A western quoll at Caversham Wildlife Park, Western Australia
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Vulnerable (EPBC Act)[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Infraclass:
Marsupialia
Order:
Dasyuromorphia
Family:
Dasyuridae
Genus:
Dasyurus
Species:
D. geoffroii
Binomial name
Dasyurus geoffroii
Gould, 1841
Western quoll range
The western quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) is Western Australia's largest endemic mammalian carnivore.[4] One of the many marsupial mammals native to Australia, it is also known as the chuditch. The species is currently classed as near-threatened.
^Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^Woinarski, J.; Burbidge, A.A. (2019). "Dasyurus geoffroii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6294A21947461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T6294A21947461.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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