 13742. Can you give us the correct number ?
17 Dec 2022
See: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kagr.org.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F03%2FKoala-Scratch-Marks-1.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kagr.org.au%2Fkoala-scratch-marks-1%2F&tbnid=TxqFkVQ57PRzRM&vet=12ahUKEwjX26X-uv_7AhX1j-YKHdI-DjUQMygAegUIARCaAQ..i&docid=jp_zyX3vGjYbjM&w=384&h=288&itg=1&q=Phascolarctos%20cinereus%20scratch%20marks%20on%20trees&ved=2ahUKEwjX26X-uv_7AhX1j-YKHdI-DjUQMygAegUIARCaAQ
17 Dec 2022
My thinking was the trunk was probably too large for a koala to get its arms around given the way the scatches are oriented in relation to one another.
17 Dec 2022
I couldn't find a similar set of photos for goanna scratches on trees
20 Dec 2022
I need to go back to the Tidbinbilla Enclosure, and this time take some photos, but these scratches look different to koala scratches as I remember them. (The Tid enclosure is also used by BTP and formerly at least by Greater Gliders, so some care is needed there, but there has typically been a high koala density ~0.7 to 0.8/ha so its a good place for reference material such as scratches and scats).
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