Tiger quoll
Carnivorous marsupial native to Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), also known as the spotted-tailed quoll, spotted-tail quoll, spot-tailed quoll, spotted quoll, spotted-tailed dasyure, or tiger cat, is a carnivorous marsupial of the quoll genus Dasyurus native to Australia. With males and females weighing around 3.5 and 1.8 kg (7.7 and 4.0 lb), respectively, it is the world's second-largest extant carnivorous marsupial, behind the Tasmanian devil. Two subspecies are recognised; the nominate is found in wet forests of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, and a northern subspecies, D. m. gracilis, is found in a small area of northern Queensland and is endangered.
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Tiger quoll[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
Family: | Dasyuridae |
Genus: | Dasyurus |
Species: | D. maculatus |
Binomial name | |
Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) | |
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