quoll

/ ˈkwɒl /

noun

1. another name for native cat

Word History and Origins

Origin of quoll¹

C18: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

These include developing a vaccine for elephants against a deadly virus; the creation of genetically modified marsupials in Australia known as quoll to be resistant to neurotoxins produced by their predator, the cane toad; and reintroducing genetic diversity in the pink pigeon in Mauritius.

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The Curtin University-led study has identified three new species of mulgaras, which are small carnivorous marsupials related to the Tasmanian Devil and quoll and that are important to the arid and semi-arid regions they inhabit in South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

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They injected cane toads too small to kill a quoll with thiabendazole, an antiparasitic agent that induces nausea, and fed them to captive juvenile quolls.

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Medellín Legorreta says it was inspired by an innovative rescue of Australia’s northern quoll.

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In Far North Queensland, FNQ Nature Tours takes visitors on day-long treks in search of the spotted-tail quoll — a marsupial that is endangered and, like its cousin the Tasmanian devil, also carnivorous.

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