Dasyurus maculatus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 preys on small mammals, insects, birds, domestic poultry and large marsupials such as wombats. It mostly hunts live prey but occasionally scavenges when the opportunity arises. The tiger quoll kills its prey by executing a killing bite to the base of the skull or top of the neck, depending on the size of the prey. The species is listed as near-threatened on the IUCN Red List, and is primarily threatened by habitat loss caused by human activities.
The tiger quoll is the largest of the quolls. Adult females of the northern subspecies are generally smaller... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyabram Fauna Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Australia Walkabout Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Taronga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Phillip Island Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | East Coast Natureworld | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Rainforestation Nature Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Ipswich Nature Centre | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | devils@cradle | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Sea Life Sydney Aquarium | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Wild Life Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Caversham Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Ranger Red’s Zoo & Conservation Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 16 | Trowunna Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Quoll sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 13th most-seen of the 21 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger Quoll in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tiger Quoll sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Blue Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tiger Quoll sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tiger Quoll is recorded against all the mammals logged in Blue Mountains National Park (21 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
