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title: "Grote buidelmarter"
description: "Dasyurus maculatus — Zoogdieren. The tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), also known as the spotted-tailed quoll, spotted quoll, spotted-tailed dasyure, or tiger cat, is a carnivorous marsupial of the quoll genus Dasyurus native to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/spotted-tailed-quoll
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Grote buidelmarter

> Dasyurus maculatus — Zoogdieren. The tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), also known as the spotted-tailed quoll, spotted quoll, spotted-tailed dasyure, or tiger cat, is a carnivorous marsupial of the quoll genus Dasyurus native to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Dasyurus maculatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1000
- Wikidata: [Q194526](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194526)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40166](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40166)

## Names

- en: Spotted-tailed Quoll
- de: Riesenbeutelmarder
- es: Dasiuro de Cola Moteada o de Australia Oriental
- fr: Chat marsupial à queue tachetée
- nl: Grote buidelmarter
- pt: Gato-tigre
- pl: Niełaz wielki

## Countries with the most observations

AU (786)

## Summary

The tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), also known as the spotted-tailed quoll, spotted quoll, spotted-tailed dasyure, or 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 (7.7 and 4.0 lb), respectively, it is the world's second-largest extant carnivorous marsupial, behind 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 endangered.
The tiger quoll commonly…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_quoll

## Photo

![Grote buidelmarter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-tailed-quoll/medium.jpg)

Photo: bunjaree_cottages · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71596941

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-tailed-quoll?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).