What is the worlds' largest carnivorous marsupial?
Tiger quoll Tiger quoll The tiger quoll ("Dasyurus maculatus"), also known as the spotted-tail quoll, the spotted quoll, the spotted-tail dasyure or the tiger cat, is a carnivorous marsupial of the quoll genus "Dasyurus" native to Australia. With males and females weighing around 3.5 and 1.8 kg, respectively, it is mainland Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial, and the world's longest extant carnivorous marsupial (the biggest is the Tasmanian devil). Two subspecies are recognised; the nominate is found in wet forests of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, and a northern subspecies, "D. m. gracilis", is found in a small area of northern Queensland and is
Marsupial lion younger fossils to be reworked into older sediments. The question remains the subject of ongoing research. Marsupial lion The marsupial lion ("Thylacoleo carnifex") is an extinct species of carnivorous marsupial mammal that lived in Australia from the early to the late Pleistocene (1,600,000–46,000 years ago). Despite its name, it is not closely related to the lion, but is a member of the order Diprotodontia, one of the taxonomic groups of Australian marsupials. The marsupial lion is the largest meat-eating mammal known to have ever existed in Australia, and one of the largest marsupial carnivores from anywhere in the world (although