Species profile—Dasyurus geoffroii geoffroii (western quoll)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Dasyuridae (dasyurids) → Dasyurus geoffroii geoffroii (western quoll)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Dasyuridae (dasyurids)
- Scientific name
- Dasyurus geoffroii geoffroii Gould, 1841
- Common name
- western quoll
- Type reference
- Gould, G. (1841). Observations on Dasyurus maugei and D. viverrinus of Geoffroy, and description of a new species. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1840: 151.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 813
- Alternate name(s)
- western native-cat
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Extinct in the wild
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
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=813.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
