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Quolls
Dasyurus
Quolls (/ˈkwɒl/; genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials native to mainland Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania. They are primarily nocturnal and spend most of the day in a den. Of the six species of quoll, four are found in Australia and two in New Guinea. Another two species are known from fossil remains in Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits in Queensland. Genetic evidence indicates that quolls evolved around 15 million years ago in the Miocene, and that the...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Spotted-tailed Quoll
speciesDasyurus maculatus
Eastern Quoll
speciesDasyurus viverrinus
Northern Quoll
speciesDasyurus hallucatus
Western Quoll
speciesDasyurus geoffroii
New Guinean Quoll
speciesDasyurus albopunctatus
Bronze Quoll
speciesDasyurus spartacus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40165.