323724 Dasyurus geoffroii Near Threatened (NT) <i>Dasyurus geoffroii</i> Gould, 1841 Western Quoll ca Gat marsupial occidental en Chuditch en Native Cat en Western Quoll es Dasyurus geoffroii fr Chat marsupial de geoffroy it Dasyurus geoffroii lt Juodauodegė sterbliakiaunė Collins, L. 1973. Monotremes and Marsupials: A Reference for Zoological Insitutions. City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. 5080 1 5080 324898 false 1 Hume, I. 1999. Marsupial Nutrition. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. 5081 1 5081 324898 false 1 Hyett, J., N. Shaw. 1980. Australian Marsupials: A Field Guide for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia & Tasmania. Melbourne, Australia: Nelson. 5082 1 5082 324898 false 1 Johnson, K., A. Roff. 1982. The Western Quoll, Dasyurus geoffroii (Dasyuridae Masrupialia) in the Northern Territory: Historical Records from Venerable Sources. Pp. 221-226 in M. Archer, ed. Carnivorous Marsupials Vol. 1. 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Animal Diversity Web (October, 2004) <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Dasyurus_geoffroii.html">http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Dasyurus_geoffroii.html</a> 690857 1 690857 1420078 false 1 4. Animal Info (October, 2004) <a href="http://www.animalinfo.org/species/dasygeof.htm">http://www.animalinfo.org/species/dasygeof.htm</a> 690858 1 690858 1420078 false 1 5. Morris, K. (2005) <i>Pers. Comm.</i> 690859 1 690859 1420078 false 1 Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart. 730924 1 730924 2391521 false 1 The chuditch is a solitary and nocturnal marsupial with a territorial attitude towards its home range, particularly the central core area of the range which is marked by many dens. Males and females do not meet outside of the May to July breeding season, although males territories, at about 15 km², overlap with several female ranges, at about three to four square kilometres each, and may also overlap with the peripheries of other male territories. Female home ranges do not overlap. A typical female territory might contain around 70 hollow log dens and 110 burrows. The chuditch sleeps in hollow logs, stone piles, and burrows dug both by themselves and left by other animals (3).</p><p>Pregnant females will give birth to between two and six young per year after a gestation period of 17 to 18 days. The young marsupials move directly into the shallow pouch of their mother where they remain for a further eight to nine weeks (5). Following this period, they remain with their mother but are often left in the large burrow she constructed before giving birth, while she forages for herself and for her offspring. The young are independent at 18 weeks, leaving their mother's home range to find their own. At one year they are sexually mature and most will breed (3).</p><p>The chuditch is essentially opportunistic, although fruit is not a common part of the diet. Small to medium sized mammals, lizards, frogs and large invertebrates are common prey in arid habitats, and insects, freshwater crustaceans, reptiles, birds and mammals are common prey in forest habitats. Carrion is also consumed, as are small fruits and flower-parts and the red pulp surrounding <i>Zamia</i> seeds (2) (4). The chuditch obtains all the liquid it requires from its diet, so rarely drinks and is able to remain active in temperatures as low as zero degrees Celsius (4). 4278f62094a6d46540e258429fa8d6af 2606462 Wildscreen Copyright Wildscreen 2003-2008 ARKive Copyright Copyright Wildscreen 2003-2008. Some rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Supplier ARKive http://www.arkive.org/ 5978 arkive Location Source URL View original data object http://www.arkive.org/chuditch/dasyurus-geoffroii/ Citation English cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 Text http://content10.eol.org/content_large.jpg http://content1.eol.org/content_medium.jpg http://content2.eol.org/content_small.jpg 1 Overview 3 Description 290 General Description 302 Nucleotide Sequences 267 Morphology 232 Reproduction and Life History 70 Behavior 4 Ecology and Distribution 20 Distribution 41 Habitat 297 Trophic Strategy 8 Conservation 33 Trends and Threats 286 Conservation Status 6 Relevance 251 Uses 295 Procedures 300 Wikipedia 7 References and More Information 17 Literature References 226 Specialist Projects 298 Biomedical Terms 227 Search the Web 13 Common Names 1 Animalia NOT EVALUATED Animalia 694 Chordata NOT EVALUATED Chordata 1642 Mammalia NOT EVALUATED Mammalia 7625 Dasyuromorphia NOT EVALUATED Dasyuromorphia 7628 Dasyuridae NOT EVALUATED Dasyuridae 41518 Dasyurus NOT EVALUATED Dasyurus 323724 Dasyurus geoffroii Near Threatened (NT) <i>Dasyurus geoffroii</i> Gould, 1841 Portland State University, MA Education 7 klans BA Physics - Johns Hopkins University MS Education - Johns Hopkins University ME Engineering Physics - University of Virginia 10 peter Ph.D., University of Bristol (1976) D.Sc., Queen's University, Belfast (1990) 11 paddy developer 13 pleary 11793 wilsond Asst. 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