Quoll subfossil partial skull
Maker
McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research (estab. 1935, closed 1998)
Date
06 Dec 1937-26 Jan 1938
Description
Partial subfossil skull of a spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus). Comprises four pieces: right maxilla and jugal bone, left maxilla fragment, and two associated posterior fragments. The bones have been coated in wax; a museum technique of the early to mid-20th century used to stabilise fragile bones. This specimen was collected by the McCoy Society on their expedition to Bass Strait's King Island from December 6th 1937 to January 26th 1938. Although recorded into the early 20th century, Spotted-tail quolls are now extinct on King Island.
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