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Northern quoll

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Northern quoll

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Also known as Dasyurus hallucatus

species of mammal native to Australia

In the Vinony graph

Vinony catalogs Northern quoll in its Endangered Species collection (17,243 entries).

Vinony's link graph records 166 inbound references to Northern quoll, and connects out to Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Australia and Animalia.

Vinony files it under Dasyuromorphs, EPBC Act endangered biota and IUCN Red List endangered species.

Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Endangered

Maximum longevity: 5.9 years (captivity) Observations: This species can exhibit semelparity. In tropical savannah, males die off after mating and exhibit weight loss, fur loss, parasite infestation, increased testosterone levels and anaemia, though not increased corticosteroid levels (Oakwood et al. 2001). One captive specimen lived 5.9 years (Richard Weigl 2005).

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
quoll
Image
Dasyurus hallucatus - Gould.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Endangered status
Commons category
Dasyurus hallucatus
taxon name
Dasyurus hallucatus
Commons gallery
Dasyurus hallucatus
taxon common name
dwergbuidelmarter
endemic to
Australia
longest observed lifespan
5.9
taxon author citation
Gould, 1842
short name
D. hallucatus
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Encyclopedic overview

The northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), also known as the northern native cat, the North Australian native cat or the satanellus is a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northern quoll” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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