Kowari
Dasyuroides byrnei Spencer, 1896
Status not recordedmarsupials
The kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei) is a species in the family Dasyuridae, order Dasyuromorphia. Recorded adults weigh 87.5 g to 123.6 g and live up to 8 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
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Quick facts about the kowari
- Weight
- 87.5 g – 123.6 g
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 7 years – 8 years
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 32.7 days
- Young per litter or clutch
- 6
- Age at maturity
- 7.1 months – 9 months
- Litters or clutches a year
- 2
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrial
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the kowari 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 kowari is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the kowari 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 kowari classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderDasyuromorphia
- familyDasyuridae
- genusDasyuroides
- SpeciesDasyuroides byrnei Spencer, 1896
Synonyms Dasycercus byrnei
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- كواريArabic
- vakorejsek čtyřprstýCzech
- Doppelkamm-BeutelmausGerman
- Rat MarsupialFrench
- オオネズミクイJapanese
- ByrnepungmusNorwegian Bokmål
- KamstaartbuidelratDutch
- kowari pustynnyPolish
- Двугребнехвостая сумчатая мышьRussian
- KovariTurkish
- Rat marsupial à double crêteFrench
Relatives of the kowari
Other species in the same family Dasyuridae.
Tasmanian devil
Sarcophilus harrisii
Tiger quoll
Dasyurus maculatus
Eastern quoll
Dasyurus viverrinus
Chuditch
Dasyurus geoffroii
Northern quoll
Dasyurus hallucatus
Fat-tailed Dunnart
Sminthopsis crassicaudata
CompareKowari vs Tasmanian devilKowari vs Tiger quollKowari vs Eastern quollKowari vs Chuditch
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the kowari?
An adult kowari weighs 87.5 g – 123.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the kowari live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the kowari for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
How long does the kowari live?
The kowari has a recorded lifespan of 7 years – 8 years.
How long is the kowari pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 32.7 days.
What kind of animal is the kowari?
The kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei) 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 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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