Quoll
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Quolls
| image = Tüpfelbeutelmarder brehm.png
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Mammalia
| subclassis = Marsupialia
| ordo = Dasyuromorphia
| familia = Dasyuridae
| subfamilia = Dasyurinae
| tribus = Dasyurini
| genus = Dasyurus
| genus_authority = É. Geoffroy, 1796
| type_species = Didelphis maculata
| type_species_authority = Anon., 1791
(= Didelphis viverrina Shaw, 1800
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
Quolls (genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials, native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Adults are between 25 and 75 cm long, with hairy tails about 20-35 cm long. Females have six to eight nipples and develop a pouch—which opens towards the tail—only during the breeding season, when they are rearing young. Quolls live both in forests and in open valley land. Though primarily ground-dwelling, they have developed secondary arboreal characteristics. Their molars and canines are strongly developed.
Taxonomy
Within the genus Dasyurus, the following species exist:
- New Guinean Quoll, Dasyurus albopunctatus, New Guinea
- Western Quoll, Dasyurus geoffroii, western Australia
- Northern Quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus, northern Australia
- Tiger Quoll or Spotted Quoll, Dasyurus maculatus, eastern Australia
- Bronze Quoll, Dasyurus spartacus, New Guinea
- Eastern Quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus, Tasmania
References
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