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A black eastern quoll photographed in Tasmania.
Photograph by unknown. License: GNU Free Documentation License.
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Phillip Island Wildlife Park in Victoria
Photograph by Michael Barritt & Karen May. Some rights reserved.
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EASTERN QUOLL FACTS
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Description
The Eastern Quoll has black or brown fur with white spots. It has no spots on the tail, unlike the Tiger Quoll.
Other Names
Eastern Native Cat
Size
about 40cm long with 23cm tail. Smaller than the Tiger Quoll.
Environment
dry eucalypt forest, scrub, heath and farmland
Food
insects, grubs, small birds and small mammals. Also grasses, berries.
Breeding
Litter of 6, with gestation of 21 days.
Range
common in Tasmania
Conservation Status
The conservation status in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals is "lower risk/near threatened".
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Dasyuromorphia | | Family: | Dasyuridae | | Genus: | Dasyurus | | Species: | viverrinus | | Common Name: | Eastern Quoll |
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