Spotted-Tail Quoll

The Spotted-tail quoll likes both wet and dry forests, including sclerophyll, riparian, rainforests, and woodlands. It requires significant amounts of ground cover for denning sites. The male is larger than the female, and this species is the largest native, carnivorous marsupial. It has a red-brown body with bold white spots including on its tail. This species breeds once per year; an average litter is five offspring. After 12 weeks the litter starts eating food the female drops into the pouch. This species is mostly solitary; the males have a larger territory than females and females allow males to overlap their territory. Communicating territory is through scent. The Spotted-tail quoll eats gilders, rabbits, bandicoots, pademelons, and possums. Sometimes it eats insects and birds.