quoll

quoll
Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.

1770: Another was calld by the natives Je-Quoll: it is about the size and something like a polecat, of a light brown spotted with white on the back and white under the belly. — , The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, extended description following entry for 26 August 1770 [


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