Once abundant on Australia's mainland, the eastern quoll — also called the native cat — has been extinct in the country for half a century. Fortunately, they're still widespread in Tasmania, where ...

The eastern quoll, a cat-sized marsupial with pointy ears and speckled fur, was once found throughout south-eastern Australia. But disease and predation by foxes and feral cats devastated the species; ...

Conservation manager Hayley Glover smiles as she gingerly lifts the lid of a quoll nursery box at Dunkeld Pastoral Company's town acreage, trying not to disturb the small, spotty family inside. "We've ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It was thought to have died out on the Australian mainland more than 50 years ago, but the confirmed discovery of an eastern quoll has ...

There is hope the eastern quoll, thought to have disappeared from the Australian mainland more than 50 years ago, might still be surviving in New South Wales, after a specimen was recently discovered ...

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Isolated Tasmania is home to a unique array of flora and fauna. One of the lesser known local species is the cat-sized eastern quoll. This spotted, pink button-nosed fella can be quite commonly found ...

Half of Tasmania’s eastern quolls – Australia’s last population – have disappeared in the past 10 years. EASTERN QUOLLS – SMALL, fleet-footed and ferocious – are one of Australia’s few surviving ...

The state government says it won't change the classification of the Eastern Quoll, despite the animal being declared endangered by an international body. A journalist with more than a decade of ...