Year 7 students from Hawkesdale P12 College produced slide shows about threatened species.

1. Spotted tail Quoll (Tiger Quoll) By Leah Drendel

2. Structural Characteristics The Spotted tail Quoll (Tiger Quoll) has a brown or black coat with white spots all over its body. It has two front legs and two back legs. It has also got an internal skeleton.

3. Functional Characteristics The Spotted Tail Quoll (Tiger Quoll) uses its long pointed snout to smell its prey. It is the prey for a fox and other animals.

4. Behavioural Characteristics The Spotted Tail Quoll (Tiger Quoll) is Nocturnal, although its nocturnal it spends hours in the basking sun.

5. Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Dasyuromorphia Family: Dasyuridae Genius: Dasyurus Species: D. Maculatas Scientific Name: Dasyurus Maculatus

6. Spotted Tail Quolls (Tiger Quolls) hunt mostly at night. Their diet appears to consist primarily of medium sized-mammals (up to 70%), including gliders, possums, rabbits, and even small wallabies. They also like carrion (dead animals), birds and eggs. Small mammals, reptiles and invertebrates are also a significant part of the diet, particularly juvenile Quolls. Diet

7. Spotted tail quolls (Tiger Quolls) are found in a range of forest habitats, from rainforest to open woodland. They require forest with suitable den sites such as rock crevices caves, hollow logs, burrows and tree hollows. The Spotted Tail Quoll (Tiger Quoll) has a large home range and can cover considerable distances (more than 6km) overnight. It is largely nocturnal and solitary. The Spotted Tailed Quoll (Tiger Quoll) was once common throughout South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. However, since European settlement it has become rare across most of its range. Habitat

9. Scattered Populations

10. Introduced Competitors

11. 1080 Baits

12. FiresThreats

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15. Google

16. Tiger Quoll Australian Endangered Species Website