Dasyurus maculatus

Quoll Harimau (Dasyurus maculatus), juga diketahui sebagai Quoll ekor bintik, Quoll bintik, Dasyure berekor bintik atau (dengan tidak tentu) Kucing Harimau, adalah mamalia marsupial karnivora, yang berasal dari Australia. Binatang ini merupakan marsupial karnivora terbesar di daratan Australia.

Taksonomi 
Quoll Harimau adalah anggota familia Dasyuridae, yang mencakup banyak mamalia marsupalia karnivora. Binatang ini pertama disebutkan tahun 1792 oleh Robert Kerr, penulis dan penyidik alam Skotlandia, yang tidak tentu menempatkan binatang ini dalam genus Didelphis, yang mencakup beberapa spesies opossum Amerika. Nama spesies, maculatus, termasuk spesies berbintik.

Dua subspesies yang dikenal:
 D. m. maculatus, ditemukan dari selatan Queensland ke selatan hingga Tasmania
 D. m. gracilis, ditemukan di suatu populasi terisolir di Queensland utara, dimana binatang ini diklasifikasi sebagai Spesies terancam oleh Departemen Lingkungan dan Warisan Pusaka.

Daftar pustaka 
 Belcher, C. A.; J. P. Darrant. (June 2006) Habitat use by tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in south-eastern Australia. Journal of Zoology. Vol. 269, Issue 2. pp. 183–190.
 Belcher et al. (May 2005) Diet of the tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology. Vol. 55, Issue 2. pp. 117–122.
 Belcher, C. A.; J. P. Darrant. (March 2004) Home range and spatial organization of the marsupial carnivore, Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in south-eastern Australia. Journal of Zoology. Vol. 262, Issue 3. pp. 271–280.
 Belcher, C. A. (1998) Susceptibility of the tiger quoll, Dasyurus maculatus, and the eastern quoll, D. viverrinus, to 1080-poisoned baits in control programmes for vertebrate pests in eastern Australia. Wildlife Research. Vol. 25, Number 1. pp. 33–40.
 Claridge et al. (12 April 2006) The propensity of spotted-tailed quolls (Dasyurus maculatus) to encounter and consume non-toxic meat baits in a simulated canid-control program. Wildlife Research. Vol. 33, Issue 2. pp. 85–91.
 Firestone et al. (2000) Variability and differentiation of microsatellites in the genus Dasyurus and conservation implications for the large Australian carnivorous marsupials. Conservation Genetics. Vol. 1, Number 2. pp. 115–133.
 Firestone, Karen B. (March 2000) Phylogenetic Relationships Among Quolls Revisited: The mtDNA Control Region as a Useful Tool. 	Journal of Mammalian Evolution. Vol. 7, Number 1. pp. 1–22.
 Firestone et al. (October 1999) Phylogeographical population structure of tiger quolls Dasyurus maculatus (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia), an endangered carnivorous marsupial. Molecular Ecology. Vol. 8, Issue 10. pp. 1613–1625.
 Glen, A. S.; Dickman, C. R. (April 2006) Home range, denning behaviour and microhabitat use of the carnivorous marsupial Dasyurus maculatus in eastern Australia. Journal of Zoology. Vol. 268, Issue 4. pp. 347–354.
 Glen, A . S .; Dickman, C . R . (2006) Diet of the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) in eastern Australia: effects of season, sex and size Journal of Zoology. Vol. 269, Number 2. pp. 241–248.
 Hesterman et al. (2007) Reproductive endocrinology of the largest Dasyurids: Characterization of ovarian cycles by plasma and fecal steroid monitoring. Part II. The spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. In press.
 Jones et al. (December 2001) Dasyurus maculatus. Mammalian Species. No. 676, pp. 1–9.
 Jones, M. E. et al. (May 2000) Niche differentiation among sympatric Australian Dasyurid carnivores. Journal of Mammalogy. Vol. 81, Number 2. pp. 434–47.
 Jones, Menna E.; Leon A. Barmuta. (May 1998) Diet Overlap and Relative Abundance of Sympatric Dasyurid Carnivores: A Hypothesis of Competition. The Journal of Animal Ecology. Vol. 67, No. 3. pp. 410–421.
 Jones, Menna. (December 1997) Character Displacement in Australian Dasyurid Carnivores: Size Relationships and Prey Size Patterns. Ecology. Vol. 1, No. 8. pp. 2569–2587.
 Lunney, Daniel; Matthews, Alison. (2001) The contribution of the community to defining the distribution of a vulnerable species, the spotted-tailed quoll, Dasyurus maculatus Wildlife Research Volume 28, Number 5. pp. 537.
 Murray, Andrew J.; Poore, Robert N. (2004) Potential impact of aerial baiting for wild dogs on a population of spotted-tailed quolls (Dasyurus maculatus) Wildlife Research. Vol. 31, Number 6. pp. 639.
 Sakai, Tatsuo; E. W. van Lennep. (February 1984) The Harderian Gland in Australian Marsupials. Journal of Mammalogy. Vol. 65, No. 1. pp. 159–162.

Referensi dan pranala luar 

 Description from the University of Michigan
 Another description  from Australia.
 Australian Web Site
 Australian Quoll Seekers 
 Spotted Quoll entry in the IUCN Red List.
 Another photo of a Tiger Quoll
 Action Plan  for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes.

Dasyuromorphs
Mamalia Australia