Quolls (; genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea. They are primarily nocturnal and spend most of the day in a den. Of the six species of quoll, four are found in Australia and two in New Guinea. Another two species are known from fossil remains in Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits in Queensland. Genetic evidence indicates that quolls evolved around 15 million years ago in the Miocene, and that the ancestors of the six species had all diverged by around four million years ago. The six species vary in weight and size, from to . They have brown or black fur and pink noses.
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Quoll | Introduction
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Australia and New Guinea
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Quolls (; genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea. They are primarily nocturnal and spend most of the day in a den. Of the six species of quoll, four are found in Australia and two in New Guinea. Another two species are known from fossil remains in Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits in Queensland. Genetic evidence indicates that quolls evolved around 15 million years ago in the Miocene, and that the ancestors of the six species had all diverged by around four million years ago. The six species vary in weight and size, from to . They have brown or black fur and pink noses.
Quoll | Introduction
The name "Dasyurus" (from Greek δασύουρος, "dasyouros") means "hairy-tail", and was coined by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1796. In 1770, Captain Cook collected quolls on his exploration of the east coast of Australia, adopting an Aboriginal name for the animals. Although the origin of Cook's specimens are unclear, the word and its variants "je-quoll", "jaquol" or "taquol" are derived from the word "dhigul" in the language of the Guugu Yimithirr people of far north Queensland. No evidence indicates the local indigenous people used the word in the Sydney area. They were likened in appearance to a polecat or marten in the earliest reports, the tiger quoll being called "spotted marten" and eastern quoll "spotted opossum", but by 1804, the names "native fox", "native cat" and "tiger cat" had been adopted by early settlers; quolls are still called "marsupial foxes" or "marsupial cats".
Quoll | Taxonomy
In the 1960s, noted naturalist David Fleay pushed for the revival of the term "quoll" to replace the then-current vernacular names that he felt were misleading. They are very well known animals in Australia. Four species have been recovered from Pleistocene cave deposits from Mount Etna Caves National Park near Rockhampton in central Queensland. Remains of the tiger quoll and the northern quoll, and a species either identical or very similar to the eastern quoll, as well as a prehistoric species as yet undescribed, all lived in what was a rainforest climate. The northern quoll is still found in the region.
Quoll | Taxonomy
Quolls are indigenous to mainland Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania. The six species were once widely distributed across the three land masses, but are now restricted to only a few areas. Although primarily ground-dwelling, the genus has developed secondary arboreal characteristics. Each species of quoll lives in distinct geographical areas. The tiger quoll and eastern quoll are exclusively mesic zone species, that is they inhabit moister habitats. The western quoll also inhabits mesic habitat, but has adapted to arid regions across inland Australia, while the northern quoll inhabits tropical habitat of high rainfall.
Quoll | Distribution and habitat
Once found across 70% of the Australian continent, the western quoll is now confined to south-western corner of Western Australia. This perhaps was due to European settlement in the late 1780s as their range dramatically declined after this event. It currently inhabits wet and dry sclerophyll forests, including contiguous Jarrah Forest and mallee. These areas consist of open forest, low open forest, woodland, and open shrub. On occasion they are recorded in the WA Wheatbelt and Goldfields regions, and by the 1930s disappeared completely from Swan Coastal Plain and surrounds. As a result of its carnivorous feeding habits, the western quoll has a large home range.
Western quoll | Habitat
The western quoll is a member of the family Dasyuridae and is most closely related to the bronze quoll ("Dasyurus spartacus"), a recently described species from New Guinea that was for some time believed to be an outlying population of the western quoll. Its species name, "geoffroii", refers to the prominent French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, who named the genus "Dasyurus" in 1796. The species has occasionally been placed in the genus "Dasyurinus". It is also known as the chuditch () in Western Australia (from Noongar "djooditj"); "chuditch" serves as both the singular and plural form. Other common names include "atyelpe" or "chilpa" (from Arrernte), "kuninka" (from Western Desert language); "idnya" (Adnyamathanha people of the Flinders Ranges) and the archaic western native cat.
Western quoll | Taxonomy
The New Guinean quoll belongs to Dasyuridae, a family of carnivorous marsupials, which includes other species of quolls, the extinct thylacine, the Tasmanian devil, and many smaller carnivores. It is one of six extant species of quolls, four of which are found in only in Australia and two of which are restricted to New Guinea (the bronze quoll is the other New Guinean species). Both the quolls found in New Guinea seem to be most closely related to the Australian western quoll.
New Guinean quoll | Taxonomy
The northern quoll occurs from the Pilbara region of Western Australia across the Northern Territory to south east Queensland. Their historical range extended uninterrupted from S.E Queensland to the Kimberleys in Western Australia. There are several disjunct populations. This quoll species is most abundant in rocky ranges and open eucalypt forest.
Northern quoll | Range and habitat
The fossil species "D. dunmalli", described by Bartholomai in 1971, is the oldest species recovered to date. Its remains were found in Pliocene deposits near Chinchilla in southeastern Queensland. Known only from a lower jaw and some teeth, it was a relative of the tiger quoll.
Quoll | Taxonomy
Conservation efforts include breeding programs in captivity, one of which is taking place in Tasmania with support from Rewilding Australia and Conjour.
Quoll | Introduction
The bronze quoll ("Dasyurus spartacus") is a species of quoll found only in the Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands of New Guinea and West Papua. It was discovered in the early 1970s when five specimens were collected, but only described in 1987 when Dr. Stephen Van Dyck of the Queensland Museum examined them and recognised their distinctness. there are twelve public museum specimens, 8 from traps and 4 from local hunters. It is the largest surviving marsupial carnivore of New Guinea. Very little is known of it; it was previously thought to be an outlying population of the western quoll ("Dasyurus geoffroii").
Bronze quoll | Introduction
It is known as suatg in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.
New Guinean quoll | Names
The eastern quoll was formerly found across much of southeastern mainland Australia, from the eastern coasts of South Australia, through most of Victoria, to the mid-north coast of New South Wales. The species was formerly abundant around Adelaide, particularly the Adelaide Hills, with a 1923 newspaper article noting its rapid decline and presumed extinction in the area during the preceding ten years. It likely became functionally extinct in the early 1960s on mainland Australia, but remains widespread in Tasmania, and is also found today on Bruny Island. Within Tasmania, eastern quolls inhabit rainforest, heathland, alpine areas, and scrub below .
Eastern quoll | Distribution and habitat
The northern quoll is a member of the family Dasyuridae, and is often stated to be the most distinctive Australian quoll. It was first described in 1842 by naturalist and author John Gould, who gave it the species name "hallucatus", which indicates it has a notable first digit. This species has sometimes been placed in a separate genus, "Satanellus".
Northern quoll | Taxonomy
The population appears to be centered in the highlands of New Guinea.
New Guinean quoll | Description
Tjilpa is the name given to the quoll amongst the Northern Aranda language group of Australian Aboriginal people.
Quoll | Culture contexts
The New Guinean quoll ("Dasyurus albopunctatus"), also known as the New Guinea quoll or New Guinea native cat, is a carnivorous marsupial mammal native to New Guinea. It is the second-largest surviving marsupial carnivore of New Guinea.
New Guinean quoll | Introduction
The origin of the name is from an Aboriginal word meaning flying squirrel gully.
Jeebropilly, Queensland | History
The New Guinean quoll is small, usually weighing just over 1 lb (0.45 kg). Its body is brown and the back spotted with white; the spots do not extend onto the lightly haired tail. It resembles a cat-like opossum; the quolls are also referred to as "native cats" and occasionally "marsupial cats" or "tiger cats". Its feet have transversely striated pads, which is likely to be an adaptation for grip and is indicative of a life spent in the trees. It lives throughout the forests of New Guinea at elevations up to 11,000 ft (3300 m) but usually closer to 3,000 ft (900 m).
New Guinean quoll | Description
He noted the colonists of Tasmania called it a miner, and aboriginal people of New South Wales called it "cobaygin". "Que que gang" was a local aboriginal name from the Blue Mountains. In the early 20th century, Australian ornithologists started using the name "Manorina melanocephala" instead, because it was listed first by Latham in 1801. This usage did not follow the letter of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, and in 2009 the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature conserved the current name by formally suppressing the name "M. garrula". The species name "melanocephala" is derived from the Ancient Greek words "melas" 'black', and "kephale" 'head', referring to its black crown.
Noisy miner | Taxonomy
The tiger quoll is found in eastern Australia where more than 600 mm of rain falls per year. Historically, the quoll was present throughout southeastern Queensland, through eastern New South Wales, Victoria, southeastern South Australia, and Tasmania. European settlement has severely impacted and fragmented the quoll's mainland distribution. Tiger quolls are rare in southeastern Queensland and mainly restricted to national parks. In Victoria, quoll populations have declined by nearly 50%. The range decline was not as severe in New South Wales, but they are still rare. The quoll was probably never very numerous in South Australia. In Tasmania, the tiger quoll mostly frequents the northern and western areas where rains are seasonal.
Tiger quoll | Range and ecology
Like many other native Australian species, northern quolls are poisoned after eating or mouthing cane toads. Cane toads were originally introduced in Queensland, but have now occupied the Top End of the Northern Territory, including Kakadu National Park and the Darwin area, and entered the Kimberley region of Western Australia, where they are established around Kununurra and Lake Argyle.
Northern quoll | Conservation status
FAME (Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered Species Ltd.) is also looking into returning the western quoll to this region. The species has been returned to the South Australian arid zone, with a population established at the fenced Arid Recovery Reserve near Roxby Downs.
Western quoll | Reintroductions
The northern quoll ("Dasyurus hallucatus"), also known as the northern native cat, the North Australian native cat, the satanellus or the njanmak in the indigenous Mayali language and djabo" in Kunwinjku, is a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia. Kunwinjku people of Western Arnhem Land regard djabo as "good tucker". The hair is singed, the gut is removed (but not the heart or liver) and the cavity packed with bush herbs. It is roasted on hot rocks in a hole.
Northern quoll | Introduction
Quintrell is an English surname originally from Cornwall, where it appeared after the Norman conquest of 1066 as the anglicisation of either the old french name "Cointerel" or – less likely – a toponymic surname derived from the French place name "Chantarel". Notable people with this name include:
Quintrell | Introduction
However, they prefer dry grassland and forest mosaics, bounded by agricultural land, particularly where pasture grubs are common.
Eastern quoll | Distribution and habitat
They are largely solitary, but come together for a few social interactions such as mating which occurs during the winter season. A female gives birth to up to 18 pups, of which only six survive because she only has six teats with which to feed them. Quolls eat smaller mammals, small birds, lizards, and insects. Their natural lifespan is between two and five years. All species have drastically declined in numbers since Australasia was colonised by Europeans, with one species, the eastern quoll, becoming extinct on the Australian mainland, now found only in Tasmania. Major threats to their survival include the cane toad, predators such as feral cats and foxes, urban development, and poison baiting.
Quoll | Introduction
The eastern quoll ("Dasyurus viverrinus"), formerly known as the eastern native cat, is a medium-sized carnivorous dasyurid marsupial native to Australia. They are widespread and even locally common in Tasmania. They have been considered extinct on the mainland since the 1960s, however have been reintroduced back into fenced sanctuaries in 2016, and more recently into the wild in March 2018. It is one of six extant species of quolls.
Eastern quoll | Introduction
It is possibly a corruption of a Dharug term "cunthal", "kundle" or "koondool", perhaps meaning "place of or where the wild carrot grows". Alternatively it is an Aboriginal corruption of the surname of John Connell, who was granted land in the area in 1821.
Kurnell, New South Wales | Name
This quoya mostly grows in shrubland in coastal areas in sand over limestone however it is also found in inland areas near Wiluna and Carnegie and near the border with South Australia and the Northern Territory. There are a few records from the Northern Territory.
Quoya loxocarpa | Distribution and habitat
The western quoll ("Dasyurus geoffroii") is Western Australia's largest endemic mammalian carnivore. One of the many marsupial mammals native to Australia, it is also known as the chuditch. The species is currently classed as near-threatened.
Western quoll | Introduction
There have been ongoing attempts to re-establish the western quoll in parts of its former range. A five-year trial re-introduction of western quoll to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia began in April 2014. Despite the loss of about a third of the first release population (mostly due to predation by feral cats), most of the surviving females bred and sixty joeys were born. , a final release of 15 quolls from Western Australia was carried out in the Flinders Ranges, with a total population of 150. About half of this population was born locally. Monitoring of the population is planned for an additional two years.
Western quoll | Reintroductions
Reintroduced populations in South Australia have been recorded preying on rabbits and burrowing bettongs.
Western quoll | Behaviour
The suburb takes its name from the offshore reef first noted during a coastline traverse by Assistant Surveyor James Cowle in 1867. Cowle was continuing a survey begun by Robert Quin, who had reached a spot about 4 kilometres south-east of the rocks in 1866. Although the modern-day name is spelt with a double "n", the rocks are thought to have been named after Quin, who emigrated to Western Australia in 1863, where he was appointed as an Assistant Surveyor on his arrival. He occupied this position for 22 years, carrying out most of his surveys in the Gingin-Moore River area, until his death in July 1886.
Quinns Rocks, Western Australia | Name
"Quoya dilatata" mainly occurs between Perth and Carnamah but has also been found near Northam and Cowcowing, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions. The only known collection near the Murchison River was of the type specimen.
Quoya dilatata | Distribution
He also notes that the "Guineans" (prob. Soninke) called it "Quqadam".
Azougui | Introduction
Quolls feed on a large range of prey, including birds, rats, other marsupials, small reptiles, and insects. They are reported to feed on prey larger than themselves. They are good climbers, but also spend time on the forest floor. Although nocturnal, they spend the daylight hours basking in the sun. They nest in rocky banks, hollow logs, or small caves. In captivity, the longest recorded survival is three years, but their lifespan in the wild is unknown.
New Guinean quoll | Behaviour and diet
Cyathophorum bulbosum, commonly known as quill moss or the false fern moss, is found in the eastern states of Australia (QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS and south-eastern SA) as well as Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Auckland Islands, Chatham Island, Lord Howe Island and possibly Norfolk Island and New Ireland.
Cyathophorum bulbosum | Introduction
The name Quorrobolong is based on the aboriginal word which means "a low line of hills". Initially, the name was spelled "Quarrybylong" and was officially changed to Quorrobolong in 1975. The Central Lowlands of the Hunter Valley is the country of the Wonnarua people. A recent survey indicates that the Quorrobolong area contains a ceremonial ground and two burial sites.
Quorrobolong, New South Wales | Indigenous history and name
Quill or "Quille" is an anglicised version of the Irish surname " Ó Cuill" "Coll", "Coill", and "O'Coill (Ó Coill)", all of which mean wood, forest or shrub Hazel Tree. The Coill clan are believed to be a bardic family from Munster, particularly Kerry and Cork. The Irish surname has also been Anglicised as "Woods". Notable people with the surname include:
Quill (surname) | Introduction
Quantrill or Quantrell is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Quantrill | Introduction
Brooks (1896) for the Israelite Bay-Cape Arid district some 900 km SE of Wongan Hills. He described and defined 'quowcken' as the Aboriginal word for sand plain or 'open plain without timber', occasionally interspersed with small swamps dominated by trees of 'yate' (mauw (von Brandenstein 1988), "Eucalyptus occidentalis") and 'yauwl' (yauwarl (ibid.), "Melaleuca cuticularis"). Approaching from the northeast after traversing the head of the Great Australian Bight, explorer E.J. Eyre in 1840 noted these same 'sandy downs, covered with low shrubs or bushes' (Eyre 1845), but was unaware of the local Aboriginal name applied to them.
Kwongan | Etymology
The tiger quoll ("Dasyurus maculatus"), also known as the spotted-tail quoll, the spotted quoll, the spotted-tail dasyure, native cat or the tiger cat, is a carnivorous marsupial of the quoll genus "Dasyurus" native to Australia. With males and females weighing around 3.5 and 1.8 kg, respectively, it is the world's second largest extant carnivorous marsupial, behind the Tasmanian devil. Two subspecies are recognised; the nominate is found in wet forests of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, and a northern subspecies, "D. m. gracilis", is found in a small area of northern Queensland and is endangered.
Tiger quoll | Introduction
"Quoya cuneata" grows in red sand between the Murchison River and Shark Bay in the Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison and Yalgoo biogeographic regions.
Quoya cuneata | Distribution and habitat
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife service reported numerous unconfirmed sightings until 1999 (the year of the report), and the species was reported sighted as recently as 2006; however, these sightings may have been of a similarly patterned quoll, the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus). Specimens collected in 2005 and 2008 west of Melbourne, Victoria, are likely connected with a nearby wildlife sanctuary, either as direct escapees, or the descendants of escapees from that facility. In March 2016, a small population of 16 was reintroduced to the mainland in Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary in Canberra. A second reintroduction to the same protected reserve took place in 2017, where the population grew after breeding season to approximately 40.
Eastern quoll | Conservation
Acacia quornensis, commonly known as Quorn wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus "Acacia" and the subgenus "Phyllodineae" native to southern Australia.
Acacia quornensis | Introduction
The name Terrell (or Terrill) is an American surname possibly derived from the name of an ancient village in France, located off the banks of the Seine, near Paris. The immigrant ancestor was Richmond Terrell, who settled in New Kent County, Virginia from England in 1656. The most notable members of the family in the United States are descended either directly from him or his close relations.
Terrell (surname) | Introduction
In geology, and archeology, Chellian or Chellean was the name given by the French anthropologist G. de Mortillet to the first epoch of the Quaternary period when the earliest human remains were discovered. The word is derived from the French town Chelles in the department of Seine-et-Marne.
Chellian | Introduction
The tiger quoll is a member of the family Dasyuridae, which includes most carnivorous marsupial mammals. This quoll was first described in 1792 by Robert Kerr, the Scottish writer and naturalist, who placed it in the genus "Didelphis", which includes several species of American opossum. The species name, "maculatus", indicates this species is spotted. Two subspecies are recognised:
Tiger quoll | Taxonomy
Quennell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Quennell | Introduction
This species was first formally described in 1828 by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré from a specimen collected in Shark Bay during the Bougainville expedition in the ships "l'Uranie" and "la Physicienne" from 1817 to 1820. The specific epithet ("cuneata") is a Latin word meaning "wedge-shaped".
Quoya cuneata | Taxonomy and naming
Tiger quolls were once native to Flinders and King Islands, but were extirpated since the 20th century, so are not present on Tasmanian offshore islands. Tiger quolls live in a variety of habitats, but seem to prefer wet forests such as rainforests and closed eucalypt forest. They are arboreal, but only moderately, as 11% of their travelling is done above ground.
Tiger quoll | Range and ecology
Since 1770, all Australian quoll species have declined in number owing to habitat loss caused by urbanization. The northern quoll is threatened by toxic cane toads, but a University of Sydney project revealed in 2010 is teaching them to avoid eating the invasive amphibians. In 2008, the Northern Territory Wildlife Park in Australia recorded their first litter of quoll pups in the park. The quolls bred well in captivity, with over 15 litters in the 2008 breeding season alone. In late October 2011, a litter of five tiger quoll pups was born at Wild Life Sydney in Darling Harbour, Australia.
Quoll | Conservation efforts
The specific name, "willardi", is in honor of its discoverer, "Professor" Frank Cottle Willard, a businessman from Tombstone, Arizona.
Crotalus willardi | Etymology
The number of New Guinean quolls is believed to be decreasing as a result of human encroachment into their habitat and the associated loss of cover. Because they are known to scavenge, persecution by humans may be putting pressure on the population. They also face predation and competition from introduced species such as dogs and cats. Another threat, though less severe than with the four Australian species of "Dasyurus", is poisoning by bufotoxins from the introduced cane toad ("Rhinella marina", formerly "Bufo marinus"). Because they have evolved consistently isolated from toads since the Jurassic, all dasyurids possess extremely low resistance to toad toxins, and whilst smaller dasyurids usually do develop conditioned taste aversion to toads, there is little evidence for this in quolls.
New Guinean quoll | Threats
This species was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name "Chloanthes verbascina". The description was published in "Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae" from a specimen collected by Augustus Oldfield near the Murchison River. In 1870, George Bentham changed the name to "Pityrodia verbascina" but in 2011, Barry Conn and Murray Henwood changed it to "Quoya verbascina" and published the change in "Australian Systematic Botany". The specific epithet ("verbascina") is derived from the Latin name for the plant commonly known as "mullein".
Quoya verbascina | Taxonomy and naming
This species was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name "Chloanthes atriplicina". The description was published in "Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae" from a specimen collected by Augustus Oldfield near the Murchison River. In 1870, George Bentham changed the name to "Pityrodia atriplicina" but in 2011, Barry Conn and Murray Henwood changed it back to "Quoya atriplicina" and published the change in "Australian Systematic Botany". The specific epithet ("atriplicina") is derived from the name of the saltbush genus, "Atriplex".
Quoya atriplicina | Taxonomy and naming
This species was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name "Chloanthes oldfieldii". The description was published in "Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae" from a specimen collected by Augustus Oldfield near the Murchison River. In 2011, Barry Conn and Murray Henwood changed the name to "Quoya oldfieldii" and published the change in "Australian Systematic Botany". The specific epithet ("oldfieldii") honours the collector of the type specimen.
Quoya oldfieldii | Taxonomy and naming
It is known from the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.
Coequosa triangularis | Distribution
Females have eight teats in a pouch, but apparently give birth to more than eight young which must wriggle their way to the pouch and compete for a teat to survive. In a study in Western Australia's Kimberley region, the testosterone levels of males peaked in July, and females gave birth in July or August.
Northern quoll | Life history
The tiger quoll is the largest, with the male weighing about and the female . The northern quoll is the smallest, and the male weighs on average , and the female .
Quoll | Description
The outback township of Quorn, South Australia, was named in May 1878 by Governor William Jervois of the then Province of South Australia after Quorn, Leicestershire – the birthplace of his private secretary, Mr J. H. B. Warner.
Quorn, Leicestershire | Quorn, Australia
These territories often share rock ledges and other open spaces. This serves to mark territory and for other social functions. Males spread out over about 15 square kilometres and typically overlap with several female ranges, about three to four square kilometres each. Although males share their large territories with smaller female territories, females do not cross theirs with other females. Most female home ranges contains around 70 hollow log dens and 110 burrows.
Western quoll | Habitat
Teloganopsis deficiens, the little black quill, is a species of spiny crawler mayfly in the family Ephemerellidae. It is found in North America.
Teloganopsis deficiens | Introduction
This species was first formally described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name "Chloanthes loxocarpa". The description was published in "Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae" from a specimen collected by Augustus Oldfield near the Murchison River. In 1917, George Druce changed the name to "Pityrodia loxocarpa" but in 2011, Barry Conn and Murray Henwood changed the name to "Quoya loxocarpa" and published the change in "Australian Systematic Botany". The specific epithet ("loxocarpa") is derived from the Ancient Greek words ' meaning "slanting" and ' meaning "fruit".
Quoya loxocarpa | Taxonomy and naming
Quolls are carnivorous marsupials. They are primarily nocturnal, sleeping in hollowed-out logs or rocky dens and coming out to hunt during the night, though on rare occasions they can be seen looking for prey during the day. They are mostly ground-dwelling, but it is not uncommon to see a quoll climbing a tree. Quolls mark their territory several kilometres away from their dens. A male's territory often overlaps many females' territories, and male and female quolls only meet for mating. Quolls have communal toilet areas, usually on an outcropping used for marking territory and social functions. These communal latrines may have up to 100 droppings in them.
Quoll | Behaviour
The common poorwill was illustrated and formally described in 1844 by the ornithologist John James Audubon from a male specimen collected on the eastern bank of the Missouri River between Fort Pierre and mouth of the Cheyenne River in South Dakota. Audubon coined the binomial name "Camprimulgus nuttallii", choosing the specific epithet to honour his friend, the ornithologist Thomas Nuttall. The species was moved to its own genus "Phalaenoptilus" by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1880. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek "phalaina" meaning "moth" and "ptilon" meaning "plumage". Six subspecies are recognised:
Common poorwill | Taxonomy
Le Quellec is a surname, and may refer to; Quellec derives from kellek which means ballsy in Breton. (cf. kell)
Le Quellec | Introduction
The locality takes its name from the pastoral station Tyrconnell Downs, which was named by John McManus after the Earl of Tyrconnell in Ireland.
Tyrconnel, Queensland | History
Saltbush foxglove grows in sand on sandplains mainly between Geraldton and Shark Bay in the Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions.
Quoya atriplicina | Distribution and habitat
The locality name is derived from town and parish, which in turn was a pastoral run name leased by naturalist Charles Coxen in the 1860s. The name is presumed to be from the Mandandanji language, "wallu" meaning "plenty" and "billa" meaning "jew fish" (possibly "Argyrosomus japonicus").
Wallumbilla South, Queensland | History
Oldfield's foxglove grows in sand and gravelly soil on sandplains mainly between Geraldton and Shark Bay in the Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions.
Quoya oldfieldii | Distribution and habitat
The spelling was amended for unknown reasons and the meaning of the name is unknown. The town supported Jules Gascards coachline a weekly coach service that ran every Sunday to Nannine which was known to run from 1896. A postal service was established in 1896 as were two hotels; The Gabanintha Hotel and the Yagahong Hotel.
Porlell, Western Australia | Introduction
The Quill is a stratovolcano located on the island of Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands. The summit elevation is above sea level. It is also the second highest mountain in the Netherlands. The name 'Quill' originates from the Dutch term "kuil" (), meaning 'pit' or 'hole', which was used originally with reference to the volcanic crater. The Quill was designated as a national park by the government of the Netherlands Antilles in 1998. It is administered by the Sint Eustatius National Parks Foundation, STENAPA, which maintains a number of trails for hikers. The Quill formed between 22,000 and 32,000 years ago to the southeast of Sint Eustatius (Statia) in the West Indies.
The Quill (volcano) | Introduction
The last mainland eastern quoll specimen was collected as roadkill at Nielsen Park on 31 January 1963. The rare Nielsen Park she-oak was originally identified here in 1986 from ten specimens. Those original plants have since died. However, efforts to propagate and reintroduce the species began from the time it was identified, and plants were planted at several locations around Nielsen Park and nearby Gap Bluff and Hermit Point. Fifty-four of these remained alive in 2000.
Nielsen Park | Rare flora and fauna
Quolls are mostly solitary creatures, limiting contact with other quolls to mating or other social activities.
Quoll | Behaviour
The eastern quoll is a member of the family Dasyuridae, which includes most carnivorous marsupials. Its species name, "viverrinus", indicates it is "ferret-like". There are no recognised subspecies.
Eastern quoll | Taxonomy
Further collections were made in Aru Islands in 1872, Samoa, Fiji and the Bismarks, 1875–1876. The "Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive" 'Key to Scientific Names' notes possible biographical details as "(?1844-1897) Australian (?born in Hong Kong)" and a middle name of Frederick.
James F. Cockerell | Introduction
The eastern quoll likely became extinct on mainland Australia due to disease and predation by introduced predators (red fox and feral cat). The lack of foxes in Tasmania likely has contributed to the survival of the species there; however, unseasonal weather events and predation by feral cats are thought to have contributed to a possible recent decline in the Tasmanian population. The species is currently classified as Endangered by the IUCN. The last mainland eastern quoll specimen was collected as roadkill in Sydney's Nielsen Park, Vaucluse on 31 January 1963. however a taxidermied specimen provided to NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2016 was reported to have been collected in 1989 or 1990 in the Gloucester region of NSW, indicating the species may have survived longer than the generally accepted 1960's decade of its mainland extinction.
Eastern quoll | Conservation
The name came from the considerable population of quail that lived along its upper drainage in the 19th and early 20th century. They did not survive one particularly hard winter. The name of Anthony Quayle who is sometimes supposed to be its namesake is a different spelling and does not have an historical connection to this particular drainage.
Quail Creek State Park | Naming
The Merriam-Webster "Dictionary" theorises that it may have come from the ('wolf').
Dhole | Etymology and naming
Gull is a surname found in people of British origin. Spelling variations of this family name include: Gull, Gul, Guil, Guile, Guille, etc.
Gull (surname) | Introduction
Linnaeus himself did not explain the name "quelea". "Quelea quelea" is locally called "kwelea domo-jekundu" in Swahili, "enzunge" in Kwangali, "chimokoto" in Shona, "inyonyane" in Siswati, "thaha" in Sesotho and "ndzheyana" in the Tsonga language. M.W. Jeffreys suggested that the term came from medieval Latin "qualea", meaning "quail", linking the prodigious numbers of queleas to the hordes of quail that fed the Israelites during the Exodus from Egypt. The subspecies "lathamii" is probably named in honor of the ornithologist John Latham. The name of the subspecies "aethiopica" refers to Ethiopia, and its type was collected in the neighbouring Sennar province in today's Sudan.
Red-billed quelea | Etymology and vernacular names
The name is believed to come from the Aboriginal word for "leaf".
Doonan, Queensland | History
This species was first formally described in 1868 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name "Chloanthes dilatata". The description was published in "Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae" from a specimen collected by James Drummond near the Murchison River. In 1870, George Bentham changed the name to "Pityrodia dilatata" but in 2011, Barry Conn and Murray Henwood changed the name to "Quoya dilatata" and published the change in "Australian Systematic Botany". The specific epithet ("dilatata") is a Latin word meaning "spread" or "expanded".
Quoya dilatata | Taxonomy and naming
"Didemnum molle" is native to the western Indo-Pacific region where it is common and widely distributed. It grows on rock or dead coral on shallow reefs. In New Caledonia there is a green variant that grows direct onto sand.
Didemnum molle | Distribution
The species is endemic to area area around Cooktown in Queensland in Australia. It has only been recorded in the sandstone escarpments of the Cooktown-Laura area.
Ctenotus quinkan | Distribution
This species name reflects the current restriction of the species to Australia.
Plutella australiana | Etymology
Dutton was made a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1872. Dutton's Bluff, later Dutton Bluff, a hill some 66 km north-west of Quorn, was named for him and the Victorian government botanist named "Eremophila duttonii" in his honour.
Francis Dutton | Recognition
All species of "Quoya" are endemic to Western Australia.
Quoya (plant) | Distribution
The northern quoll is the smallest of the four Australian quoll species. Females are smaller than males, with adult females weighing between 350 and 690 g and adult males 540 and 1120 g. Head and body length ranges from 270–370 mm (adult males) to 249–310 mm (adult females). Tail length ranges between 202 and 345 mm. Northern quolls feed primarily on invertebrates, but also consume fleshy fruit (particularly figs), and a wide range of vertebrates, including small mammals, birds, lizards, snakes, and frogs. They also scavenge on roadkills, around campsites, and in garbage tins. A remarkable feature of this species is that the males show complete die-off after mating, leaving the females to raise the young alone.
Northern quoll | Life history
This species can be found in northern Australia, Moluccas, New Ireland (island), New Britain and New Guinea.
Acalolepta australis | Distribution
The longfin grouper was first formally [[Species description|described]] as "Serranus quoyanus" in 1830 by by the [[French people|French]] [[zoologist]] [[Achille Valenciennes]] (1794-1865) with the [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as [[New Guinea]]. The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] honours the French [[naval surgeon]], [[zoologist]] and [[anatomist]] [[Jean René Constant Quoy]] (1790-1869) who, with [[Joseph Paul Gaimard]], reported this species.
Longfin grouper | Taxonomy
This species was first described from Victoria, Australia.
Ancula mapae | Distribution
It took its name from the centaur Pholus.
Foloi | History
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Indo-Malaysia, the Western Pacific and off Tuvalu; off Queensland, Australia.
Munditiella qualum | Distribution
Subspecies "thierfelderi" is found in the Trans-fly region in the south of the island and is intermediate between "melanurus" and "nigricans". Subspecies "nigricans" occurs in the eastern coastal regions of New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands. "Propinquus" is a smaller subspecies from northern New Guinea.
Pheasant coucal | Taxonomy
There are various theories about the origin of the word "Quilpué". According to some, "Quilpué" means "place where there are pigeons", arguing that pigeons were found abundantly in the area and that the name derives from the aboriginal words "cullpo" ("dove") and "hue" ("place"). Other authors suggest that it means "place of the stone lancet", because the Picunches (the indigenous Mapuche people) were experts in the manufacture of these items that were used for medical procedures. Numbers of these stone lancets have been found in the area's archaeological sites, as well as the original formation which was quarried for them.
Quilpué | Etymology
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Guinea.
Conus bellocqae | Distribution
Quillen is a surname of Irish origin. It could refer to:
Quillen | Introduction