Wildlife Queensland Quoll Discovery Day

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Posted 2024-10-03 by Elaine ⇒ follow

Sat 09 Nov 2024

Uncover the secrets of quolls

Learn more about this elusive marsupial and why its numbers are dwindling - Image: www.eventbrite.com.au

What do you know about quolls? I certainly don’t know much at all, so am delighted that there’s to be a Wildlife Queensland Quoll Discovery Day to be held in Maleny.

Apparently, according to those in the know, one shouldn’t be fooled by the quoll’s cute pink noses and thick, soft fur: Australia's 'native cats' aren’t much like cats at all. Quolls have black to fawn fur, white spots, long tails and sharp teeth. Their genus name, Dasyurus, means ‘hairy-tail’.

Learn all about Wildlife Queensland's exciting quoll conservation projects; find out how cane toads are affecting our native wildlife (including the quolls), and take part in a workshop where you'll learn to use camera traps like a pro.

Also known as the spotted-tailed quoll, the tiger quoll is the largest species of quoll in Australia.

Tiger quoll - Illustration courtesy of Kevin Stead via www.australiangeographic.com.au

Here’s what I’ve learnt about quolls, with thanks to Bush Heritage Australia -

We have four species of quoll in Australia.

Quolls are tree-climbing, den-dwelling marsupials.

Quolls were once relatively abundant across most of Australia, with their numbers declining significantly over the years.

Quolls use a wide range of habitats - coastal, heathlands, sub-alpine woodlands, temperate woodlands and forests, riparian forests and wet sclerophyll forests.

Quolls often create dens in tree hollows, rock crevices, underground burrows, fallen logs and even termite mounds.

Quolls generally shelter in their dens during the day and hunt alone at night.

They’re generalist, opportunistic carnivores - in other words, they eat a wide variety of food, as long as it’s meat!

The eastern quoll was once found across much of the south-eastern mainland, and as far as northern New South Wales. The last members of the mainland population died out in about 1963, but these quolls remain in Tasmania, where they inhabit rainforests and open grasslands, mainly in the eastern half of the state.

Eastern quoll - Illustration courtesy of Kevin Stead via www.australiangeographic.com.au

Bookmark the date and come along to this fascinating Wildlife Queensland Quoll Discovery Day session to uncover the secrets of quolls!

The northern quoll is the smallest, but the most aggressive of the four Australian species.

Northern quoll - Illustration courtesy of Kevin Stead via www.australiangeographic.com.au

The Wildlife Queensland Quoll Discovery Day is a great opportunity to discover more about this elusive marsupial!
Light refreshments will be provided.
This event is proudly funded through the Queensland Government's Community Sustainability Action Grants program.

The western quoll, or ‘chuditch’, is WA’s largest marsupial carnivore.

Western quoll - Illustration courtesy of Kevin Stead via www.australiangeographic.com.au

Date and times: Saturday 9 November, 9.00am to 11.30am
Location: Maleny Community Centre, Level 1/23 Maple Street, Maleny
This event is FREE, but to assist the organisers with numbers, registration is essential. Please reserve your spot online here.

There are four species of quoll in Australia. As far as the author can ascertain, the Northern quoll is the one that we may find in Queensland.
Additional information on individual images is with thanks to www.australiangeographic.com.au

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