Quoll

Quolls Template:StatusVulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Marsupialia Order: Dasyuromorphia Family: Dasyuridae Genus: Dasyurus

Quolls (genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Within the genus Dasyurus, the following species exist:

• Dasyurus albopunctatus — New Guinean Quoll, New Guinea
• Dasyurus geoffroii — Chuditch or Western Quoll, western Australia
• Dasyurus hallucatus — Northern Quoll, northern Australia
• Dasyurus maculatus — Spotted Quoll, eastern Australia
• Dasyurus spartacus — Bronze Quoll, New Guinea
• Dasyurus viverrinus — Eastern Quoll, Tasmania