Species Dasyurus geoffroii Gould, 1841

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Introduction

Validity of subspecies needs testing

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Formerly distributed over nearly 70% of the continent (at the time of European settlement) but now absent from all states except WA where it is restricted to the coastal regions of the SW corner; extra-limital in Papua New Guinea (subspecies Dasyurus geoffroii spartacus Van Dyck, 1988)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Ubiquitous from sclerophyll forest to desert, in central Australia said to burrow, primarily nocturnal.

 

General References

Archer, M. 1979. The status of Australian dasyurids, thylacinids and myrmecobiids. pp. 29-43 in Tyler, M.J. (ed.). The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife. Adelaide : Royal Zoological Society of South Australia.

Glen, A.S., de Tores, P.J., Sutherland, D.R. & Morris, K.D. 2009. Interactions between chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii) and introduced predators: a review. Australian Journal of Zoology 57(5): 347-356

Johnson, K.A. & Roff, A.D. 1982. The Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) in the Northern Territory: Historical records from venerable sources. pp. 220-226 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Lee, A.K., Woolley, P. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1982. Life history strategies of dasyurid marsupials. pp. 1-11 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Morris, K., Johnson, B., Orell, P., Gaikhorst, G., Wayne, A. & Moro, D. 2003. Recovery of the threatened chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii) a case study. pp. 435-451 in Jones, M., Dickman, C. & Archer, M. (eds). Predators with Pouches. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing.

Morton, S.R. 1982. Dasyurid marsupials of the Australian arid zone: an ecological review. pp. 117-130 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Serena, M. & Soderquist, T. 1995. Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii. pp. 62-64 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Serena, M. & Soderquist, T.R. 1988. Growth and development of pouch young of wild and captive Dasyurus geoffroii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 533-543

Serena, M. & Soderquist, T.R. 1989. Nursery dens of Dasyurus geoffroii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), with notes on nest building behaviour. Australian Mammalogy 12: 35-36

Serena, M. & Soderquist, T.R. 1989. Spatial organisation of a riparian population of the carnivorous marsupial Dasyurus geoffroii. Journal of Zoology, London 219: 373-383

Soderquist, T.R. 1995. Ontogeny of sexual dimorphism in size among polytocous mammals - tests of 2 carnivorous marsupials. Journal of Mammalogy 76: 376-390

Soderquist, T.R. & Serena, M. 1990. Occurrence and outcome of polyoestry in wild Western Quolls, Dasyurus geoffroii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 13: 205-208

Soderquist, T.R. & Serena, M. 1993. Predicting susceptibility of Dasyurus geoffroii to canid baiting programmes: variation due to sex, season and bait type. Wildlife Research 20: 287-296

Soderquist, T.R. & Serena, M. 1994. Dietary niche of the Western Quoll, Dasyurus geoffroii, in the jarrah forest of Western Australia. Australian Mammalogy 17: 133-136

Soderquist, T.R. & Serena, M. 2000. Juvenile behaviour and dispersal of chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 48: 551-450

 

Common Name References

Abbott, I. 2013. Extending the application of Aboriginal names to Australian biota: Dasyurus (Marsupilaia: Dasyuridae) species. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 130(3): 109-126 (Chuditch)

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Western Quoll)

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [100] (Chuditch)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
02-Sep-2019	DASYURINAE	26-Aug-2023	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2010		15-Oct-2010	MOVED
07-Feb-2024		15-Oct-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)