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

Dasyurus spartacus is commonly known (its common name) as the Bronze Quoll in English. In French (Français), Dasyurus spartacus is commonly known as the Chat Marsupial Bronzé.

Dasyurus spartacus 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 spartacus'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 spartacus is Van Dyck, 1987 (IUCN Red List).

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

Papua New Guinea (IUCN Red List).

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

Major Habitat(s): 2.1 Savanna - Dry 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry Lowland (IUCN Red List).

Range: Southwestern Papua New Guinea (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Dasyurus spartacus is listed as VU A1c ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

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

Assessor: Dasyurus spartacus'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 spartacus:

Citations listed by IUCN

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

(IUCN Red List).

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

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