The Tiger Quoll, Spot-tailed Quoll or Spotted-tailed Quoll is the largest marsupial carnivore surviving on mainland Australia.
Tiger Quolls are more than 50% larger than other quolls and, unlike the other species, have white spots that extend along their tail.
Tiger Quolls have bright eyes, a moist pink nose and sharp teeth. They have a pointed snout and a long tail. Their fur has a coarse texture and is red-brown to dark brown with white spots of varying size above and pale below.
Tiger Quolls are found in a range of forest habitats, from rainforest to open woodland. They require forest with suitable den sites such as rock crevices, caves, hollow logs, burrows and tree hollows.
The Tiger Quoll has a large home range and can cover considerable distances (more than 6km) overnight. It is largely nocturnal and solitary.
Both the species' range and total numbers are believed to have declined dramatically since European settlement. Being nocturnal and extremely shy, the Spotted-tailed Quoll makes himself as scarce as he possibly can.
This threatened hunter avoids human encounters, which makes the monitoring of this endangered species particularly difficult.
Click here to read about the Eastern Quoll, which is extinct on the Australian mainland and only remains in Tasmania.
Click here to read about our Eastern Quoll projects.
