The spectacular Spottedtailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is mainland Australia’s largest marsupial predator. They are a secretive, stealthy, elusive night hunter that move almost silently through the landscape hunting down their prey. Although they hunt mainly on the ground, they are very agile climbers allowing them to source their prey throughout the environment.

Being both a Keystone Species and an Apex Predator the Spottedtailed Quoll plays a key role in ecosystem function and balance. They even out the boom and bust cycles of species within the ecosystem by being both a very capable and skilled hunter and also a scavenger. Their diet consists mainly of mammals but also includes birds, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates.

They are known to have a ‘live fast and die young’ lifestyle and only live 23 years in the wild. Threats to the species include habitat destruction and fragmentation, predation and competition from wild dogs, foxes and feral cats, human persecution, motor vehicle impact and disease.

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