Quoll

King, D.R. 1989. An assessment of the hazard posed to northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) by aerial baiting with 1080 to control dingoes. Austral. Wildl. Res. 16 569-574. 

Spotted-tailed quoll, Dasyurus maculatus Familiar Marsupial predator Since murid arrival0 25.2 2.20 BFP... 

Not all faeces were avoided no species significantly avoided the herbivore faeces tested (whiptail wallaby) or the reptilian predator. Their avoidance of mammalian predator faeces, however, suggests that there may be an intrinsic component to such faeces that elicits a response. The novel odour (acetic acid) was never avoided by M. cervinipes and U. caudimaculatus however, R.fuscipes avoided this odour twice, its most consistent avoidance response, which I am at a loss to explain. Quoll faeces (familiar marsupial predator) were avoided on 75% of sampling occasions, the... 

The seasonal response to the faeces varied between the prey species. In the two smaller species, the late wet season was when they showed most avoidance. At this time, even fox and Tasmanian devil faeces (unfamiliar predators) were avoided, supporting the idea of common chemical triggers in carnivore faeces (Dickman and Doncaster 1984). In U. caudimaculatus, response to familiar predators appeared stronger than to unfamiliar predators quoll and dingo faeces were always avoided. 

Burnett, S. (2001) Ecology and conservation status of the northern spot-tailed quoll, dasyurus maculatus, with reference to the future of Australia s marsupial carnivores. PhD thesis, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. 

Kruuk, H. and Jarman, P. J. (1995) Latrine use by the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus Dasyuridae, Marsupialis) in its natural habitat. J. Zool. Lond. 236, 345-349. 

In Australia, house mice living on islands without predators did not avoid traps treated with predator odors. In areas where the introduced red fox or house cat occur, or the native western quoll, Dasyurusgeoffroyii, the mice avoided... 

The eastern Australian native cat, tiger cat, or quoll Dasyurus quoll) is a medium-sized predator, with a grayish-brown or blackish pelage, marked with bright white spots. 

The western Australian native cat or western quoll (Dasyurinus geojfroyi) only occurs in remnants of its formerly extensive range of open-forest habitats, having been widely extirpated by introduced diseases and predators, hunters, and other factors. 

Eastern native quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus, 793 Northern quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus, 803 Tiger quoll, Dasyurus maculatus, 791... 

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