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Dasyurus hallucatus (Northern Quoll)

Synonyms: Satanellus hallucatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), also known as the northern native cat, the satanellus, the North Australian native cat or the njanmak (in the indigenous Mayali language), is a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia.
View Wikipedia Record: Dasyurus hallucatus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Dasyurus hallucatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
51
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.35
EDGE Score: 4.07
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.365 lbs (619 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.014 lbs (460 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.715 lbs (778 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  69.1 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  30 %
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  40 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  10 months 15 days
Male Maturity [3]  10 months 15 days
Litter Size [3]  7
Litters / Year [3]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  6 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  11 inches (28 cm)
Weaning [3]  90 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kakadu National Park II 4744348 Northern Territory, Australia
Prince Regent River Nature Reserve Ia 1428602 Western Australia, Australia  

Prey / Diet

Conilurus penicillatus (Brush-tailed rabbit rat)[4]
Ranoidea australis (Northern Snapping Frog)[4]
Ranoidea caerulea (Australian Green Treefrog)[4]

Predators

Boopia uncinata[5]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Species Profile and Threats Database, Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
♦ 5Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 7International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0