Eastern quoll: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the eastern quoll lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Dasyurus viverrinus
Group	Marsupials
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	0.01 g (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Dasyuridae

Where does the eastern quoll live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the eastern quoll in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an eastern quoll?

Wikidata records the following for the eastern quoll: mass 0.01 g (birth weight).

Is the eastern quoll endangered?

The eastern quoll’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the eastern quoll?

The eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) is a mammal in the order Dasyuromorphia and the family Dasyuridae, genus Dasyurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the eastern quoll

The eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus, formerly known as the eastern native cat) is a medium-sized, carnivorous marsupial (dasyurid), and one of six extant species of quolls. Endemic to Australia, they occur on the island state of Tasmania, but were considered extinct on the mainland after 1963. The species has been reintroduced to fox-proof fenced sanctuaries in Victoria in 2003 and to the Australian Capital Territory in 2016.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eastern quoll (revision 1379530950), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194516 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).