What is the northern quoll's predator?

Answer 1

The term "kangaroo" covers over 60 species of macropods, but for the purpose of this answer, kangaroo refers to one of the three large species of marsupial; the Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey and Western Grey kangaroo.

Kangaroo predators include man (primarily), who actively seeks to cull their numbers, followed by dingoes and wedgetail eagles.

Introduced predators such as foxes, wild dogs and feral cats are a threat to joeys. Studies have shown that foxes are responsible for the deaths of up to 50% of joeys when they first emerge from the pouch.

Prior to the extinction of the thylacine (sometimes known as the Tasmanian Tiger), kangaroos would have had to defend themselves against this creature, the largest of the carnivorous marsupials.

The greatest number of Kangaroo deaths is probably due to the motor vehicle.

Smaller kangaroos, such as wallabies, rat-kangaroos (not kangaroo rats), potoroos, pademelons and bettongs are preyed upon by quolls and pythons.

Answer 2

Dingoes would eat quokkas if they could get to them, but quokkas are currently kept only in protected areas, where dingoes cannot reach them.

Quolls are carnivorous marsupials that might prey on quokkas; this is fairly unlikely as quokkas are actually larger than quolls. However, foxes and feral cats, being efficient killers, pose a definite danger to quokkas except in protected areas.

Answer 3

Because quokkas live almost exclusively on the isolated island of Rottnest, they have very few predators. Man remains their biggest threat, but severe penalties are imposed on those who would deliberately hurt these defenceless creatures. There are no dingoes or wild dogs on the island, nor do they have access to the protected area of mainland where limited colonies of quokkas live, but Birds of Prey such as eagles and hawks would still be considered predators of the quokka.

Quokkas are small and completely defenceless members of the kangaroo family, so they are most vulnerable to predation by feral cats, dogs and foxes.

Answer 4

The biggest threat to the tiger quoll, or spotted tailed quoll, is man, and his relentless pursuit of habitat destruction. As the mainland's largest carnivorous marsupial, the tiger quoll has no natural predators, but introduced species such as foxes and wild dogs do pose a threat. Dingoes are almost no threat as their distribution rarely overlaps that of the tiger quoll. In Tasmania, the main predator to the tiger quoll is the Tasmanian Devil.

Answer 5

Although the Northern quoll is at the top of the food chain, it still has predators. Foxes, feral cats, owls and hawks are all predators of the Northern quoll.

Answer 6

The main enemies of the quokka are, of course, its predators. Predators of the quokka include introduced animals such as the fox, feral cats and wild dogs.

Answer 7

The main predators of the quokkas are foxes and feral cats, both of which have been introduced to Australia. However, the quokka is not a predator of any other animal, as it is a herbivore.