Editing Quoll (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
[[File:Quoll range map.jpg|right|thumb|alt=Map|Range of the six species of quoll|337x337px]]
Quolls are indigenous to mainland Australia, the island state of [[Tasmania]], and [[New Guinea]]. The six species were once widely distributed across the three land masses, but are now restricted to only a few areas. 

Although primarily ground-dwelling, the genus has developed secondary [[arboreal]] characteristics. Each species of quoll lives in distinct geographical areas.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name="IUCN3"/><ref name=IUCN2/> The spotted-tailed quoll is an exclusively [[wikt:mesic|mesic]] zone species; inhabiting wetter habitats. The western quoll also inhabits mesic habitat, but has adapted to arid regions across inland Australia, while the northern quoll inhabits tropical habitat of high rainfall.<ref name="PubMed">{{cite journal |last1=Cooper |first1=C. E. |last2=Withers |first2=P. C. |year=2010 |title=Comparative physiology of Australian quolls (Dasyurus; Marsupialia) |journal= J. Comp. Physiol. B|volume= 180|issue= 6|pages= 857–68 |doi=10.1007/s00360-010-0452-3 |pmid=20217094|hdl=20.500.11937/8095 |s2cid=7440785 |url=https://espace.curtin.edu.au/bitstream/20.500.11937/8095/2/8075.pdf |hdl-access=free }}</ref>