This amazing creature is a rainforest animal found only in the rainforests of Tropical North Queensland. It is omnivorous and feeds on birds, insects, lizards and small mammals as well as fruit.
Australia has four species of quoll: the spotted-tail, the eastern, the western and the northern quoll. The northern quoll is endangered and is endemic to the rainforests of the Tropical North. The northern quoll is also the smallest of the four speices of quoll and is about the size of a cat.
I’d never seen a quoll in my life before seeing this one during our trip on the Cairns Highlands with Gone Wild Safari Tours and was amazed at how beautiful its’ soft spotted fur looked and how voracious its’ appetite was! The kids were mesmerized too but I didn’t let them get too close to those sharp little teeth and claws!
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Tags: Cairns Highlands, gonewild, quoll, safari, Wildlife
I have never even heard of a quoll. The photo reminds me of a possum with smoother fur. How big was it?
I have also never heard of a quoll. Cool looking animal. The spots are great!
Ditto. I have never heard of a quoll before. Guess I need to pay more attention in school.
What an interesting little creature. I’ve never even heard of one before. Those do look like some serious claws.
Great shot of this furry little creature!
HOW cool! i’ve never heard of it, either! thanks so much for sharing.
He looks so cute, but I imagine they’re quite ferocious when they need to be!
That strange creature reminds me of the Capibara my friend saw in the Amazon catching and eating small birds.
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I much appreciate your addition to my Scrabble vocabulary! Cool photo.
What a weird looking animal. You Aussies, have the funnest animals:)
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The animals alone are worth the trip to Oz! Great photo and I can’t wait until our world tour takes us to your neck of the woods to see wonderful things like this!
Another great animal feature. You have so many cute animals in Australia, but is the quoll is like the koala? –which I’ve heard for all it’s cuteness is notoriously nippy with biting if you get too close.