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Tiger Quoll vs Wildcat
By: SquamataOrthoptera Date: September 29, 2018, 1:47 pm
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Wildcat-Felis silvestris
The wildcat is a species complex of small cats, comprising the
European wildcat (Felis silvestris) and the African wildcat (F.
lybica). The former is native to Europe and the Caucasus. The
latter – the ancestor of the domestic cat (F. catus) – ranges
through much of Africa; Southwest and Central Asia into India
and western China.
Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small
species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat. The
wildcat is similar in appearance to a striped tabby cat, but has
relatively longer legs, a more robust build, and a greater
cranial volume. The tail is long, and usually slightly exceeds
one-half of the animal's body length. Its skull is more
spherical in shape than that of the jungle and leopard cat. The
ears are moderate in length, and broad at the base. The eyes are
large, with vertical pupils, and yellowish-green irises. Its
dentition is relatively smaller and weaker than the jungle
cat's. The species size varies according to Bergmann's rule,
with the largest specimens occurring in cool, northern areas of
Europe (such as Scotland and Scandinavia) and of Middle Asia
(such as Mongolia, Manchuria and Siberia). Males measure 43 to
91 cm (17 to 36 in) in body length, 23 to 40 cm (9.1 to 15.7 in)
in tail length, and normally weigh 5 to 8 kg (11 to 18 lb).
Females are slightly smaller, measuring 40 to 77 cm (16 to 30
in) in body length and 18 to 35 cm (7.1 to 13.8 in) in tail
length, and weighing 3 to 5 kg (6.6 to 11.0 lb).
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Tiger quoll-Dasyurus maculatus
The tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), also known as the
spotted-tail quoll, the spotted quoll, the spotted-tail dasyure
or the 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, respectively, it is mainland Australia's
largest carnivorous marsupial, and the world's longest extant
carnivorous marsupial (the biggest is the Tasmanian devil).
Tiger quolls live in a variety of habitats, but seem to prefer
wet forests such as rainforests and closed eucalypt forest. They
are arboreal, but only moderately, as 11% of their travelling is
done above ground. Prey items eaten by quolls include insects,
crayfish, lizards, snakes, birds, domestic poultry, small
mammals, platypus, rabbits, arboreal possums, pademelons, small
wallabies, and wombats. They may scavenge larger prey such as
kangaroos, feral pigs, cattle, and dingoes. However, the tiger
quoll does not scavenge as much as the Tasmanian devil. Much of
the prey eaten by the quoll are arboreal. They can climb high
into trees and make nocturnal hunts for possums and birds. The
flexibility of their diets suggests their prey base is not
detrimentally affected by bushfires. When hunting, a quoll
stalks its prey, stopping only when its head is up. It then
launches its attack, executing a killing bite to the base of the
skull or top of the neck, depending on the size of the prey. The
quoll will pin small prey down with its fore paws and then
deliver the bite. With large prey, it jumps and latches on its
back and bites the neck.
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