Eastern quoll

Eastern quoll[1]
fawn morph
black morph
both in Dorset, Tasmania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Dasyurus
Species:
D. viverrinus
Binomial name
Dasyurus viverrinus
(Shaw, 1800)
Eastern quoll range, not including reintroduced populations in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory

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.[4] The species has been reintroduced to fox-proof fenced sanctuaries in Victoria in 2003[5] and to the Australian Capital Territory in 2016.[6]

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  2. ^ Burbidge, A.A.; Woinarski, J. (2016). "Dasyurus viverrinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6296A21947190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T6296A21947190.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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  4. ^ Frankham, Greta J.; Thompson, Sean; Ingleby, Sandy; Soderquist, Todd; Eldridge, Mark D. B. (25 November 2016). "Does the 'extinct' eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) persist in Barrington Tops, New South Wales?". Australian Mammalogy. 39 (2): 243–247. doi:10.1071/AM16029. ISSN 1836-7402.
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  6. ^ Wilson, Belinda A.; Evans, Maldwyn J.; Batson, William G.; Banks, Sam C.; Gordon, Iain J.; Fletcher, Donald B.; Wimpenny, Claire; Newport, Jenny; Belton, Emily; Rypalski, Annette; Portas, Tim; Manning, Adrian D. (29 June 2020). "Adapting reintroduction tactics in successive trials increases the likelihood of establishment for an endangered carnivore in a fenced sanctuary". PLOS ONE. 15 (6): e0234455. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1534455W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234455. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7323978. PMID 32598368.