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Newcastle has or used to have 20 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Spot-tailed 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.

Spot-tailed Quoll

Dasyurus maculatus maculatus

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 maculatus maculatus is found across 86 electorates.

The Spot-tailed Quoll is a nocturnal, cat-sized, carnivorous marsupial with reddish-brown fur. It has distinctive white spots over its back and tail.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimes