How big do I get?  about the size of a domestic cat 🐈 (up to 7kgs).

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What do I eat?  A variety of prey including birds, medium-sized mammals and reptiles 🐦

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When do I play? At night! Although sometimes I hunt during the day.
 

Where do I live? I'm found along the east coast in pockets ranging from Victoria to Queensland, and all over Tasmania. I am only considered 'common' in Tasmania. 

Where do I sleep? In hollow-bearing trees, fallen logs, other animal burrows, small caves and rock outcrops as den sites.

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Other fun facts: 💩

We all like to poop in the same place! It's how we keep up to date with the gossip. This means we create communal toilet spots for small population groups 🚽 it's called a 'communal latrine'.

Threats

• Loss, fragmentation and degradation of habitat.

• Competition with introduced predators such as cats and foxes.

• Deliberate poisoning, shooting and trapping, primarily in response to chicken predation.

• Roadkill

• Poisoning from eating cane toads in the wild 🐸
  
  TRACKS: What my tracks look like!
  
  
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