"quolls from Western Australia was carried out in the Flinders Ranges, with a total population of 150. About half of this population was born locally. Monitoring of the population is planned for an additional two years. FAME (Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered Species Ltd.) is also looking into returning the western quoll to this region. Breeding programs have and will definitely increase their numbers. This was conducted successfully in the Perth Zoo when the quolls were bred in captivity and released. Western quoll The western quoll (""Dasyurus geoffroii"") is Western Australia's largest endemic mammalian carnivore. One of the many marsupial"
"Queensland. Known only from a lower jaw and some teeth, it was a relative of the tiger quoll. The first species described, the eastern quoll, was originally placed in the American opossum genus ""Didelphis"" by an anonymous author, and named ""Didelphis maculata"". This name is no longer considered valid, and the second part of the name is now given to a different species, the tiger quoll, ""Dasyurus maculatus"", while the eastern quoll was renamed ""Dasyurus viverrinus"" by George Shaw in 1800. The tribe Dasyurini, to which quolls belong, also includes the Tasmanian devil, the antechinus, the kowari, and the mulgara."
"quoll mostly frequents the northern and western areas where rains are seasonal. Tiger quolls were once native to Flinders and King Islands, but were extirpated since the 20th century, so are not present on Tasmanian offshore islands. 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"
"endangered. The tiger quoll is a member of the family Dasyuridae, which includes most carnivorous marsupial mammals. This quoll was first described in 1792 by Robert Kerr, the Scottish writer and naturalist, who placed it in the genus ""Didelphis"", which includes several species of American opossum. The species name, ""maculatus"", indicates this species is spotted. Two subspecies are recognised: The tiger quoll is the largest of the quolls. Males and females of ""D. m. maculatus"" weigh on average 3.5 and 1.8 kg, respectively, and males and females of ""D. m. gracilis"" weigh on average 1.60 and 1.15 kg, respectively. The"
"Koala The koala (""Phascolarctos cinereus"", or, inaccurately, koala bear) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats, which comprise the family Vombatidae.. The koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. It is easily recognisable by its stout, tailless body and large head with round, fluffy ears and large, spoon-shaped nose. The koala has a body length of and weighs . Pelage colour ranges from silver grey to"
"of the Guugu Yimithirr people of far north Queensland. No evidence indicates the local indigenous people used the word in the Sydney area. They were likened in appearance to a polecat or marten in the earliest reports, the tiger quoll being called ""spotted marten"" and eastern quoll ""spotted opossum"", but by 1804, the names ""native cat"" and ""tiger cat"" had been adopted by early settlers; quolls are still called ""marsupial cats"". In the 1960s, noted naturalist David Fleay pushed for the revival of the term ""quoll"" to replace the then-current vernacular names that he felt were misleading. They are very"
"well as populations of the biome-restricted inland dotterel, Bourke's parrot, slaty-backed thornbill, grey-headed honeyeater, black honeyeater, pied honeyeater, Hall's babbler, chirruping wedgebill and chestnut-breasted quail-thrush. Lake Bindegolly National Park Lake Bindegolly is a national park in Dynevor, Shire of Bulloo, South West Queensland, Australia, 871 km west of Brisbane and 40 km from the town of Thargomindah. It is in the Mulga Lands bioregion and was established to protect a population of the rare plant ""Acacia ammophila"". It has three lakes, two saline and one freshwater. A 318 km area of the lake and its surrounds has been identified by"
"Queensland tiger The Queensland tiger is a cryptid reported to live in the Queensland area in eastern Australia. Also known by its native name, the yarri, it is described as being a dog-sized feline with stripes and a long tail, prominent front teeth and a savage temperament. It has been hypothesized to be a survivor or descendant of the large predatory marsupial ""Thylacoleo"", officially considered to be extinct, or possibly a large feral cat variant (given possible discrepancies with thylacoleo dentition). In 1926 A. S. le Souef described it as being a ""Striped marsupial cat"" in ""The Wild Animals of"
"Bunjil In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Bunjil is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being, often depicted as a wedge-tailed eagle (or eaglehawk). In the Kulin nation in central Victoria he was regarded as one of two moiety ancestors, the other being Waa the crow. Bunjil has two wives and a son, Binbeal the rainbow. His brother is Palian the bat. He is assisted by six ""wirmums"" or shamans who represent the clans of the Eaglehawk moiety: Djart-djart the nankeen kestrel, Thara the quail hawk, Yukope the parakeet, Lar-guk the parrot, Walert the brushtail possum and Yurran the gliding possum."
"Brown quail The brown quail (""Coturnix ypsilophora""), also known as the swamp quail, silver quail and Tasmanian quail, is an Australasian true quail of the family Phasianidae. It is a small, ground-dwelling bird and is native to mainland Australia, Tasmania and Papua New Guinea and has been introduced to New Zealand and Fiji. Widespread and common throughout its large range, the brown quail is evaluated as being of ""least concern"" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Kunwinjku of western Arnhem Land call this bird Djiribidj or Djirridih, or Meme"
"successful native title claim over in South Western Queensland. Bigambul The Bigambul people are an indigenous people of Australia of the Northern Tablelands and Border Rivers regions of New South Wales and Queensland. In the traditional language, the name of this group is derived from the Bigambul word ""biga"" or ""pika"" which translates in English to ""yes"". The Bigambul are bounded to the south–east by the Ngarabal, the Kamilaroi to the south, the Kooma to the west, the Mandandanji and Kabi to the north, and the Baruŋgam to the north–east. Norman Tindale ascribed to the Bigambul a traditional territory spreading"
"have retreated considerably since the arrival of the aboriginals' ancestors 50,000 years ago, and are presently limited to isolated pockets comprising less than 2% of the continent's area. These forests are particularly interesting because of their southern location and the high degree of endemism of their plant and animal species. Deforestation caused by logging, road building and farming has led to habitat fragmentation and diminishing populations of species such as spotted-tailed quoll ""(Dasyurus maculatus)"", cassowary ""(Casuarius casuarius)"", and ring-tail possum ""(Hemibelideus lemuroides)"". Introduced species also pose a serious threat to many native species. In an effort to preserve the Daintree"
"soft soil. The Turrbal would occasionally hunt marine animals, such as dugongs (""yangon""), porpoises (""talobilla""), tailor fish (""punba""), and mullet (""andakal""). Turrbal The Turrbal are an Australian Aboriginal nation, descendants of the original owners and custodians of the region of present-day Brisbane, Queensland. The name primarily referred to the dialect they spoke, the tribe itself being alternatively called ""Mianjin/Meanjin"". The Turrbal are regarded as interchangeable with the Jagera. The ethnonym Turrbal is an exonym is thought to derive from the root ""turr/dhur"" (bora ring) and -""bal"", signifying ""those who say ""turr"" or ""dhur"" for a bora ring"", rather than using"
"Thangool Thangool is a town in central Queensland, Australia. The town is in the Banana Shire local government area, north west of the state capital, Brisbane and south of the Shire administrative centre, Biloela. The name ""Thangool"" means ""Possum"". At the , Thangool had a population of 829. The Thangool area was originally home to the Kangulu Aboriginal people. European settlement in Australia in the area began with the Archer brothers who, on advice from the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, set out from Eidsvold on the Burnett River to explore the area to the north in 1853, eventually reaching the Fitzroy"
"they kill with their beaks instead of their talons. There are 62 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in Thailand. Among the Falconidae sighted in Phistanulok Province are: Order: GalliformesFamily: Phasianidae The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quails, partridges, snowcocks, francolins, spurfowls, tragopans, monals, pheasants, peafowls and jungle fowls. In general, they are plump (although they vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings. There are 156 species worldwide and 26 species which occur in Thailand. The presence of the following species are reported in Phitsanulok Province by the Department of National Parks:"
"Bigambul The Bigambul people are an indigenous people of Australia of the Northern Tablelands and Border Rivers regions of New South Wales and Queensland. In the traditional language, the name of this group is derived from the Bigambul word ""biga"" or ""pika"" which translates in English to ""yes"". The Bigambul are bounded to the south–east by the Ngarabal, the Kamilaroi to the south, the Kooma to the west, the Mandandanji and Kabi to the north, and the Baruŋgam to the north–east. Norman Tindale ascribed to the Bigambul a traditional territory spreading over east of Nindigully, on the Weir and Moonie"
"at scattered localities in a narrow, three-to-five kilometre strip of the Swan Coastal Plain. Since 1988, Perth Zoo has bred more than 500 western swamp tortoises. The main barrier to the further recovery of the species is the lack of suitable habitat. The dibbler (""Paranthechinus apicalis"") is a small carnivorous marsupial found on two islands off the coast of Jurien Bay (island dibblers) and on the south coast of Western Australia within the Fitzgerald River National Park (mainland dibblers). It once had a much wider distribution, but is now classified as endangered by the IUCN. Perth-Zoo-bred dibblers were used to"
"Peafowl The peafowl include three species of birds in the genera ""Pavo"" and ""Afropavo"" of the Phasianidae family, the pheasants and their allies. The two Asiatic species are the blue or Indian peafowl originally of the Indian subcontinent, and the green peafowl of Southeast Asia; the one African species is the Congo peafowl, native only to the Congo Basin. Male peafowl are known for their piercing calls and their extravagant plumage. The latter is especially prominent in the Asiatic species, which have an eye-spotted ""tail"" or ""train"" of covert feathers, which they display as part of a courtship ritual. The"
"Peafowl The peafowl include three species of birds in the genera ""Pavo"" and ""Afropavo"" of the Phasianidae family, the pheasants and their allies. The two Asiatic species are the blue or Indian peafowl originally of the Indian subcontinent, and the green peafowl of Southeast Asia; the one African species is the Congo peafowl, native only to the Congo Basin. Male peafowl are known for their piercing calls and their extravagant plumage. The latter is especially prominent in the Asiatic species, which have an eye-spotted ""tail"" or ""train"" of covert feathers, which they display as part of a courtship ritual. The"
"100 reports of sightings or shootings of ""tigers"", including reports clearly indicating that the animal observed was a marsupial. Some writers believe that, if the animal did formerly exist, it may now be extinct, given the diminishing numbers of tiger quolls and northern quolls across the same region. Queensland tiger The Queensland tiger is a cryptid reported to live in the Queensland area in eastern Australia. Also known by its native name, the yarri, it is described as being a dog-sized feline with stripes and a long tail, prominent front teeth and a savage temperament. It has been hypothesized to"
"Buff-bellied warbler The buff-bellied warbler (""Phyllolais pulchella"") is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Phyllolais. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is a small, dull coloured warbler found in savanna and acacia woodland. It particularly favours ""Acacia xanthophloea"" and ""Acacia abyssinica"" and can often be seen foraging among the branches in pairs or small groups. It"
"pre-carnassial premolars,and less-elongated M2. Phoberogale Phoberogale is an extinct genus of bear-like carnivores of the Oligocene and Miocene epoch, found in France (Europe), California (North America), and Pakistan (Asia), living from around . ""Phoberogale"" was named by Ginsberg and Morales in 1995. Its type species is ""Phoberogale bugtiensis"" (Cooper, 1923). ""Phoberogale shareri"" was named after Kevin Sharer, Chairman of the Board of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County by Xiaoming Wang, Robert Hunt Jr, Richard Tedford and E. Bruce Lander in 2009. This species belongs to the ""Phoberogale–Phoberocyon"" lineage and is distinguished from species of ""Cephalogale"" (s.s.) by"
"Quail Island (Northern Territory) Quail Island is in the Beagle Gulf of the Timor Sea, 40 km from Port Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. Quail Island belongs to the Quail Island Group. The other two islands in the archipelago are Bare Sand Island (southwest of Quail Island) and Djadjalbit Island (south). The islands are known for being a breeding ground for flatback turtles. On 9 October 1881 when ""SS Brisbane"", an 85.8 metres long passenger, cargo and mail ship, built by A & J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, struck the nearby ""Fish Reef"", while heading there with cargo from"
"and its method of fluttering its tail was likened to the dance, in shake-a-leg style (legs fixed in a position while the knees wobble) of an initiated man at a corroboree. It also conveyed the manner of a spirit moving in the otherworld. For the anthropologist, in its interweaving of native bird lore, customs and bush, it seemed, hauntingly, to embody the essence of North Queensland's traditional world. The first lines, repeated throughout the song, run: ""."" Dyirbal people The Dyirbal, also called Jirrbal, are an Indigenous Australian people living in Queensland, both one tribe (the ""Dyirbalŋan"" or 'Tully River"
"spotted tail quoll relies on for survival. The koala (""Phascolarctos cinereus"") and the squirrel glider (""Petaurus norfolcensis""), are arboreal marsupials broadly distributed in Eastern Australian forests and woodlands. Arboreal marsupials rely on habitat which is influenced by the size and species of trees present, the soil nutrients, amount of rainfall, and climate. The squirrel glider and other glider species found in the park specifically rely on the shelter of tree hollows and on flowering Acacia and Banksia genus shrubs for food. Urban development, agriculture, and infrastructure is increasingly fragmenting the required habitat for these species and they are therefore more"
"Northern bobwhite The northern bobwhite, Virginia quail or (in its home range) bobwhite quail (""Colinus virginianus"") is a ground-dwelling bird native to Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It is a member of the group of species known as New World quails (Odontophoridae). They were initially placed with the Old World quails in the pheasant family (Phasianidae), but are not particularly closely related. The name ""bobwhite"" derives from its characteristic whistling call. Despite its secretive nature, the northern bobwhite is one of the most familiar quails in eastern North America because it is frequently the only quail in"
"by a relatively steep escarpment. The original inhabitants of the Casula area were the Tharawal or ""Dharawal"" people of the greater Eora nation. 'Tharawal' is the indigenous terminology that refers to the country and people who belong to Greater Southern and South-Western Sydney. The Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) extends through Liverpool, Camden, Campbelltown and Wollondilly Local Government Areas (LGA's). The totem animal for Tharawal country is the superb lyrebird ""(Menura novaehollandiae)"". Casula was first settled by agriculturalists in the nineteenth century, among them Richard Guise, who named his farm ""Casula"". The area became dominated by poultry farming, market"
"Moggill, Queensland Moggill is a suburb in the west of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is about from the Brisbane CBD. It comprises a mixture of small-lot and acreage residential homes along with a small number of remaining farms. Moggill is located in the Parish of Moggill within the County of Stanley, Queensland. The Brisbane River and Moggill Creek were rich in resources and evidence of Aboriginal occupation includes Bora grounds near the Moggill Pony Club and O'Brien Road. Another Bora ring is located at the end of Riversleigh Road. John Oxley the first European visitor, named it"
"Guinea. However, the tree-kangaroos, which are mostly endemic to New Guinea, are different in appearance and behaviour. As suggested by their name, they are arboreal. They have long, thick tails which enable them to balance in trees, and large, strong forearms for gripping to trees. Two species of tree kangaroos are also found in Australia, they are believed to have migrated from New Guinea during the Pleistocene. The cuscus, family Phalangeridae, are a family of marsupials closely related to the possums of Australia. The cuscus have evolved in New Guinea, and are found throughout the island. Most species are dark"
"resplendent quetzal (the second ""h"" is unexplained). The quetzal is also known in Spanish as the . Genus ""Pharomachrus"": Genus ""Euptilotis"": Quetzal Quetzals () are strikingly colored birds in the trogon family. They are found in forests, especially in humid highlands, with the five species from the genus ""Pharomachrus"" being exclusively Neotropical, while a single species, the eared quetzal, ""Euptilotis neoxenus"", is found in Mexico and very locally in the southernmost United States. Quetzals are fairly large (all over 32 cm or 13 inches long), slightly bigger than other trogon species. The quetzal is the country bird of Guatemala. Quetzals"
"mature individuals, and faces imminent extinction. The Ticao hornbill, a subspecies of the Visayan hornbill, is probably already extinct. A hornbill named Zazu is one of the characters in the 1994 animated film ""The Lion King"", voiced by Rowan Atkinson.<r</ref> Hornbill was used as the official mascot of one of Malaysia's political parties, the Democratic Action Party. The Rhinoceros hornbill is the official state animal of Sarawak, a Malaysian state located in Borneo. Great hornbill, a member of the hornbill family, is the official state bird of Kerala, an Indian state. Hornbill The hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird"
"and requires lots of space, and it does not live very long. The biggest threat to the quoll is habitat destruction. Humans may directly contribute to quoll deaths though persecution, motor collisions, and 1080 poisoning. Conservationists are using population monitoring and public education to preserve the species and intend to preserve their habitat and minimise the impacts of 1080 baiting. Savage River National Park in the Tarkine area of Tasmania is an example of suitable habitat protection. Tiger quoll The tiger quoll (""Dasyurus maculatus""), also known as the spotted-tail quoll, the spotted quoll, the spotted-tail dasyure or the tiger cat,"
"Turrbal The Turrbal are an Australian Aboriginal nation, descendants of the original owners and custodians of the region of present-day Brisbane, Queensland. The name primarily referred to the dialect they spoke, the tribe itself being alternatively called ""Mianjin/Meanjin"". The Turrbal are regarded as interchangeable with the Jagera. The ethnonym Turrbal is an exonym is thought to derive from the root ""turr/dhur"" (bora ring) and -""bal"", signifying ""those who say ""turr"" or ""dhur"" for a bora ring"", rather than using the other tribe's customary term ""bool"". It was the toponym used in 1841 by native guides from Nundah who led the"