A Spotted-Tailed Quoll tries and fails to catch a moth. On the Central Plateau of Australia’s Tasmania there was a hint of movement in the darkness. Emerging from the gloom was a Spotted-Tailed Quoll. This is Australia’s largest Quoll and is also known as the Tiger Quoll. It is the second largest carnivorous marsupial after the Tasmanian Devil. The Quoll made its way across some open ground and gave chase to a moth that was fluttering around. After several leaps into the air the Quoll gave up the chase and wandered off back into the night. A very special encounter as a Spotted-Tailed Quoll tries and fails to catch a moth.
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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