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Species profile—Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (spotted-tailed quoll (southern subspecies))

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Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Dasyuridae (dasyurids) → Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (spotted-tailed quoll (southern subspecies))

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Dasyuridae (dasyurids)
Scientific name
Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (Kerr, 1792)
Common name
spotted-tailed quoll (southern subspecies)
Type reference
Kerr, R. (1792). The Animal Kingdom, a zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; Class 1. Mammalia: containing a complete systematic description, arrangement and nomenclature, of all known species and varieties of Mammalia; or animals that give suck to their young; being a translation of that part of the Systeme Naturae, as lateley published with great improvements, by Professor Gmelin of Goettingen. London: J.Murray & R Faulder Vol. 1 Pt 1 xl 400pp.
WildNet taxon ID
803
Alternate name(s)
tiger cat
spotted-tailed quoll (south eastern mainland population)
spot-tail quoll
yarri
spotted-tail dasyure
spotted-tailed native cat
tiger quoll
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Endangered
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
Endangered
Conservation significant
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Agricultural Pest
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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=803.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Last updated
20 May 2024