When the ‘native cat’ would ‘plague’: historical hyperabundance in the quoll (Marsupialia : Dasyuridae) and an assessment of the role of disease, cats and foxes in its curtailment

• Published in: Australian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: David Peacock, Ian Abbott
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: CSIRO Publishing 2014
• Subjects: Goldfields; Queensland; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO14029

Since the European settlement of Australia in 1788, 25 mainland terrestrial mammal species have become extinct, more than on any other continent during this period. To determine if the causal factors are still active, it is necessary to better understand the species and their status preceding these...