| Western quoll[1] | |
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| A western quoll at Caversham Wildlife Park, Western Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Dasyurus |
| Species: | D. geoffroii
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasyurus geoffroii Gould, 1841
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| Western quoll range | |
The western quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) is Western Australia's largest endemic mammalian carnivore.[4] One of the many marsupial mammals native to Australia, it is also known as the chuditch. The species is currently classed as near-threatened.
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Woinarski, J.; Burbidge, A.A. (2019). "Dasyurus geoffroii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6294A21947461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T6294A21947461.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Dasyurus geoffroii — Chuditch, Western Quoll".
- ^ "Australian Wildlife Conservancy". www.australianwildlife.org. Retrieved 2016-02-22.