When farmer Pao Ling Tsai set a trap to catch the predator that had been killing his chooks, he expected to catch a feral cat or fox. Instead, he caught a species that was thought extinct in South Australia more than 130 years ago.
Edit: Rodent of unusual size is my best guess? Bit of a niche acronym, took me a while to find.
If so, no, quolls are not rodents. They are dasyurids, very different teeth to rodents. Quolls are carnivores, also named “marsupial cats”, “marsupial martens” which better describes what the animal is about.
Hot take: that’s cool, but what the heck is a quoll?
Warm take: [checked the actual article.] it’s an ROUS. Welcome to the legendary fire swamps.
I’ll have to check what the heck is an ROUS
Edit: Rodent of unusual size is my best guess? Bit of a niche acronym, took me a while to find.
If so, no, quolls are not rodents. They are dasyurids, very different teeth to rodents. Quolls are carnivores, also named “marsupial cats”, “marsupial martens” which better describes what the animal is about.
Yep, rodents of u usual size.
Fire swamps. Princess bride. They look like fluffier versions.