Emerging from the darkness on the Central Plateau, Tasmania was a Tiger Quoll, or Spotted-Tailed Quoll. It seemed to find a potential source of food in a slight depression in the ground. As it investigated, a second Spotted-tailed Quoll appeared. There followed a very engaging series of interactions as each seemed to be surprised by the other. Soon they both vanished into the still of the night.
The Tiger Quoll, or Spotted-Tailed Quoll has a fearsome bite and kills its prey by a bite to the top of the neck or base of the skull. It is powerful enough to allow it to prey on larger marsupials such as the Wombat and wallabies, although it will commonly prey on insects and birds. It is an opportunistic scavenger, too. Although mostly terrestrial, they happily climb and move about in trees. When they do so they will hunt arboreal prey species such as Possums. Males can weigh up to 4kg. They are nocturnal and will travel long distances at night in the search for food.
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