Order Dasyuromorphia
Author
Colin P. Groves
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
29
37
book chapter
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Dasyurus viverrinus
(Shaw, 1800)
.
Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist., 1(2), Mammalia, p.491
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Australia
,
New South Wales
, Sydney
.
DISTRIBUTION: Probably survives only in
Tasmania
; formerly
South Australia
,
New South Wales
, and
Victoria
(Archer,
in
Tyler, 1979
).
STATUS:
U.S.
ESA - Endangered.
SYNONYMS:
alboguttata, guttatus, maugei.
COMMENTS:
Dasyurus quoll
Zimmermann, 1777
(not
Mustela quoll
Zimmermann, 1783
),is invalid: this work was rejected by Opinion 257 of the
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1954a)
. Also the name
Dasyurus maculata
Anon.,1791
,wa: suppressed under Article 80 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1985). "Original" name is now
Didelphis viverrina
Shaw, 1800
.