Bronze quoll
Dasyurus spartacus Van Dyck, 1987
The bronze quoll (Dasyurus spartacus) is a species in the family Dasyuridae, order Dasyuromorphia. Recorded adults weigh 680 g to 1 kg and live up to 3 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
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Quick facts about the bronze quoll
- Weight
- 680 g – 1 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 3 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 19.1 dayssrc for Gestation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 6.78src for Young per litter or clutch
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the bronze quoll live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The bronze quoll is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the bronze quoll?
The bronze quoll (Dasyurus spartacus) is a species of quoll found only in the Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands of Papua New Guinea and South Papua in Indonesia.
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Is the bronze quoll endangered?
The bronze quoll is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.
How is the bronze quoll classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderDasyuromorphia
- familyDasyuridae
- genusDasyurus
- SpeciesDasyurus spartacus Van Dyck, 1987
Synonyms Satanellus spartacus
Other names and names in other languages (12)
- کوال برونزيArabic
- دصيور برونزيArabic
- kunovec bronzovýCzech
- Cuol de bronceSpanish
- Dasiuro Moteado de Papúa AustralSpanish
- papuankvolliFinnish
- Chat Marsupial BronzéFrench
- Quoll bronzeoItalian
- ドウイロフクロネコJapanese
- niełaz spiżowyPolish
- Quoll-BronzePortuguese
- Бронзовая сумчатая куницаRussian
Relatives of the bronze quoll
Other species in the same genus Dasyurus.
Tiger quoll
Dasyurus maculatus
Eastern quoll
Dasyurus viverrinus
Western quoll
Dasyurus geoffroii
Northern quoll
Dasyurus hallucatus
New Guinean quoll
Dasyurus albopunctatus
CompareBronze quoll vs Tiger quollBronze quoll vs Eastern quollBronze quoll vs Western quollBronze quoll vs Northern quoll
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bronze quoll?
An adult bronze quoll weighs 680 g – 1 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the bronze quoll live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the bronze quoll for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the bronze quoll endangered?
The bronze quoll is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
How long does the bronze quoll live?
The bronze quoll has a recorded lifespan of 3 years.
How long is the bronze quoll pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 19.1 days.
What kind of animal is the bronze quoll?
The bronze quoll (Dasyurus spartacus) belongs to the family Dasyuridae in the order Dasyuromorphia.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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