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Ben Alldridge
Ultraviolet excitation at ~365nm, visible-spectrum capture with UV-blocking filter.

Eastern quollDasyurus viverrinus

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  • (to be confirmed with Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre) palawa kani · palawa kani Language Program — pending approval (PUB-07)

About this taxon

A small carnivorous marsupial, extinct on the Australian mainland since the 1960s and now found only in lutruwita/Tasmania. Documented biofluorescing under ultraviolet light for the first time in the wild during Ben's fieldwork in 2025.

First photograph of biofluorescence in a wild Eastern quoll (2025).

Endemic range

External references

Kingdom
Animalia · Chordata · Mammalia
Order / family / genus
Dasyuromorphia · Dasyuridae · Dasyurus