Dasyurus geoffroii is a chordate, or more specifically a mammal, in the Dasyuridae family.

Dasyurus geoffroii is commonly known (its common name) as the Chuditch or the Western Quoll in English. In French (Français), Dasyurus geoffroii is commonly known as the Chat Marsupial De Geoffroy.

Dasyurus geoffroii is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Dasyurus geoffroii's population trend was decreasing at last assessment, meaning its numbers are declining in the wild.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Dasyurus geoffroii is Gould, 1841 (IUCN Red List).

Summary: Binomial name Dasyurus geoffroii
Gould, 1841
Western Quoll range

The Western Quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii), also known as the Chuditch or Western Native Cat is an endangered Australian dasyuromorph, whose distribution is now confied to south western Western Australia.

(Wikipedia).

Country Distribution: Dasyurus geoffroii is found in the following countries:

Australia (Western Australia) (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Dasyurus geoffroii: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

Major Habitat(s): 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 8.1 Desert - Hot (IUCN Red List).

Range: D. geoffroii formerly occurred over approximately 70% of the Australian continent, being found in every mainland State and the Northern Territory. It is now restricted to the south west of Western Australia, occurring at low densities throughout the Jarrah forest and more patchily in the drier woodlands and mallee shrublands of the southern Wheatbelt and near Hopetoun on the south coast. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Dasyurus geoffroii is listed as VU C1 ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Dasyurus geoffroii's status was assessed in 1996 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Dasyurus geoffroii's Red List status was evaluated by Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (IUCN Red List).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Dasyurus geoffroii:

Citations listed by IUCN

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. and Morris, K. (compilers) 1996. Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. IUCN/SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group. .

Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.

Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Dasyurus geoffroii (IUCN Red List).

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