68x68mm Square full colour printed magnet. ‘TASMANIAN EASTERN QUOLL (NATIVE CAT)’. 100% Tasmanian Made. (c) Annie Fitz – Art Magnet Range.
The Tasmanian Eastern Quoll, or Dasyurus viverrinus, is an endangered, medium-sized, nocturnal carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania that was once common across mainland Australia but is now extinct on the mainland. They are recognised by their fawn or black fur with white spots on the body but not the tail, and they play an important ecological role as opportunistic hunters and scavengers, feeding on insects, small mammals, and birds. Also called native cat. Eastern Quolls are found in the dry-moderate rainfall areas of the eastern part of Tasmania, in open grasslands, farmland, woodlands, dry forests, coastal scrub and alpine heathland. This species is considered extinct on the Australian mainland due to disease, predation by foxes and poisoning.
