New Guinean quoll: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Dasyurus albopunctatus
Group	Marsupials
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Dasyuridae

Where does the New Guinean quoll live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the New Guinean quoll in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Papua New Guinea

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.

Is the New Guinean quoll endangered?

The New Guinean quoll’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the New Guinean quoll?

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

About the New Guinean quoll

The New Guinean quoll (Dasyurus albopunctatus), also known as the New Guinea quoll or New Guinea native cat, is a carnivorous marsupial mammal native to New Guinea. It is the second-largest surviving marsupial carnivore of New Guinea. It is known as suatg in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article New Guinean quoll (revision 1314666258), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194250 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).