Koalas can be found in a range of climatic conditions, as long as they have their food requirements met. They are known to inhabit cooler areas of southern Australia, including sub-alpine regions, and extend north up the Queensland coast (sub-tropical, but not rainforests) and inland where the weather is hotter and drier.
They are found right along the eastern coast down to Victoria, and in pockets of eastern South Australia, where summer temperatures can exceed 40 degrees and winter temperatures drop to almost zero.
They are not found in alpine areas.
Eastern quolls live in a range of habitats, from heavily wooded bushland and rainforest, to grasslands and even agricultural fringes in Tasmania. They are extinct on the mainland.
No. Spotted tailed quolls, also known as tiger quolls, are found only in Australia.
Quolls can live near wetlands, but not in wetlands,, as they are found in wet and dry sclerophyll forest (eucalyptus bushland).
Not at all. Quolls are arboreal (tree-dwelling) marsupials, as they are nimble climbers.
Tiger quolls are solitary, living alone. However, their territory overlaps with that of other tiger quolls, and where there are numerous quolls in proximity to each other, it is known as a colony.
No. Quolls are native to Australia and New Guinea. Texas is in North America.
No. Quolls are not found in the desert. They require bushland, either wet sclerophyll or dry sclerophyll bushland, we some live in rainforest.
This depends on the species. There are four species of quoll in Australia.1. Spotted tailed quolls, also known as tiger quolls, live in bushland, coastal heathland andrainforest along the eastern coast of Australia.2. Northern quolls live in rocky areas and eucalyptus bushland from northeast Queensland right along the northern coast to northwestern Western Australia.3. Eastern quolls live in a range of habitats, from heavily wooded bushland and rainforest, to grasslands and even agricultural fringes in Tasmania. They are believed to be extinct on the mainland.4. The Western quoll, also known as the Chudich, has retreated to just the far southwestern corner of the Australian continent. It used to be found in Queensland, but has not been sighted there for decades.Within their habitat, quolls shelter in hollow logs, rock crevices or burrows in the sand.
No. Spotted tailed quolls, like all quolls, are marsupials. They are born live, though very undeveloped. Only the platypus and echidna, which are monotremes, come from eggs.
There is no collective term for a group of spotted tailed quolls. Where a community of quolls live in relative proximity to each other, it may be called a colony.
No. Northern quolls tend to be solitary, although less so than the other three species of quoll in Australia.
Quolls of any variety are opportunistic carnivores. This means they not only hunt live prey, but also scavenge, or forage, for carrion.