TIGER QUOLL

Photographed at Mountain Valley Wilderness, Loonguna, Tasmania, January 2018

97               SPOT-TAILED QUOLL                 Dasyurus maculatus

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS                  97

Also known as Spotted-tailed Quoll, Tiger Quoll or Tiger Cat. Endangered on mainland: sparse in se Australia from Fraser Island (Q) to sw Victoria, Vulnerable inTasmania where widespread. Found from sea-level to sub-alps in many habitats. Race gracilis is isolated in ne Qin upland rainforests from Mt Finnigan to s. Atherton Tablelands. Solitary, mostly nocturnal, partly arboreal. Eats small to medium sized mammals and birds and large arthropods.

Photographed at Mungo Brush, NSW December 2019

TASMANIAN DEVIL

Photographed at Mountain Valley Wilderness, Loonguna, Tasmania, January 2018

96                  TASMANIAN DEVIL                 Sarcophilis harrisi

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS                  96

Largest living marsupial carnivores. Widespread across Tasmania but becoming rare as population devastated by facial tumour disease. Found in most habitats, including outer urban; most common in dry sclerophyll forest and coastal woodlands with patches of open grassland. Nocturnal and crepuscular; scavenger and predator.

EASTERN BARRED BANDICOOT

Photographed at Eaglehawk, Tasmania, January 2018

95                  EASTERN BARRED BANDICOOT                   Preameles gunnii

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS               95           

Found in ne 2/3 of Tasmania where vulnerable; also pockets in Victoria derived from captive-bred animals, endangered. Occupies grassland, pasture with patches of dense vegetation for shelter. Nocturnal, solitary, digs in topsoil for invertebrates and tubers.