AnAge entry for Dasyurus maculatus

Classification (HAGRID: 02096)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Dasyuromorphia
                Family: Dasyuridae
                    Genus: Dasyurus
Species: Dasyurus maculatus
Common name: Tiger quoll, or Australian tiger cat

Maximum longevity: 6.8 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Females over 3 years of age produce no litters but males over 5 years old can still be fertile. Although these animals reach sexual maturity in about one year, they do not become fully grown until about two years of age [0509]. In the wild, these animals do not typically live more than 3 years. One animal lived 6.8 years in captivity [0671].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[0509] Jones et al. (2001), Dasyurus maculatus
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data