Chuditch
Dasyurus geoffroii Gould, 1841
Status not recordedmarsupials
The chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii) is a species in the family Dasyuridae, order Dasyuromorphia. Recorded adults weigh 895 g to 1.31 kg and live up to 6.24 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
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Quick facts about the chuditch
- Weight
- 895 g – 1.31 kg
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 5 years – 6.24 years
- Diet
- Invertivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 16.8 days
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5.74
- Age at maturity
- 12 months
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrial
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the chuditch 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 chuditch is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the chuditch endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the chuditch classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderDasyuromorphia
- familyDasyuridae
- genusDasyurus
- SpeciesDasyurus geoffroii Gould, 1841
Other names and names in other languages (20)
- Western quollEnglish
- Idnyaadt
- کوال غربيArabic
- kunovec západníCzech
- Schwarzschwanz-BeutelmarderGerman
- Chudchit Gato nativo occidentalSpanish
- kuivakkokvolliFinnish
- Chat Marsupial De GeoffroyFrench
- Quoll occidentaleItalian
- オグロフクロネコJapanese
- Juodauodegė sterbliakiaunėLithuanian
- ZwartstaartbuidelmarterDutch
- Djooditjnys
- niełaz eukaliptusowyPolish
- Quoll-OcidentalPortuguese
- Сумчатая куница ЖоффруаRussian
- دصيور غربيArabic
- Geoffrois BeutelmarderGerman
- Dasiuro Moteado de Australia OccidentalSpanish
- Чернохвостая сумчатая куницаRussian
Relatives of the chuditch
Other species in the same genus Dasyurus.
Tiger quoll
Dasyurus maculatus
Eastern quoll
Dasyurus viverrinus
Northern quoll
Dasyurus hallucatus
New Guinea quoll
Dasyurus albopunctatus
Bronze quoll
Dasyurus spartacus
CompareChuditch vs Tiger quollChuditch vs Eastern quollChuditch vs Northern quollChuditch vs New Guinea quoll
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the chuditch?
An adult chuditch weighs 895 g – 1.31 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the chuditch live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the chuditch for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
How long does the chuditch live?
The chuditch has a recorded lifespan of 5 years – 6.24 years.
How long is the chuditch pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 16.8 days.
What kind of animal is the chuditch?
The chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii) 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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Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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