From: "seph..."
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.clip-art,alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Eastern Quoll... color... jpg format...
Date: 6 Jan 1998 23:24:27 GMT


Dasyurus viverrinus... Eastern Quoll...

Found only in Tasmania now;
loss of habitat has killed it off on mainland Au...

Another scan by a friend...

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"There are those who age with Wisdom;
while others merely get Old"... Worasan...

fauna-013.jpg



Comments
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The eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus, formerly known as the eastern native cat) is a medium-sized carnivorous marsupial (dasyurid), and one of six extant species of quolls. The eastern quoll is a solitary predator, hunting at night for its prey of insects, small mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Order: Dasyuromorphia > Family: Dasyuridae > Genus: Dasyurus > Species: Dasyurus viverrinus