The conservation population of Australia’s endangered eastern quoll welcomes joeys
SYDNEY — The endangered eastern quoll, one of Australia’s species of quoll, is a nocturnal carnivorous marsupial that is small in stature with a ferret-like pointed face and a bushy tail. The mammal has two primary color variants: Light fawn and blackish-brown, with white spots on the body. Once so widespread along the eastern coastal […]
Sydney, Australia recently welcomed news of the conservation population of the endangered eastern quoll giving birth to joeys. The eastern quoll, a nocturnal carnivorous marsupial, once roamed the eastern coastal fringe of Australia in plague abundance. Known for its small size, ferret-like face, and bushy tail, this mammal has two color variants - light fawn and blackish-brown with white spots.
Despite being prized for its hunting skills by farmers and even kept as a pet in the 1800s, the eastern quoll faced a rapid decline due to disease, habitat loss, car strikes, and predation by cats, dogs, and invasive foxes. However, a taxidermied specimen discovered in 2016 might indicate the species' survival longer than previously thought.
Although now extinct in the wild on the mainland, the eastern quoll still thrives on the island of Tasmania, free of the invasive foxes.
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