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Dasyurus viverrinus (Eastern Quoll)

Synonyms: Didelphis viverrina; Satanellus viverrinus

Wikipedia Abstract

The eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus), also known as the eastern native cat, is a medium-sized carnivorous dasyurid marsupial native to Australia. They are widespread and even locally common in Tasmania. They have been considered extinct on the mainland since the 1960s, but efforts are being made to reintroduce them. It is one of six extant species of quolls.
View Wikipedia Record: Dasyurus viverrinus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Dasyurus viverrinus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.85
EDGE Score: 2.46
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.425 lbs (1.10 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  0.02 grams
Female Weight [4]  1.653 lbs (750 g)
Male Weight [4]  2.425 lbs (1.10 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [4]  46.7 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [3]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  70 %
Diet - Scavenger [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  11 months 5 days
Male Maturity [2]  11 months 5 days
Gestation [2]  20 days
Litter Size [2]  6
Litters / Year [4]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  7 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  15 inches (39 cm)
Weaning [2]  5 months 18 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Tasmanian Central Highland forests Australia Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Tasmanian temperate forests Australia Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Tasmanian temperate rain forests Australia Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Dunggir National Park II 6402 New South Wales, Australia
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park 1104012 Tasmania, Australia  
Kosciuszko National Park II 1705480 New South Wales, Australia
Southwest National Park II 1531400 Tasmania, Australia
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site 3478040 Tasmania, Australia      

Prey / Diet

Cercartetus lepidus (Tasmanian Pygmy Possum)[5]
Oncopera intricata (Corbie)[4]
Oncopera rufobrunnea (Winter corbie)[4]
Persectania ewingii (Southern armyworm)[4]
Pseudomys higginsi (Long-tailed mouse)[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Acanthopsylla saphes[7]
Echidnophaga myrmecobii (Red flea)[7]
Tyto novaehollandiae (Australian Masked Owl)[4]

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
♦ 2de 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
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4Dasyurus viverrinus, Menna E. Jones and Robert K. Rose, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 677, pp. 1–9 (2001)
♦ 5Cercartetus lepidus (Diprotodontia: Burramyidae), JAMIE M. HARRIS, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 842:1–8 (2009)
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 8International Flea Database
♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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