This is a chuditch. Nobody i know calls them western quolls so i won’t bother anymore. This is Charlie from Perth Zoo, to my knowledge the only chuditch on display in the Perth metropolitan area despite being the least threatened species of quoll in mainland Australia. Go fig.

Happily, chuditches have started turning up on the Swan Coastal Plain again. This bodes somewhat well for their recovery back into their former territory, and this post on its capture and release is worth checking out if only to see a chuditch in colour. And looking mighty peeved.

I’ve left just enough colour in these pictures so you can see some of the pinkness in the nose and ears.

If you can see this my holidays are nearly over.