Description: The Western Quoll, or Chuditch (a Noongar name), is Western Australia’s largest carnivorous marsupial. It has 40–70 white spots on its body. The tail is 21–35 cm long.

Diet: The Chuditch is a carnivore and feeds mostly on large invertebrates. It also eats small lizards, birds and mammals.

In the wild: The Chuditch sleeps in hollow logs during the day and hunts at night. This animal is an excellent climber, which makes it easier to catch tree-dwelling prey.

Threats: Loss of habitat through land clearing and predation by feral predators (such as foxes and cats), are major threats to the Chuditch.

At Perth Zoo: Perth Zoo has been involved in a very successful breeding program with the Parks and Wildlife service, which has resulted in the release of five populations of captive-bred Chuditch into feral-proofed environments in Western Australia. This program has been so successful that the status of the Chuditch has been downlisted from endangered to vulnerable.