Difference between revisions of "AY Honors/Marsupials/Answer Key"

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Template:Regnum:	Animalia
Template:Phylum:	Chordata
Template:Classis:	Mammalia
Template:Subclassis:	Marsupialia
Template:Ordo:	Dasyuromorphia
Template:Familia:	Dasyuridae
Template:Genus:	Dasyurus

Quolls (genus Dasyurus) carnivorous marsupials, that are about 25-75 cm long, with hairy tailes about 20-35 cm long. Their pouches (apparent only during their breeding season and when the females are rearing young), opens towards the tail. They have 6 to 8 nipples. Their molars and canines are strongly developed. The quolls live both in the forests and in open valley land. Though primarily ground-dwelling, the quolls have developed secondary arboreal characteristics. They are native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.

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Taxonomy

Within the genus Dasyurus, the following species exist:

Dasyurus albopunctatus — New Guinean Quoll, New Guinea
Dasyurus geoffroii — Chuditch or Western Quoll, western Australia
Dasyurus hallucatus — Northern Quoll, northern Australia
Dasyurus maculatus — Spotted Quoll (Tiger Quoll), eastern Australia
Dasyurus spartacus — Bronze Quoll, New Guinea
Dasyurus viverrinus — Eastern Quoll, Tasmania

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-'''Quolls''' (genus ''Dasyurus'') are [[carnivorous]] [[marsupial]]s native to [[Australia]] and [[Papua New Guinea]]. They are about 25-75 cm long, with hairy tailes about 20-35 cm long. Their pouches (apparent only during their breeding season and when the females are rearing young), opens towards the tail. They have 6 to 8 nipples. Their molars and canines are strongly developed. The quolls live in Australia, Tasmania, Papua New Guinea, both in the forests and in open valley land. Though primarily ground-dwelling, the quolls have developed secondary arboreal characteristics. They are endangered animals and are protected.
+'''Quolls''' (genus ''Dasyurus'') [[carnivorous]] [[marsupial]]s, that are about 25-75 cm long, with hairy tailes about 20-35 cm long. Their pouches (apparent only during their breeding season and when the females are rearing young), opens towards the tail. They have 6 to 8 nipples. Their molars and canines are strongly developed. The quolls live both in the forests and in open valley land. Though primarily ground-dwelling, the quolls have developed secondary arboreal characteristics. They are native to [[Australia]] and [[Papua New Guinea]].
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