Dasiuro di Mauge – Dasyurus Maugei

The first sighting of Quolls was made by Julian Crozet, observed March 1772, ‘Our hunters met a tiger cat and found several holes like those in a warren’, Blackman’s Bay, Tasmania.

Joseph Banks on 1 May 1770 at Botany Bay noted ‘Named the ‘je-Quoll’ by the natives’, August 1770 Joseph Banks.

Common names Spotted-tailed Quoll, Tiger Cat, Tiger Quoll & Spotted-tailed Native Cat.

Modern binomial name Dasyurus maculatus

First described Kerr 1792 Distribution SA, VIC, TAS, NSW & QLD

Reference The Mammals of Australia, Strahan, 2nd edition. Page: 67-69, ill.67

From Atlante Zoologico Popolare printed in Anples, Italy.