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Depending on the species, adult quolls can be 25 to 75 cm (9.8 to 29.5 in) long, with hairy tails about 20 to 35 cm (7.9 to 13.8 in) long. Average weight differs greatly depending on the species; male western and eastern quolls weigh about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) and females 0.9 kg (2.0 lb). The spotted-tailed quoll is the largest, with the male ...
Northern quoll, (Dasyurus hallucatus) Subgenus Dasyurops. Tiger quoll, (Dasyurus maculatus) Subgenus Dasyurinus. Western quoll, (Dasyurus geoffroii) Subgenus Dasyurus. New Guinean quoll, (Dasyurus albopunctatus) Bronze quoll, (Dasyurus spartacus) Eastern quoll, (Dasyurus viverrinus) Genus Myoictis. Woolley's three-striped dasyure (Myoictis leucera)
Genus Antechinus – Macleay, 1841 – ten species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Agile antechinus. A. agilis Dickman, Parnaby, Crowther & King, 1998: Southern Australia: Size: 6–13 cm (2–5 in) long, plus 6–12 cm (2–5 in) tail [4] Habitat: Forest and shrubland [5]
The eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus, formerly known as the eastern native cat) is a medium-sized carnivorous marsupial , and one of six extant species of quolls. Endemic to Australia, they occur on the island state of Tasmania , but were considered extinct on the mainland after 1963. [ 4 ]
The tiger quoll is listed by the IUCN on the Red List of Threatened Species with the status "near threatened". [2] As of 2023 [update] , since its listing in 2004 under the EPBC Act , the Tasmanian population of Dasyurus maculatus maculatus is regarded as a vulnerable species , [ 32 ] while the Queensland population of Dasyurus maculatus ...
The tribe Dasyurini includes several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, kowari, mulgara, kaluta, dibblers, neophascogales, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian devil. Classification
Dasyuromorphia (/ d æ s i j ʊər oʊ ˈ m ɔːr f i ə /, meaning "hairy tail" [2] in Greek) is an order comprising most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the extinct thylacine.
The subfamily Dasyurinae includes several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, kowari, mulgara, kaluta, dibblers, phascogales, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian devil. The subfamily is defined largely on biochemical criteria. Order Dasyuromorphia. Family Thylacinidae; Family Dasyuridae: (carnivorous marsupials)