Eastern quollDasyurus viverrinus
· EN- (to be confirmed with Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre) palawa kani · palawa kani Language Program — pending approval (PUB-07)
A small carnivorous marsupial, extinct on the Australian mainland since the 1960s and now found only in lutruwita/Tasmania. Documented biofluorescing under ultraviolet light for the first time in the wild during Ben's fieldwork in 2025.
First photograph of biofluorescence in a wild Eastern quoll (2025).
References
- Kingdom
- Animalia · Chordata · Mammalia
- Order / family / genus
- Dasyuromorphia · Dasyuridae · Dasyurus