Species Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800)
Luaner, Eastern Quoll
- Didelphis maculata Anon. 1791. In Phillip, A. Voyage du Gouverneur Phillip à Botany-Bay, avec une description de l'établissement des Colonies du Port Jackson et de l'Île Norfolk; faite sur des papiers authentiques, obtenus des divers Departemens, auxquels on a ajouté les journaux des Lieutenans Shortland, Watts, Ball, et du Capitaine Marshall, avec un récit de leurs nouvelles découvertes. Traduit de l'Anglais. Paris : Buisson iv 443 pp. [186] [name provided in 'Note du traducteur' who is anonymous].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, neighbourhood of Port Jackson, NSW. - Didelphis viverrina Shaw, G. 1800. General Zoology or systematic natural history. Quadrupeds. London : G. Kearsley Vol. 1Pt 2 i-viii pp. 249-552. [491].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (not found in BMNH or RCSE; the holotype is the specimen described and figured under the name Tapoa Tafa by Anon. (Hunter, J.) in White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. London : J. Debrett xviii 299 pp. [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [285 pl 59 The Spotted (Tapoa Tafa)]), Sydney region, NSW (as New South Wales).Type locality references:
White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. London : J. Debrett xviii 299 pp. [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [269]. - Dasyurus maugei Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire], É. 1803. Note sur les espèces du genre dasyure. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 3(81): 258-259 [259].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found in MNHP), WA or south TAS.Type locality references:
Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire], É. 1804. Mémoire sur les espèces du genre Dasyure. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 3: 353-363; Freycinet, L. 1815. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, Exécuté sur les Corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et la Goelette le Casuarina, Pendant les Années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804; sous le commandement du Capitaine de Vaisseau N. Baudin. Navigation et géographie. Paris : Imprimerie Royale xvi 578 pp. [xii]. Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found in MNHP), Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).- Didelphis alboguttata Burmeister, H. 1854. Systematische Uebersicht der Thiere Brasiliens, welche während einer Reise durch die Provinzen von Rio de Janeiro und Minas Geraës gesammelt oder beobachtet wurden. Erster theil, Säugethiere (Mammalia). Berlin : G. Reimer x 342 pp. [340] [as Did. alboguttata].
Type data:
Holotype MNRJ, Australia.Type locality references:
Goeldi, E.A. 1894. Critical gleanings on the Didelphyidae of the Serra dos Orgãos, Brazil. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 457-467 [466].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [12-13]
Generic Combinations
- Nasira viverrina (Shaw, 1800).
- Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Now probably confined to Tas. and maybe a few locations in NSW.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Omnivore, open forest, open heath, predator, tall open forest, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Farm land, climbs trees occasionally.
General References
Belcher, C.A. 1998. Susceptibility of the tiger quoll, Dasyurus maculatus, and the eastern quoll, D. viverrinus, to 1080-poisoned baits in control programmes for vertebrate pests in eastern Australia. Wildlife Research 25: 33-40
Blackall, S. 1980. Diet of the Eastern Native-Cat, Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw), in southern Tasmania. Australian Wildlife Research 7: 191-197
Bryant, S.L. 1986. Seasonal variation of plasma testosterone in a wild population of male eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), from Tasmania. General and Comparative Endocrinology 64: 75-79
Driessen, M.M., Taylor, R.J. & Hocking, G.J. 1991. Trends in abundance of three marsupial species after fire. Australian Mammalogy 14: 121-124
Edgar, R. & Belcher, C. 1995. Spotted-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus. pp. 67-69 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Fletcher, T.P. 1985. Aspects of reproduction in the male eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) with notes on polyestry in the female. Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 101-110
Godsell, J. 1982. The population ecology of the Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia), in southern Tasmania. pp. 198-207 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.
Green, B., Merchant, J. & Newgrain, K. 1987. Milk composition in the eastern quoll. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 40: 379-387
Green, B., Merchant, J. & Newgrain, K. 1997. Lactational energetics of a marsupial carnivore, the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus). Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 295-306
Green, B. & Eberhard, I. 1983. Water and sodium intake, and estimated food consumption, in free-living eastern quolls, Dasyurus viverrinus. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 871-880
Jones, M. 1997. Character displacement in Australian dasyurid carnivores: Size relationships and prey size patterns. Ecology 78: 2569-2587
Jones, M.E., Smith, G.C. & Jones, S.M. 2004. Is anti-predator behaviour in Tasmanian eastern quolls (Dasyurus viverrinus) effective against introduced predators? Animal Conservation 7: 155-160
Jones, M.E. & Barmuta, L.A. 1998. Diet overlap and relative abundance of sympatric dasyurid carnivores: a hypothesis of competition. Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 410-421
Kennedy, G.A., Coleman, G.J. & Armstrong, S.M. 1990. Circadian rhythms of wheel running in the eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 13: 11-16
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.
Mansergh, I. 1984. The status, distribution and abundance of Dasyurus maculatus (tiger quoll) in Australia, with particular reference to Victoria. The Australian Zoologist 21: 109-122
Melrose, W.D., Pearse, A.M., Bell, P.A., Jupe, D.M.D., Baikie, M.J., Turin, J.E. & Bryant, S.L. 1990. Haematology of the Australian eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus - II. Red cell enzymes and metabolic intermediates. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 97: 47-48
Melrose, W.D., Pearse, A.M., Jupe, D.M.D., Baikie, M.J., Turin, J.E. & Bryant, S.L. 1987. Haematology of the Australian eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 88: 239-241
Merchant, J.C., Newgrain, K. & Green, B. 1984. Growth of the eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw), (Marsupialia) in captivity. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 21-30
Messer, M., Fitzgerald, P.A., Merchant, J.C. & Green, B. 1987. Changes in milk carbohydrates during lactation in the eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus (Marsupialia). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 88: 1083-1086
Pellis, S.M. & Nelson, J.E. 1984. Some aspects of predatory behaviour of the quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 7: 5-16
Ullman, S.L. 1984. Early differentiation of the testis in the native cat Dasyurus viverinus. Journal of Anatomy 138: 675-688
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 (Luaner)
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Eastern Quoll)
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