Australian Antechinuses, Quolls, Dunnarts, Tasmanian Devil
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FAMILY : Antechinuses, Quolls, Dunnarts, Tasmanian Devil
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Agile Antechinus
(Antechinus agilis) |
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The Agile Antechinus is a small carnivorous marsupial of the Dasyurid family. It is greyish brown above and pale below. It has hairy thin tail. It is very similar to the Brown Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii), and used to be considered to be the... Click to continue> |
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Brown Antechinus
(Antechinus stuartii) |
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Small native carnivorous marsupial, greyish-brown above and paler below. Long pointed head with bulging eyes and four pairs of small sharp incisor teeth. Ears are large, thin and crinkly with a notch in the margin. Tail is the same length as the... Click to continue> |
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Dusky Antechinus
(Antechinus swainsonii) |
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Body fur dark brown to black, pale grey underneath. Ears small and do not project far above the fur. Body up to 19 cm, tail up to 12 cm.
Dusky Antechinus are active day and night. They eat invertebrates, which they find in the soil, and they... Click to continue> |
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Fawn Antechinus
(Antechinus bellus) |
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A small mouse-like marsupial, pale to medium grey above, paler underneath with whitish feet and a pale eye ring. Its ears are crinkled and chewed looking, giving them the appearance of the ears of a boxer. Head-body length to 14.5 cm and tail to... Click to continue> |
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Yellow-footed Antechinus
(Antechinus flavipes) |
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Body fur changes from grey on the head and shoulders, to yellowish-brown to reddish-orange on the rest of the body. Narrow ring of pale fur around the eye. Tail brown and covered with fur. Body up to 16 cm, tail up to 14 cm.
Yellow-footed... Click to continue> |
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Eastern Quoll
(Dasyurus viverrinus) |
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The Eastern Quoll has black or brown fur with white spots. It has no spots on the tail, unlike the Tiger Quoll. Click to continue> |
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Tiger Quoll
(Dasyurus maculatus) |
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The Tiger Quoll is reddish brown or dark brown above with white spots. The only Quoll with a spotted tail.
It spends most of its time on the ground, but is a good climber. Populations have decreased in recent years - dogs, foxes, land-clearing... Click to continue> |
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Fat-tailed False Antechinus
(Pseudantechinus macdonnelliensis) |
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The Fat-tailed False Antechinus is greyish brown with reddish colour patches behind the ears. It is pale underneath. The tail conical shape with fat base. Click to continue> |
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Tasmanian Devil
(Sarcophilus harrisii) |
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The Tasmanian Devil is the largest surviving carnivorous marsupial in the world. It has a thick-set, squat build, with a relatively large, broad head and short, thick tail. The fur is mainly black, but white markings often occur on the rump and... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Numbat
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Numbat
(Myrmecobius fasciatus) |
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The Numbat is a red-brown marsupial with six or seven vertical white bars on the back. It has a black stripe along the head. The snout is pointed , and they have a small mouth and a long, sticky tongue . The long bushy tail resembles a bottlebrush Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Thylacine
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Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine)
(Thylacinus cynocephalus) |
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The Tasmanian Tiger is extinct - the last Tasmanian Tiger in captivity died in 1936. There are still some who hold out hope that it may still survive in remote parts of Tasmania, but this is extremely unlikely. The tiger is a sandy colour with brown... Click to continue> |
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