Once, most parts of Australia were inhabited by at least one of the species. This behavior is known as mate guarding. (Dasyurus maculatus) Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)Photo: Scott Burnett Also called … Tiger quoll, tiger cat, yarri (Herbert River District), burrumbil (Mulgrave River and Atherton Tablelands, north Queensland) Introduction The spotted-tailed quoll is mainland Australia’s largest marsupial carnivore.
TOP SPEED. Habitat modification is likely to have contributed to the decline of Western Quolls through the combined influences of land clearing, inappropriate fire regimes and grazing by both stock and feral herbivores. Threatened Species Day fact sheet About the fact sheet Four species of quoll occur in Australia: the northern, spotted-tailed, eastern and western quolls. 280-550 g. LENGTH. Captain Cook collected quolls along the east coast in 1770, and recorded "quoll" as their local Aboriginal name.
The northern quoll is the smallest of the quolls, with males larger than females (male: head-body 270-370mm, tail 222-345mm, weight 340-1120g; female: head-body 249-310mm, tail 202-300mm, weight 240-690g). 17.5-27.5 cm. Once widely distributed and common throughout Australia, numbats are currently classified as endangered, occurring in small and scattered populations. 32 km/h. Predation by feral cats and foxes is a serious threat to the persistence of Western Quolls. Spotted-tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) Western Quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus). 5-6 yrs. Numbat is a diurnal animal, which plays an important role in the ecosystem of its habitat. However, their territory overlaps with that of other tiger quolls, and where there are numerous quolls in proximity to each other, it is known as a colony. Fewer than 30% of females survive into their 2nd year. Life Cycle » Tiger beetles are solitary insects. The male and female tiger beetles come together at the time of mating. Life Span. Soon after mating, the male beetle holds the female beetle with the help of its mandibles and rides on her back, to prevent other males from mating. Tiger quolls are solitary, living alone. Life history. Most northern quoll males die at the age of about 12 months, after the short, synchronised breeding period (this species is the largest animal to be semelparous – the males reproduce only once, usually followed by death. WEIGHT. This unusual marsupial lacks a pouch.
Threats to the Western Quoll .
Life is tough if you are a male northern quoll: you spend your life ferociously searching for a mate, fighting off other males only to die after sex - and all before your first birthday. Body colour varies from grey-brown to brown, with large white spots on its head, back and occasionally the base of the tail.