🐾Tiger quoll
The tiger quoll, also known as the spotted-tailed quoll, spotted quoll, spotted-tailed dasyure, or tiger cat, is a carnivorous marsupial of the quoll genus Dasyurus native to Australia. With males and females weighing around 3.5 and 1.8 kg, respectively, it is the world's second-largest extant carnivorous marsupial, behind the Tasmanian devil. Two subspecies are recognised; the nominate is found in wet forests of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, and a northern subspecies, D. m. gracilis, is found in a small area of northern Queensland and is endangered.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 1.78 kg
- Body length
- 0.59 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 6.8 years
Everything we know about the Tiger quoll
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.78 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.59 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass4.71 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan6.8 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 6.8 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length2.51 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation21 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.36 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density3.49 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.8 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Tiger quoll yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderDasyuromorphia
- ›familyDasyuridae
- ›genusDasyurus
- ›speciesDasyurus maculatus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderDasyuromorphia
- familyDasyuridae
- genusDasyurus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderDasyuromorphia
- familyDasyuridae
- genusDasyurus
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