Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Species
EndangeredMaximum longevity: 6.8 years (captivity)
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- quoll
- Mass
- 0.0125
- Image
- Eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) fawn morph Esk valley 2.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- Commons category
- Dasyurus viverrinus
- taxon name
- Dasyurus viverrinus
- taxon common name
- gevlekte buidelmarter
- endemic to
- Australia
- gestation period
- 21.2
- litter size
- 6
- longest observed lifespan
- 6.8
- taxon author citation
- (Shaw, 1800)
- short name
- D. viverrinus
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Encyclopedic overview
The eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus, formerly known as the eastern native cat) is a medium-sized carnivorous marsupial (dasyurid), 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. The species has been reintroduced to fox-proof fenced sanctuaries in Victoria in 2003 and to the Australian Capital Territory in 2016.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eastern quoll” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.