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Northern quoll

Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842

ENEndangeredmarsupials

The northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) is a species in the family Dasyuridae, order Dasyuromorphia. Recorded adults weigh 460 g to 778 g and live up to 4.4 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)
Photo: Wildlife Explorer · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the northern quoll

Weight
460 g – 778 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
4.4 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
5.91 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
6.6src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
10.3 months – 10.7 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Photos of the northern quoll

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Northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)
John Gould · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the northern 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 northern quoll is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the northern quoll?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), also known as the northern native cat, the North Australian native cat or the satanellus is a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia.

From the Wikipedia article “Northern quoll” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_quoll&oldid=1377190059), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the northern quoll endangered?

The northern quoll is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the northern quoll classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDasyuromorphia
  5. familyDasyuridae
  6. genusDasyurus
  7. SpeciesDasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842

Synonyms Satanellus hallucatus

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • کوال شماليArabic
  • دصيور شماليArabic
  • kunovec severníCzech
  • ZwergbeutelmarderGerman
  • Zwerg-FleckenbeutelmarderGerman
  • Satanelo septentrionalSpanish
  • Dasiuro Moteado de Australia SeptentrionalSpanish
  • siirohäntäkvolliFinnish
  • Chat Marsupial Du NordFrench
  • Quoll settentrionaleItalian
  • ヒメフクロネコJapanese
  • Nordlig PungmårNorwegian Bokmål
  • Nordaustralsk PungmårNorwegian Bokmål
  • DwergbuidelmarterDutch
  • Noordelijke BuidelmarterDutch
  • niełaz północnyPolish
  • Quoll-do-NortePortuguese
  • Северная сумчатая куницаRussian
  • Карликовая сумчатая куницаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the northern quoll

Other species in the same genus Dasyurus.

NT, Near Threatened
Tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)

Tiger quoll

Dasyurus maculatus

Dasyuridae

NT, Near Threatened

Bronze quoll

Dasyurus spartacus

DasyuridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the northern quoll?

An adult northern quoll weighs 460 g – 778 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the northern quoll live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the northern quoll for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the northern quoll endangered?

The northern quoll is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the northern quoll live?

The northern quoll has a recorded lifespan of 4.4 years.

What kind of animal is the northern quoll?

The northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) belongs to the family Dasyuridae in the order Dasyuromorphia.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/northern-quoll

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BibTeX
@misc{northern_quoll_2026,
  title = {Northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/northern-quoll},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}