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 http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353066 1-56098-217-9 7353066 Family Dasyuridae Goldfuss, 1820 . Handb. Zool., 11:447 . COMMENTS: Some authors include Thylacinidae and Myrmecobiidae in this family; see Vaughan (1978:39) ; but also see Ride (1964b) , Archer and Kirsch (1977) , Kirsch and Calaby (1977:15) , and Archer (1982) who retained these families. Revised by Tate (1947) .