 The larger mammals of the lower elevations include red-necked wallaby "(Macropus rufogriseus)", swamp wallaby "(Wallabia bicolor)", common wombat "(Vombatus ursinus)", tiger quoll "(Dasyurus maculatus)", short-beaked echidna "(Tachyglossus aculeatus)" and platypus "(Ornithorhynchus anatinus)".This is an ecoregion generally thought to have experienced long periods of minimal disturbance prior to European settlement.Since the nineteenth century, grazing and an increased incidence of fire resulted in a reduction in range condition, and extensive damage to bog communities, from which plant communities have been slow to recover.