Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Groom has or used to have 29 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Northern Quoll.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Northern Quoll
Dasyurus hallucatus
Status: Endangered
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Dasyurus hallucatus is found across 27 electorates.
The Northern Quoll is the smallest of the four Australian quoll species. It has a pointy snout and reddish brown fur, with a cream underside. It has white spots on its back and rump and a long, sparsely-furred, unspotted tail. The tail length ranges between 202 and 345 mm. The hindfeet have striated pads and five toes. Northern Quolls can weigh up to 1.2 kg, with the males being larger than the females. It is the most arboreal and aggressive of the four quoll species, and its faeces and body smell strongly.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Adverse fire regimes
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Hairy-joint Grass (Arthraxon hispidus)
- Bertya opponens (Bertya opponens)
- Satin-top Grass (Bothriochloa bunyensis)
- Miniature Moss-orchid (Bulbophyllum globuliforme)
- Ooline (Cadellia pentastylis)
- Stream Clematis (Clematis fawcettii)
- King Blue-grass (Dichanthium queenslandicum)
- Bluegrass (Dichanthium setosum)
- Grevillea quadricauda (Grevillea quadricauda)
- Tall Velvet Sea-berry (Haloragis exalata subsp. velutina)
- Belson's Panic (Homopholis belsonii)
- Wandering Pepper-cress (Lepidium peregrinum)
- Mt Berryman Phebalium (Phebalium distans)
- Hawkweed (Picris evae)
- Austral Cornflower (Rhaponticum australe)
- Blotched Sarcochilus (Sarcochilus weinthalii)
- Sophora fraseri (Sophora fraseri)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
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